Police Interrogation
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspect interviews were conducted broken down by the language used in the interview in each police force in the last 12 months.
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson
The Home Office does not hold the information requested.
The Home Office annually collects and publishes information on the number of people detained in custody. The latest available data is for the year ending March 2023 and can be found here: Other PACE powers, year ending March 2023 (second edition) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Information on whether an interview was conducted whilst in detention, including the language used, is not centrally collected by the Home Office.
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