Question follow-through · 26004
Police Custody: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths in police custody there have been in the last five years.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 23 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 31 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
23 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths in police custody there have been in the last five years.
27 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Jan 2025
Answer published
Data on deaths in police custody for England and Wales is produced by the Independent Office for Police Complaints in its annual report: Annual deaths during or following police contact report - 2023/24 | Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)There ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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