Written Question·Home Office·UIN 82847
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, how many offenders convicted of sexual offences did not have a custody photograph on police record in each of the last five years.
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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