Question follow-through · 14364
Police: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many personnel were assigned to monitoring social media by the police in of the last ten years.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 14 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 21 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many personnel were assigned to monitoring social media by the police in of the last ten years.
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Nov 2024
Answer published
Police forces do not routinely monitor social media but will investigate allegations of suspected criminal activity committed on social media platforms that are brought to their attention.The Home Office does not hold information on how much police forces...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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