Police: Neurodiversity
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department collects data on complaints involving police interactions with neurodivergent people.
Answered by Sarah Jones
The Home Office does not collect data on complaints involving police interactions with neurodivergent individuals.
As the public body responsible for overseeing the police complaints system in England and Wales, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is responsible for collecting police complaints data.
The IOPC publishes annual statistics on police complaints, which include some information on complainants. These are available at: https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/our-work/research-and-statistics/police-complaints-statistics
Data on neurodivergence is not published within the IOPC’s police complaints statistics, however, they may hold further information that is not routinely published.
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