Custody units and complaints

30 January 2025

Request under the freedom of information act 2000 ref no: FOI2025/00311

I write in connection with your request for information received on 10 January.  I note you seek access to the following information:

Please can you provide the following information relating to your detention and custody units.
 
 1. Relating to the size of your detention and custody units.  

a.       number custody units in your force
b.       total number of cells within all custody units
c.       number of cells within your largest custody unit
d.       number of detention officers
 
2. The annual volume of custody related complaints in the last 12 months (or recent 12 month period) that required an investigation.  If possible, split by the following:

a.       Property related
b.       Defence related (i.e. lack of access to a solicitor, lack of provision of medication, etc.)
c.       Health & wellbeing related
d.       Other

If you do not have the above split and have an existing report on the volume of custody complaints, please provide that.
 
3. How much has been paid out in compensation in the last 12 months for the investigations listed in Question 2, split by the following types:

a.       Lost property
b.       Defence 
c.       Health & wellbeing
d.       Other

I am required by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (The Act) to handle all requests in a manner that is blind to the identity of the requestor. Any information released in response to a request is regarded as being published and therefore, in the public domain without caveat.

Response: Following searches conducted within the Force; please find the information you have requested below:

The numerical data presented in this response is an un-audited snapshot of un-published data sourced from "live" systems and is subject to the interpretation of the original request by the individual extracting the data.