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<p>The Home Office does not centrally hold the information requested.</p><p>From April
2017 the Home Office requested information on a voluntary basis from the police on
the number of individuals released on pre-charge bail, broken down by bail length.
Data, from a subset of 17 forces, were published as ‘Experimental statistics’ in the
latest edition of the ‘Police powers and procedures’ statistical bulletin, available
here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/751215/police-powers-procedures-mar18-hosb2418.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/751215/police-powers-procedures-mar18-hosb2418.pdf</a></p><p>The
data were collected on a mandatory basis from April 2018 and are intended for publication
in the next edition of the release, scheduled for October 2019.</p><p>However, information
on the specific offence are not collected, nor are data on cases which resulted in
a person being released under investigation.</p>
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