Written Question·Home Office·UIN 36767
Stop and Search: Ethnic Groups
Tabled: 10 March 2025
Answered: 18 March 2025
Question
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour — Clapham and Brixton Hill
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle racial disparities in drug-related stop and search rates.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonDisparity in the use of stop and search has reduced significantly in the past five years, but there is still far more work to do. In the year to March 2024, black people were 3.5 times more likely than white people to be stopped and searched on suspicion ...
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