Criminal Investigation
Commons · Question 88433 · Tabled 5 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Lisa Smart
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to update guidance for police forces on the investigation of (a) false and (b) malicious allegations as potential criminal offences.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 18 Nov 2025
Section 5 of the Criminal Law Act 1967 sets out that wasting police time is a criminal offence, which includes by knowingly making a false report.Furthermore, the Common Law offence of perverting the course of justice could also be considered by police an...