Written Question·Home Office·UIN 62686

Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence

Tabled: 25 June 2025
Answered: 2 July 2025

Question

Apsana Begum

LabourPoplar 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 Johnson
The offence of assault against an emergency worker is the responsibility of Ministry of Justice.