Crimes of Violence
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of trends in the level of violent crime during heatwaves in 2024.
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson
There is a wide body of academic research pointing to associations between short-term increased temperatures and violent crime, but the Home Office has no plans to conduct any future specific research in this area in relation to heatwaves in 2024.
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