Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
Commons · Question 80821 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
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
Answered by Sarah Jones, 20 Oct 2025
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...