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Police Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time spent by people in custody in police holding cells was in the two years (a) before and (b) after the introduction of the CONNECT software; and how many people have been detained

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
17 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time spent by people in custody in police holding cells was in the two years (a) before and (b) after the introduction of the CONNECT software; and how many people have been detained

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Police forces and Policing and Crime Commissioners are responsible for their procurement and commercial strategies for Records Management Systems.Each force is responsible for evaluating the performance of their Record Management System in line with those...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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