Question follow-through · 123292

Religious Buildings: Crimes against Property

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many mosques, Islamic centres and Muslim community centres have been subject to criminal damage in each of the last 5 years.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
24 Mar 2026
Target answer date
26 Mar 2026
Answer
13 Apr 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many mosques, Islamic centres and Muslim community centres have been subject to criminal damage in each of the last 5 years.

  2. 26 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of religious hate crimes targeted at Muslims recorded by the police in England and Wales. It is not possible to tell, from the data held centrally, whether or not the offences were committed...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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