FOI 244 – Appropriate Adult Service

FOI Request

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am seeking up-to-date information about the proportion of police detentions/interviews of suspects and voluntary interviews in which an appropriate adult [1] was provided and for whom legal advice was obtained as recorded by officers for both adults and juveniles [2].

I would be grateful if you could provide the following data for your force area, for the period of the year to 9 March 2020:

Please indicate the following in relation to everyone (adults and juveniles):

  
Please indicate the following in relation to juveniles:

Please indicate who acted as the appropriate adult for the juveniles:

 Please indicate the ethnicity of the juveniles:

Please indicate the gender of the juveniles:

If you have any published guidelines to follow when conducting voluntary interviews, could you please attach them.

If this data is not held (or cannot be compiled within the cost limits) for the requested period, please provide any relevant data for the most recent possible period.

If this data is not held (or cannot be compiled within the cost limits) for any period, I would be grateful for any information by way of explanation (e.g. no records of voluntary interviews are held; the requirement for an appropriate adult is not systematically stored in custody information systems).

FOI Response

I can confirm that the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland does not hold this information.

While the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner is the commissioning body for Cleveland’s appropriate adult programme, decisions for a referral are made by officers working for Cleveland Police.

Therefore, with your consent, I would like to transfer your request to Cleveland Police’s FOI department. Please let me know if that is something you would like me to do.

Date responded: 30 March 2020