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Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence

Commons · Question 93901 · Tabled 24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 2 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 on individuals with mental health conditions or neurodivergent profiles.

Answer

Answered by Jake Richards, 2 Dec 2025

The Ministry of Justice routinely publishes data on the number of convictions at criminal courts for an assault on an emergency worker by age and ethnicity in England and Wales. This data can be found in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, which can be do...