questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that vulnerable adults are appropriately safeguarded during (a) arrest and (b) detention procedures.
answerText: The Home Office sets the statutory framework for the treatment of vulnerable adults through the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) and its Codes of Practice.PACE Code C requires police to identify whether people brought into police custody are v...
heading: Arrests and Police Custody: Vulnerable Adults