Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to respond to the report of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, Ketamine – an updated review of use and harms, published on 26 January.

The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs published its review of the use and harms of ketamine on 28 January. The report provides a detailed assessment of the evidence on harms and trends in use and includes 15 recommendations.

Ministers have been considering the recommendations carefully and will respond to the report as soon as possible. In advance of that, in October 2025 the Department of Health and Social Care launched a campaign to raise awareness among young people about the dangers of ketamine misuse, and law enforcement is taking action against the threat from criminal gangs supplying the drug.