Police powers: pre-charge bail
Consultation on proposals for reviewing pre-charge bail legislation.
Detail
On 5 November 2019 the government launched a review of pre-charge bail legislation to put victims’ safety first and support police investigations.
This public consultation exercise is a central part of the wider review. This paper sets out issues raised by stakeholders alongside a corresponding set of initial proposals on which views are sought.
Documents
Police powers: pre-charge bail government consultation (accessible version)Police powers: pre-charge bail government consultationapplication/pdfImpact assessment (accessible version)Impact assessmentapplication/pdfExecutive summary: Welsh (accessible version)Executive summary: Welshapplication/pdfPrivacy information notice (accessible version)Privacy information noticeapplication/pdfPolice powers: pre-charge bail government response (accessible version)Police powers: pre-charge bail government responseapplication/pdfPolice powers: pre-charge bail government response (Welsh version) (accessible version)Police powers: pre-charge bail government response (Welsh version)application/pdfPolice powers: pre-charge bail overview of the evidence (accessible version)Police powers: pre-charge bail overview of the evidenceapplication/pdf Police powers: pre-charge bail overview of the evidence (Welsh version) (accessible version)Police powers: pre-charge bail overview of the evidence (Welsh version)application/pdfPre-charge bail overview of the evidence, raw data files (accessible version)Pre-charge bail overview of the evidence, raw data filesapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet