questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police forces provide people being held in their care with access to (a) medication (b) food and (c) fluid; and whether she is taking steps to require police forces to record data on access to these items.
answerText: The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) Code C sets out requirements for police custody, including in respect of detainee healthcare, food and drink. The College of Policing also publishes Authorised Professional Practice guidance on detainee car...
heading: Police Custody