Question follow-through · 96
Police: Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards exist to reduce the risk of unnecessary (a) arrest and (b) restraint of neurodivergent people during police encounters.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 21 May 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards exist to reduce the risk of unnecessary (a) arrest and (b) restraint of neurodivergent people during police encounters.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
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21 May 2026
Answer published
The College of Policing set training and guidance on arrest, de-escalation and the dangers of using restraint techniques on vulnerable individuals.Before officers can be authorised to use force they must pass a comprehensive training programme, which incl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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