Asked by: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish data on the number of investigations carried out into online race hate incidents related to football since the introduction of this as a specific offence in 2022.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office publishes data on the number of football-related race hate incidents in England and Wales in the annual ‘Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales’ Official Statistics release. The latest data covering the 2024 to 2025 domestic football season and can be accessed at the following link: Football-related arrests and banning orders statistics - GOV.UK
Data on the number of football-related race hate incidents for each of the last five years are available in table 11 of the accompanying data tables and are provided below:
Table 1: Matches with reported incidents of hate crime relating to race, England and Wales, 2019/20 season to 2024/25 season
Season | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
Hate crime - Race | 214 | 2 | 283 | 248 | 226 | 287 |
The Home Office does not hold data on the number of investigations carried out into online race hate incidents related to football.
Asked by: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish figures showing the number of race hate incidents reported that were football related for each of the past five years since 2020.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office publishes data on the number of football-related race hate incidents in England and Wales in the annual ‘Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales’ Official Statistics release. The latest data covering the 2024 to 2025 domestic football season and can be accessed at the following link: Football-related arrests and banning orders statistics - GOV.UK
Data on the number of football-related race hate incidents for each of the last five years are available in table 11 of the accompanying data tables and are provided below:
Table 1: Matches with reported incidents of hate crime relating to race, England and Wales, 2019/20 season to 2024/25 season
Season | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
Hate crime - Race | 214 | 2 | 283 | 248 | 226 | 287 |
The Home Office does not hold data on the number of investigations carried out into online race hate incidents related to football.
Asked by: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish figures setting out the number of incidents of reported race hate crimes for each of the past five year since 2020.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office publishes official statistics on hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales. Information on race hate crimes for the last five years can be found here: Hate crime, England and Wales, year ending March 2025 - GOV.UK
Asked by: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many arrests for the offence of entering the playing areas at football grounds have led to football banning orders in the past three football seasons.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The Home Office publishes annual figures on the number of football banning orders issued and the number of football-related arrests in England and Wales in the ‘Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales’ Official Statistics publication. The latest data cover the 2021 to 2022 football season and are available here: Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales: 2021 to 2022 season - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Data on the number of football banning orders issued and the number of football-related arrests for pitch incursion since the 2010 to 2011 season are published in tables 1 and 5 of the accompanying data tables.
There were 516 new banning orders issued in the 2021 to 2022 football season, down by 46% since the 2010 to 2011 season.
There were 313 football-related arrests for pitch incursion in the 2021 to 2022 football season, up by 30% since the 2010 to 2011 season.
Data on arrests for the offence of entering the playing area at a designated football match that have led to the imposition of football banning orders is not held. A football banning order is a preventative measure which is not issued as part of a sentence, or solely based on an individual’s conviction offence. In deciding whether to make a banning order, a court may consider a range of prosecution evidence in support of a banning order application.
Asked by: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many arrests have been made following pitch invasions in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The Home Office publishes annual figures on the number of football banning orders issued and the number of football-related arrests in England and Wales in the ‘Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales’ Official Statistics publication. The latest data cover the 2021 to 2022 football season and are available here: Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales: 2021 to 2022 season - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Data on the number of football banning orders issued and the number of football-related arrests for pitch incursion since the 2010 to 2011 season are published in tables 1 and 5 of the accompanying data tables.
There were 516 new banning orders issued in the 2021 to 2022 football season, down by 46% since the 2010 to 2011 season.
There were 313 football-related arrests for pitch incursion in the 2021 to 2022 football season, up by 30% since the 2010 to 2011 season.
Data on arrests for the offence of entering the playing area at a designated football match that have led to the imposition of football banning orders is not held. A football banning order is a preventative measure which is not issued as part of a sentence, or solely based on an individual’s conviction offence. In deciding whether to make a banning order, a court may consider a range of prosecution evidence in support of a banning order application.
Asked by: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many football banning orders have been issued in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The Home Office publishes annual figures on the number of football banning orders issued and the number of football-related arrests in England and Wales in the ‘Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales’ Official Statistics publication. The latest data cover the 2021 to 2022 football season and are available here: Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales: 2021 to 2022 season - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Data on the number of football banning orders issued and the number of football-related arrests for pitch incursion since the 2010 to 2011 season are published in tables 1 and 5 of the accompanying data tables.
