Written questions

Offenders: Ethnic Groups and Nationality

Commons · Question 89390 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 19 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the National Police Chiefs Council guidance on releasing to the press the ethnicity and nationality of suspects for serious offences.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 19 Nov 2025

On Wednesday 5 November the College of Policing launched their public consultation of the Media and Communications Authorised Professional Practice (APP), formerly the Media Relations APP.This guidance advises police forces on the information that they pr...