PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(9 January 2025)
Question Asked
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.
Asked by:
Chris Philp (Conservative)
Asked by:
Chris Philp (Conservative)
Answer
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 includes the number of detentions by financial year, with the most recently available data up to March 2023. Data for the year ending March 2024 will be available in February 2025.
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