Written Question·Home Office·UIN 82848

Police Custody: Photographs

Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 24 October 2025

Question

Jessica Toale

LabourBournemouth West

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with victims’ groups on the potential impact of convicted offenders remaining unidentified in the public domain due to the absence of custody photographs.

Answer

Sarah Jones
Voluntary 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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