Question follow-through · 86636
Demonstrations: Public Order
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds data on the subject matter of protests at which sections (a) 12 and (b) 14 of the Public Order Act 1986 have been used in the last three years.
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 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds data on the subject matter of protests at which sections (a) 12 and (b) 14 of the Public Order Act 1986 have been used in the last three years.
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Government has tabled an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill which will allow senior officers to take account of the cumulative impact of protest activity when considering whether to impose conditions under sections 12 and 14 of the Public Order ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Protest
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Public Order and Hate Crime Legislation Review
19 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the findings of the Independent Review of Public Order and Hate Crime Legislation will be available to i) the Home Affairs Select Committee and ii) hon. Members before the Crime and Policing B