Written Question·Home Office·UIN 80821

Prisoners: Ethnic Groups

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal DemocratWest Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the policy objective is of advising police forces to release (a) ethnicity and (b) other details of suspects before trial.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The Home Office does not direct operational policing decisions, including those related to the disclosure of information about a person suspected or charged with committing an offence. These matters rightly fall under the purview of Chief Constables.The N...

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