Written Question·Home Office·UIN 62686
Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence
Tabled: 25 June 2025
Answered: 2 July 2025
Question
Apsana Begum
Labour — Poplar and Limehouse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the offence of assault against an emergency worker on trends in the level of (a) arrests and (b) convictions of women.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonThe offence of assault against an emergency worker is the responsibility of Ministry of Justice.