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Published: 08 May 2025

FOI 2025/26-010 - Concern for welfare checks

Category: FOI

Report Summary

Issued 28 April 2025, this FOI response advises that information on operational policing matters is not held by the Scottish Police Authority. Advice is provided that Police Scotland may hold information.

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Request

Your request for information dated 26 April 2025 is copied below.

Please supply me with the total number of times that police officers from Police Scotland attended the private residence of a law abiding citizen, on the orders of a politician, in that the politician was, allegedly concerned for the mental welfare of a member of the public.  In order to assist with your search, at times these checks are referred to as: "Safe and well" or "Concern for welfare checks".

Please supply me with this overall figure, from 1 January 2022 until the present day.


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