Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 25 January 2017 to Question 60970, whether there have been more (a) racist incidents and (b) banning orders than those referred to for 1 July 2015 to 10 July 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 football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales: season 2015 to 2016 is the most recent publication on this area. The statistics stated in answer of 25 January 2017 to Question 60970 are the most up to date statistics the Home Office holds.

This publication can be found at:

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

The Home Office intends to publish figures on football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales: season 2016 to 2017 later this year.