PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Police Custody: Legal Opinion (6 January 2023)

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of using remote legal advice in police custody on the (a) uptake of legal advice, (b) client confidence in legal advice and (c) the outcomes of detention interviews.

Asked by:
Janet Daby (Labour)

The Government’s full response to the Criminal Legal Aid Independent Review consultation, published in November 2022, outlined work underway to explore the further use of remote legal advice in police stations as part of the development of the future criminal legal aid services contract.

Consideration of the provision of remote legal advice in police stations will involve sector-wide collaboration, including with the Home Office, His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS), the judiciary, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the police.

Answered by:
Mike Freer (Conservative)
11 January 2023