Written questions

Police Custody: Death

Commons · Question 26004 · Tabled 23 Jan 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 31 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths in police custody there have been in the last five years.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 31 Jan 2025

Data on deaths in police custody for England and Wales is produced by the Independent Office for Police Complaints in its annual report: Annual deaths during or following police contact report - 2023/24 | Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)There ...