Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups
(asked on 10th December 2020) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the disproportionate rate of fines issued to BAME communities under regulations introduced to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) have published an analysis of the disproportionality of fines issued via a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN), for breaching the new public health regulations to control the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19) which can be found here: https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/download/608327f7e62a4432a59ce05c5c1554bc
The analysis presented in this report covers such fines issued between 27th March and 25th May 2020. The data shows that the disparity rate for individuals of a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background was 1.6 times higher than White individuals.
We will continue to work extremely closely with the police as we have throughout the pandemic. We are clear that no one should be subject to police enforcement on the basis of race alone and we work with forces and the NPCC to address disproportionality in policing.