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Police Custody: Databases

Commons · Question 22938 · Tabled 9 Jan 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 17 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Chris Philp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of open custody records was in (a) 2019, (b) 2022, (c) 2023 and (d) 2024.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 17 Jan 2025

The information requested is not currently held centrally.The Home Office collects and publishes data on detentions in police custody in England and Wales, available here: Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK.This data includ...