Question follow-through · 74476

Social Media: Arrests and Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted for social media posts in each of the last five years.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body: Ministry of Justice
Tabled: 2 Sept 2025
Target answer date: 4 Sept 2025
Answer: 10 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

2 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted for social media posts in each of the last five years.
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice does not collect data on arrests or charging decisions. This is a matter for the police and the Crown Prosecution Service.The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions for a wide range of offences in England and Wales withi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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