Hughes Chang
(asked on 10th July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken fully to comply with the High Court judgment in the Hughes Chang case.
This question was answered on 21st July 2014
The Home Office has taken steps to ensure that it complies fully with the Hughes-Chang court judgement. Mandatory changes have been made to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Codes of Practice C and H, which came into effect in October 2013, which require the police to provide 17 year olds with an appropriate adult and to inform their parents of their detention.