Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 61188

Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence

Tabled: 19 June 2025
Answered: 24 June 2025

Question

Apsana Begum

LabourPoplar and Limehouse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will conduct an equality impact assessment for the offence of assault against an emergency worker.

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones
The Ministry of Justice, which is responsible for the legislation relating to assaults on emergency workers, has not made an assessment of the impact, or potential impact, of the offence under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act ...

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