Prisoners: Social Media

(asked on 13th November 2024) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of people in prison for offences related to the use of social media broken down by offence.


Answered by
Nicholas Dakin Portrait
Nicholas Dakin
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
This question was answered on 19th November 2024

Information as to whether social media was used (at any point) in the commission of an offence is not centrally recorded – therefore the information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

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