Fentanyl: Drug Seizures

(asked on 20th May 2025) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much Fentanyl by (a) volume and (b) value has been seized in the UK in the last 12 months.


Answered by
Diana Johnson Portrait
Diana Johnson
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 29th May 2025

The Home Office latest published data on Fentanyl seizures made by the police and Border Force for England and Wales covers the period April 2023-March 2024 and can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-2024

The Home Office does not publish the monetary (£) value of drugs seized. In the year ending March 2024, the latest published statistics show that police forces and Border Force seized:

  • 22 Fentanyl seizures, totalling 218 doses and 0.3kg
  • 6 Fentanyl analogue seizures, totalling 1 dose and 1.3 kg

Fentanyl analogues include Carfentanil, Lofentanil, Sufentanil, Alfentanil (Rapifen) and Fentanyl (derivatives of).

Border Force also release quarterly transparency data which include Fentanyl seizures. The latest available data are below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-force-transparency-data-q4-2024

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