Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers reported being assaulted on 13 March 2021 in the course of the events linked to the event at Clapham Common that day; and how many people have subsequently been (a) arrested and (b) charged with offences that relate to assaulting a police officer.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
Information regarding how many officers were assaulted and the number of individuals arrested during the Sarah Everard vigil is an operational matter for the Metropolitan Police Service. They have informed the Home Office that 14 police officers reported being assaulted in the course of events, with five of these reporting injuries.
One person has been arrested for two of the assaults and no one has yet been charged.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring into force the offence of threatening with an offensive weapon etc in a private place as provided for by section 52 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
We intend to commence this measure, along with other measures provided for by the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 relating to knives and corrosive products and substances, later this year. We paused commencement of the Act temporarily because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but we are working now to bring the Act fully in to force as soon as we can.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many murders there have been where the victim was recorded as being transgender in each year for which information is available.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Home Office collects data on homicide and murder offences recorded by the police in England and Wales, including the sex of victim. However, data on the gender identity of victims of murder is not collected centrally. Police forces may hold these data at the local level.
Information on homicide Offences recorded by the police are published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and can be found here: