Extinction Rebellion: Demonstrations

(asked on 18th October 2023) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested in connection with protests organised by Extinction Rebellion in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 25th October 2023

The Home Office does not hold a complete data set of all arrests made related to these groups for the time periods requested.

However, in January 2023, the police reported that around 2000 individuals were arrested during 2022 relating to JSO protests by 15 different forces for a range of criminal offences. This includes 31 individuals who were arrested in advance of JSO protests and had equipment seized before it could be used to cause disruption.

Additionally, the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) reported that over 13 weeks between May and July 2023, 271 arrests were made in response to JSOs 91 days of consecutive slow marches in London. Of those arrests, 174 have been charged to date with a breach of conditions. A further 82 remain on bail. These numbers were correct as of 23 August 2023. The lower number of arrests so far in 2023, reflect the MPS’s use of powers to impose conditions on public possessions. Further information is set out here: Policing Just Stop Oil protests has cost Met £7.7 million | Metropolitan Police

The Home Office does not centrally hold information relation to protests by Extinction Rebellion. However, it was reported by the London Assembly ( Policing Just Stop Oil protests has cost Met £7.7 million | Metropolitan Police) that there were 243 arrests in total made between January and September 2022.

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