Written Question·Home Office·UIN 82843
Police Custody: Photographs
Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 24 October 2025
Question
Jessica Toale
Labour — Bournemouth West
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to police forces on the taking of custody photographs of suspects who attend voluntary interviews.
Answer
Sarah JonesVoluntary interviews are used to question a person who is not under arrest about their suspected involvement in a criminal offence, particularly in cases where the legal threshold for arrest is not met. The decision to voluntarily interview a suspect rest...
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