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<p>Data on people detained in police custody was published for the first time in November
2022, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-other-pace-powers-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2022.</p><p>For
the year ending March 2023 the Home Office collected ethnicity data from forces using
the 2021 Census categories, which includes the ‘Gypsy and Irish traveller’ and ‘Roma’
groups.</p><p>In addition, for the year ending March 2022 data, information was published
on the ethnicity of people detained in custody and separately on whether a person
was considered vulnerable and whether an appropriate adult was called. As this was
the first year the data was collected the statistics were still in development and
therefore an ethnic breakdown of vulnerable adults in custody was not published. Home
Office analysts will assess the quality of the data collected for the year ending
March 2023 and depending on the outcome will publish this breakdown as part of the
‘Police Powers and Procedures: Other PACE bulletin’, which is scheduled for release
in November/December 2023, as pre-announced on Gov.uk, here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/police-powers-and-procedures-other-pace-powers-england-and-wales-year-ending-march-2023<a
href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fannouncements%2Fpolice-powers-and-procedures-other-pace-powers-england-and-wales-year-ending-march-2023&data=05%7C01%7Ciestyn.Prosser%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C0cfed04e0d894482fd9708dbadf9f5fc%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638295061306984333%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2F5ytqqpS9vAypFVDOagEWhFScVLU35UR%2FLCJKmctJYw%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">.</a></p><p>Police custody officers should carry out an assessment
of the risk and vulnerability of everyone in custody, on an individual basis. This
assessment should take into account the person’s behaviour, any signs of illness or
injury, their communication, including information from all available sources and
the circumstances and environment in which they were found.</p>
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