Question follow-through · 38138
Police Custody: Suicide
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of suicide prevention training for staff in police custody suites.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 13 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 20 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of suicide prevention training for staff in police custody suites.
20 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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20 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to preventing deaths in or following police custody, including suicides both in custody and following release.The College of Policing’s 'Vulnerability in Custody' training package, launched in 2022, seeks to improve the consist...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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