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Social Media: Arrests

Asked by Jim McMahonLabour (Co-op)Home OfficeTabled Answered 26 November 2025UIN 92135

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) hate crime and (b) non hate crime arrests have taken place for social media posts, messages and interactions in England in each year since 2015.

Answered by Sarah Jones

The Home Office does not hold arrest data specific to social media posts, messages and interactions.

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