Police Custody: Care Leavers
Lords · Question HL13462 · Tabled 12 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by The Lord Bishop of Gloucester
To ask His Majesty's Government how many and what proportion of (1) men, and (2) women, arriving in custody have self-declared as part of the basic custody screening interview that they have been in the care of local authority children’s services, in each
Answer
Answered by Lord Timpson, 19 Jan 2026
The information requested is set out in the table below. This table provides only a count of Basic Custody Screenings where care experience was disclosed and does not provide this as a proportion of all BCSs completed over the time period so caution shoul...