"A 45-year-old man was arrested on 19 September on suspicion of possession of drugs in the Hampstead Heath area," a Metropolitan Police spokesman said.
The singer was taken to a police station and given the caution for possessing class A and class C drugs.
Home Office Minister Tony McNulty said drug laws needed to be "flexible".
Asked why Michael had been given a relatively mild punishment for the possession of class A drugs, Mr McNulty said he did not know the details of the case.
George Michael has been in trouble with police before
But he added that the law provides a wide range of punishments for possession of drugs, and "circumstances and context" had to be applied.
The Home Office website says possession of class A drugs can result in up to seven years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.
Mr McNulty told the BBC: "The biggest message is that drugs are wrong and people will be punished, but it must be right that there is flexiblity in the law."
But the government has the balance "about right" between being tough when it needs to be and providing treatment for individuals "to get off that horrible spiral of drug dependancy and crime", he added.
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