Euro 2020: Prosecutions

(asked on 9th December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many charges were made for offences relating to football disorder for each England Euro 2020 match.


Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 20th December 2021

Data on arrests made by the Metropolitan Police Service for offences relating to football disorder relevant for the purposes of Schedule 1 of the Football Spectators Act 1989 at each England match during the Euro2020 tournament is shown in the table below: -

Date

Opponent

Arrests

13 June 2021

Croatia

2

18 June 2021

Scotland

28

22 June 2021

Czech Republic

1

29 June 2021

Germany

2

3 July 2021

Ukraine

0

7 July 2021

Denmark

18

11 July 2021

Italy

39

Police investigations into football disorder offences committed in connection with Euro 2020 matches and the resultant legal proceedings are ongoing. The Home Office does not hold data on the charging of these offences.

Data on convictions related to disorder, and racist offences, at football matches in each of the last five years is not held centrally.

The Home Office publishes annual statistics on the number of football banning orders issued each year. These can be found on gov.uk.

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