Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of how many arrestees waived their right to make no comment during police interviews in the latest period for which data is available.

The Home Office does not collect information on the content of police interviews, including whether suspects waive their right to make no comment during police interviews. This information may be held by individual police forces.

The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests by police. The most recent publication relating to arrest statistics can be found at the link below:

Stop and search, arrests and mental health detentions, March 2024 - GOV.UK

The Home Office takes a judicious approach to the collection of data from police in order to avoid disproportionate burdens on forces. More information on the Annual Data Requirement is available at the following link:

Home Office Annual Data Requirement (ADR) data – Privacy Information Notice - GOV.UK