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Police Pre-Charge Bail Reform

The Home Office is reviewing police pre-charge bail practices under the Bail Act 1976, as the remand population has grown significantly with increasingly risk-averse application of bail presumptions. The Ministry of Justice is investigating whether the legal framework is operating as intended and considering impacts of video link technology on remand rates, while rejecting proposals to broaden police charging powers without CPS involvement. Current focus is on independent review of bail application practices and HM Prison and Probation Service guidelines.

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5 Mar 2025 | Written evidence linked

Written evidence submitted by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons stated that the length of time that people are remanded for and the extent to which this is changing is information that is not in the public domain. The Inspectorate’s evidence also explained that “the increasing average length of time an individual is spending remanded in custody means that many require additional support. This group are at greater risk of losing their accommodation, employment and custody of their children...

Written evidence submitted by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons stated that the length of time that people are remanded for and the extent to which this is changing is information that is not in the public domain. The Inspectorate’s evidence …

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5 Mar 2025 | Written evidence linked

MoJ told us that there is a direct correlation between the number of cases in the backlog and the size of the remand population awaiting trial, and that this is adding to prison capacity pressures and making it harder to manage the prison population.41 The written evidence submitted by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons also notes that some people awaiting sentencing are spending so long on remand that upon sentencing they are released from court having already served the length of their s...

MoJ told us that there is a direct correlation between the number of cases in the backlog and the size of the remand population awaiting trial, and that this is adding to prison capacity pressures and making it harder to …

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