Coronavirus: Disease Control

(asked on 3rd March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2022 to Question 121681, on Coronavirus: Disease Control, what recent discussions she has had with the Crown Prosecution Service on their investigation into fines which were wrongly handed down to people for alleged breaches of covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement.


Answered by
Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 8th March 2022

The Home Office does not hold the information requested. This would be a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service. The CPS publish data on a monthly basis on all coronavirus prosecutions.

https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/cps-review-findings-first-year-coronavirus-prosecutions

This link sets out the findings on all Fixed Penalty Notice cases and cover the period of the first lockdown including those issued erroneously.

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