Question follow-through · 54859
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made for online malicious communications in 2024.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 30 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
30 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made for online malicious communications in 2024.
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jun 2025
Answer published
The requested data is not centrally held, and could only be collated for the purpose of answering these queries at disproportionate cost.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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