In 2021 the Home Office made the decision to split the annual ‘Police powers and procedures’ statistical bulletin into two separate releases given the volume and variety of topics covered.

This release is the second of the two publications on police powers and contains statistics on detentions under the Mental Health Act 1983, detentions and intimate searches under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, detentions in police custody (new), strip searches (new), and the use of pre-charge bail and released under investigation by the police in England and Wales up to the year ending 31 March 2022. Data on breath tests and fixed penalty notices (and other outcomes) for motoring offences, for the year ending 31 December 2021, are also included in this release.