There were 516 new banning orders issued in the 2021 to 2022 football season, down by 46% since the 2010 to 2011 season.
There were 313 football-related arrests for pitch incursion in the 2021 to 2022 football season, up by 30% since the 2010 to 2011 season.
Data on arrests for the offence of entering the playing area at a designated football match that have led to the imposition of football banning orders is not held. A football banning order is a preventative measure which is not issued as part of a sentence, or solely based on an individual’s conviction offence. In deciding whether to make a banning order, a court may consider a range of prosecution evidence in support of a banning order application.
Asked by: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 20 December 2021 (HL4820), how many arrests were made of people identified using CCTV footage and other sources following the Euro 2020 final between England and Italy on 11 July 2021; and what assessment they have made of the report by Baroness Casey of Blackstone published in December 2021 in relation to these arrests.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
We do not hold data that categorises arrests made following the Euro 2020 final as CCTV related or resulting from other sources.
The Government is considering the recommendations that Baroness Casey of Blackstock’s report contains.
Asked by: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many football banning orders were made under the Football (Disorder) Act 2000 in each of the last five years.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
Data on arrests made by the Metropolitan Police Service for offences relating to football disorder relevant for the purposes of Schedule 1 of the Football Spectators Act 1989 at each England match during the Euro2020 tournament is shown in the table below: -
Date | Opponent | Arrests |
13 June 2021 | Croatia | 2 |
18 June 2021 | Scotland | 28 |
22 June 2021 | Czech Republic | 1 |
29 June 2021 | Germany | 2 |
3 July 2021 | Ukraine | 0 |
7 July 2021 | Denmark | 18 |
11 July 2021 | Italy | 39 |
Police investigations into football disorder offences committed in connection with Euro 2020 matches and the resultant legal proceedings are ongoing. The Home Office does not hold data on the charging of these offences.
Data on convictions related to disorder, and racist offences, at football matches in each of the last five years is not held centrally.
The Home Office publishes annual statistics on the number of football banning orders issued each year. These can be found on gov.uk.
Asked by: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many convictions related to (1) disorder, and (2) racist offences, at football matches there were in each of the last five years.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
Data on arrests made by the Metropolitan Police Service for offences relating to football disorder relevant for the purposes of Schedule 1 of the Football Spectators Act 1989 at each England match during the Euro2020 tournament is shown in the table below: -
Date | Opponent | Arrests |
13 June 2021 | Croatia | 2 |
18 June 2021 | Scotland | 28 |
22 June 2021 | Czech Republic | 1 |
29 June 2021 | Germany | 2 |
3 July 2021 | Ukraine | 0 |
7 July 2021 | Denmark | 18 |
11 July 2021 | Italy | 39 |
Police investigations into football disorder offences committed in connection with Euro 2020 matches and the resultant legal proceedings are ongoing. The Home Office does not hold data on the charging of these offences.
Data on convictions related to disorder, and racist offences, at football matches in each of the last five years is not held centrally.
The Home Office publishes annual statistics on the number of football banning orders issued each year. These can be found on gov.uk.
Asked by: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many charges were made for offences relating to football disorder for each England Euro 2020 match.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
Data on arrests made by the Metropolitan Police Service for offences relating to football disorder relevant for the purposes of Schedule 1 of the Football Spectators Act 1989 at each England match during the Euro2020 tournament is shown in the table below: -
Date | Opponent | Arrests |
13 June 2021 | Croatia | 2 |
18 June 2021 | Scotland | 28 |
22 June 2021 | Czech Republic | 1 |
29 June 2021 | Germany | 2 |
3 July 2021 | Ukraine | 0 |
7 July 2021 | Denmark | 18 |
11 July 2021 | Italy | 39 |
Police investigations into football disorder offences committed in connection with Euro 2020 matches and the resultant legal proceedings are ongoing. The Home Office does not hold data on the charging of these offences.
Data on convictions related to disorder, and racist offences, at football matches in each of the last five years is not held centrally.
The Home Office publishes annual statistics on the number of football banning orders issued each year. These can be found on gov.uk.