Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of racism in football were recorded or reported during 2016.

The Home Office annually publishes statistics on football- related arrests and banning orders connected with regulated international and domestic football matches involving English and Welsh clubs and the national teams.

The 2015 to 2016 football season for football-related arrests covers the period 1 July 2015 to 10 July 2016. In this season there were 17 football-related arrests in connection with racist and indecent chanting.

The current football-related arrests and banning orders publication can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/football-related-arrests-and-banning-orders-england-and-wales-season-2015-to-2016