Public Order

(asked on 28th January 2025) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is preparing reviews on the operation of sections (a) 73 and (b) 74 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 in accordance with those sections.


Answered by
Diana Johnson Portrait
Diana Johnson
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 3rd February 2025

Section 73(5) and Section 74(7) placed a duty on the Secretary of State to prepare and publish a report on the operation of sections 12 and 14 of the Public Order Act 1986, as amended by the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.

The Government published this report on 17 December 2024. It can be viewed at the following link: Police protest powers, June 2022 to March 2024 - GOV.UK.

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