Written Question·Home Office·UIN 80821
Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Edward Morello
Liberal Democrat — West 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 JonesThe 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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