FOI release

17258 - Cannabis cultivation licences

Figures released on the number of cannabis cultivation licences issued from 2000 to 2010 (information before 2000 not available) and the number…

• From: Home Office
• Published: 12 January 2012

Details

Figures released on the number of cannabis cultivation licences issued from 2000 to 2010 (information before 2000 not available) and the number of ‘expert witnesses’ granted licences in 2010.

The following information was released on 1st February 2011:

1) Number of cannabis cultivation licences issued -

Year         Number of licences issued
1997        Data not available
1998        Data not available
1999        Data not available
2000        84
2001        NIL
2002         1
2003        22
2004        72
2005        58
2006        29
2007         7
2008        11
2009        28
2010        44

2) No ‘expert witnesses’ were granted cannabis cultivation licences in 2010.

Published 12 January 2012