Attorney General’s Guidelines on Disclosure (751A/23)
Request
Under the DPA 2018, we are requesting information regarding the training of police officers in relation to the Attorney General’s Guidelines on Disclosure and the NPCC and the CPS Joint Principles for Redaction.
During the period 01/01/2021 – 01/04/2022, what format of training did officers receive regarding the above, and what number received this training? Please can we have the format of training grouped as per the below:
Face to face
Online seminar
Guidance email/briefing note
Other
Following the revised NPCC and CPS Joint Principles for Redaction, was any updated training offered? Again, please break this down by number and by the nature of the training as follows:
Face to face
Online seminar
Guidance email/briefing note
Other
Regarding redactions, what software is used by your Force and how many licences do you hold for use in relation to CPS Disclosure?
CLARIFICATION
I would be grateful if you could consider this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Response
Please find attached our response.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.