FOI 0517-2023/24- Police authorised detentions
Request:
I am seeking up-to-date information about the proportion of police detentions/interviews of suspects and voluntary interviews in which an appropriate adult was provided and for whom legal advice was requested and obtained as recorded by officers for both adults and juveniles.
I would be grateful if you could provide the following data for your force area, for each year for the years ending 9 March 2021, 2022 and 2023:
Q1. In relation to everyone (adults and juveniles), please could you indicate the total number of
(1) authorised detentions
(2) interviews under arrest and
(3) voluntary Interviews.
Q2. Then for these authorised detentions & interviews under arrest
(a) a pre-interview Risk Assessment was conducted,
(b) an appropriate adult was provided,
(c) legal advice was requested and
(d) legal advice was provided.
Q3. Then for these voluntary Interviews
(a) a pre-interview Risk Assessment was conducted,
(b) an appropriate adult was provided,
(c) legal advice was requested and
(d) legal advice was provided.
Q4. Then for juveniles only and their authorised detentions & interviews under arrest
(a) a pre-interview Risk Assessment was conducted,
(b) an appropriate adult was provided,
(c) legal advice was requested and
(d) legal advice was provided.
Q5. Then for juveniles only and their voluntary Interviews
(a) a pre-interview Risk Assessment was conducted,
(b) an appropriate adult was provided,
(c) legal advice was requested and
(d) legal advice was provided.
Response:
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Q1. Please see the table below which details the number of authorised detentions, interviews under arrest and voluntary interviews of both adults and children recorded by North Yorkshire Police for the financial years 2020/21, 2021/22 & 2022/23.
|
|
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
Total |
|
Authorised Detensions |
11,115 |
11,606 |
11,188 |
33,909 |
|
Interviews Under Arrest |
7,835 |
8,156 |
7,558 |
23,549 |
|
Voluntary Interviews |
2,680 |
2,877 |
2,904 |
8,461 |
|
Total |
21,630 |
22,639 |
21,650 |
65,919 |
Q2. Please see the table below which details the number of pre-interview risk assessments, whether an appropriate adult was provided, whether legal advice was provided for the above recorded authorised detensions and interviews under arrest of both adults and children recorded by North Yorkshire Police for the financial years 2020/21, 2021/22 & 2022/23.
|
|
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
Total |
|
Risk assessment completed |
11,112 |
11,603 |
11,176 |
33,891 |
|
Appropriate Adult |
1,264 |
1,140 |
1,139 |
3,543 |
|
Legal Advice provided |
6,454 |
6,640 |
6,545 |
19,639 |
Those where no risk assessment completed was either due to the detainee being violent or likely to become violent, unfit (either medically or intoxicated), other, or where there was an external arrest by a different police force such as West Yorkshire, Durham, Cheshire etc – they would have completed the RA.
I note that where legal advice is requested it is always provided therefore there are no separate figures for these two parts of your request.
Q3. Please see the table below which details the number of pre-interview risk assessments, whether an appropriate adult was provided, whether legal advice was provided for the above recorded voluntary interviews of both adults and children recorded by North Yorkshire Police for the financial years 2020/21, 2021/22 & 2022/23.
|
|
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
Total |
|
Risk assessment completed |
2,677 |
2,874 |
2,902 |
8,453 |
|
Appropriate Adult |
569 |
638 |
743 |
1,950 |
|
Legal Advice provided |
1,348 |
1,490 |
1,553 |
4,391 |
Those where no risk assessment completed was either due to the detainee being violent or likely to become violent, unfit (either medically or intoxicated), other, or where there was an external arrest by a different police force such as West Yorkshire, Durham, Cheshire etc – they would have completed the RA.
Q4. Please see the table below which details the number of authorised detentions, interviews under arrest and voluntary interviews of children only recorded by North Yorkshire Police for the financial years 2020/21, 2021/22 & 2022/23.
|
|
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
Total |
|
Authorised Detensions |
959 |
823 |
792 |
2,574 |
|
Interviews Under Arrest |
717 |
609 |
547 |
1,873 |
|
Voluntary Interviews |
501 |
598 |
711 |
1,810 |
|
Total |
2,177 |
2,030 |
2,050 |
6,257 |
Q5. Please see the table below which details the number of pre-interview risk assessments, whether an appropriate adult was provided, whether legal advice was provided for the above recorded authorised detensions and interviews under arrest of children only recorded by North Yorkshire Police for the financial years 2020/21, 2021/22 & 2022/23.
|
|
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
Total |
|
Risk assessment completed |
958 |
823 |
790 |
2,571 |
|
Appropriate Adult |
959 |
823 |
790 |
2,572 |
|
Legal Advice provided |
713 |
633 |
641 |
1,987 |
Those where no risk assessment completed was either due to the detainee being violent or likely to become violent, unfit (either medically or intoxicated), other, or where there was an external arrest by a different police force such as West Yorkshire, Durham, Cheshire etc – they would have completed the RA.
I note that where legal advice is requested it is always provided therefore there are no separate figures for these two parts of your request.
Q6. Please see the table below which details the number of pre-interview risk assessments, whether an appropriate adult was provided, whether legal advice was provided for the above recorded voluntary interviews of children only recorded by North Yorkshire Police for the financial years 2020/21, 2021/22 & 2022/23.
|
|
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
Total |
|
Risk assessment completed |
501 |
595 |
710 |
1,806 |
|
Appropriate Adult |
501 |
598 |
711 |
1,810 |
|
Legal Advice provided |
261 |
333 |
371 |
965 |
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.