Criminal Investigation: Children

(asked on 20th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been issued on the use of release under investigation for minors; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of its use in cases where suspects are minors.


Answered by
Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 25th January 2022

Release Under Investigation (RUI) is a non-legislative police process. The National Police Chiefs’ Council issued guidance on RUI in January 2019.

In tandem with wider changes to pre-charge bail included in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, the College of Policing will, for the first time, issue statutory guidance, including specific consideration of minors and how RUI should be used. This work is being undertaken with key stakeholders from the youth justice system.

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