Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans for the Independent review into civil unrest in Leicester in 2023 to include an assessment of the potential role of fake accounts from (a) foreign governments, (b) political groups and (c) online actors in the unrest.

The review into the 2022 unrest in Leicester is independent, subject to the Terms of Reference, which will be made available once the remaining panel members have been appointed. In brief, the review will:

• establish the facts of what took place over the period of unrest;
• present an analysis of the causes of the unrest;
• make recommendations for preventing similar events arising in future; and
• set out proposals and ideas for strengthening social cohesion locally.

As an independent review, the exact avenues of investigation and assessment will for the panel to determine. The review seeks to strengthen community cohesion in the city; the independent experts will hear from a wide range of people and voices from across the city and beyond, and they will take steps to ensure that all communities are fairly represented and heard.