Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many protests have been prevented or restricted under existing legislative powers in the last 12 months.

The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of arrests, conducted by each police force in England and Wales, on an annual basis.

Data are held at the offence group level (for example ‘Violence against the person’ and ‘Public order’ offences) and Police Force Area level only.

Information on the number of arrests made at Extinction Rebellion protests are not held centrally.

How many protests have been prevented or restricted under existing legislative powers in the last 12 months?

The Home Office does not record the numbers of protests that take place, have been prevented or restricted. We do not hold information to answer the question.