Written Question·Home Office·UIN 38579

Football: Racial Hatred

Tabled: 17 March 2025

Answered: 25 March 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of racial attacks in football game settings in the last 12 months.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

The Government is determined to tackle hate crime across England and Wales, including offences that occur at football matches, and we are clear there is no place for racism in sport or society.We have a robust legislative framework in place to respond to ...

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