Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what will happen in cases where suspects have been released under investigation when new regulations on pre-charge bail come into force; and whether these suspects will be converted to pre-charge bail following their re-arrest.

Transitional arrangements for the pre-charge bail provisions within the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act state that only individuals who are arrested after the commencement of these provisions will be dealt with under the new system.

Individuals who were arrested and Released Under Investigation before the reforms are implemented will continue to be subject to the existing process.

Decisions on whether to place individuals on pre-charge bail are, and will continue to be, matters for police forces to consider, taking into account all of the risks.