Home Office written question – answered at on 3 June 2026.
Apsana Begum
Labour, Poplar and Limehouse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests, investigations and charges there have been relating to Operation Ford for offences of a) stalking, b) harassment, c) controlling or coercive behaviour d) domestic abuse.
Dan Jarvis
The Minister of State, Home Department, Minister of State (Home Office) (Security), Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
Operation Ford is the policing support for locally elected representatives, including Metropolitan Mayors, Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and Local Councillors.
Working with the police, the Home Office has established the Operation Ford Threat Assessment Centre to coordinate and collate intelligence to build a national picture of threats, including harassment and intimidation, against locally elected representatives across the UK.
The Home Office do not hold data on numbers of arrests, investigations, and charges directly related Operation Ford. Arrest and charge data is published at an aggregate level through the Home Office’s official crime statistics.
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