1. What do you think are the key constraints on suspects receiving good quality legal advice at police stations? Please choose as many options as you feel are relevant
2. What could the police do to help suspects receive better access to legal advice? Please choose as many options as you feel are relevant.
3. Do you think the police adequately record information about suspect vulnerability?
4. Do you think that the police appropriately record information about suspects' neurodiversity (e.g. autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as well as other neurological or developmental conditions such as ADHD or learning disabilities)?
5. Do you think the risk assessments performed on detained suspects could be improved?
6. Who you think should be involved in decisions about fitness to be interviewed and why?
7. Do you think the police are adequately trained in relation to suspect vulnerabilities and/or neurodivergence?
8. Do you think lawyers and/or legal representatives are adequately trained in relation to suspect vulnerabilities and/or neurodivergence?
9. What training, if any, could be helpful in respect of suspect vulnerability and neurodiversity for the police and lawyers/legal representatives? (Please write ‘NA’ if you do not wish to add anything)
10. What are your views about police pre-interview disclosure to lawyers and/or legal representatives?
11. What are your views about the pre-charge engagement arrangements that have been put in place between the police and lawyers/legal representatives? (Please write ‘NA’ if you do not wish to add anything)
12. Do you encounter any difficulties or problems with the Defence Solicitor Call Centre?
13. Thinking about the use of resources, do you think that suspects should be detained in police stations to be interviewed for minor offences (such as theft from a shop, or possession of a small amount of drugs)?
14. Would you support a change to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and its Codes of Practice that would limit the nature of offences for which people could be detained in police stations for interview?
15. Do you think it would be useful to involve lawyers and/or legal representatives earlier in the process of detaining suspects, such as at the time a decision to detain is made?
16. If you think it would be helpful to involve a lawyer and/or legal representative at an earlier stage in the process, please comment on the ways in which this might be helpful. Please say ‘NA’ if you do not wish to add anything
17. Do you think that the police could make better use of remote audio visual links to engage with lawyers and/or legal representatives, e.g. to involve them more in decisions about detention, fitness for interview, bail, and charging?
18. 10. In what way(s), if any, could access to good and effective legal advice at police stations be improved? (Please write 'NA' if you do not wish to add anything)
19. In what capacity did you decide to take this survey?