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Police Custody: Databases

Asked by Chris PhilpConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 17 January 2025UIN 22938

The question

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.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

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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