Multi-agency exercises 560/2025

FOI Reference: 560/2025

Request

Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request the following information:

1. How many multi-agency exercises have been conducted by your organisation within the last 3 years (1st May 2022 to 30th April 2025 inclusive).
2. What proportion of these multi-agency exercises were:

i. Tabletop / Scenario Based

ii. Live Exercises

iii. Other (please state).

3. Please detail how post-exercise findings are fed back into the organisation and how any changes to policies and procedures are implemented as a result of this feedback.
4. What proportion of multi-agency exercises in the last 3 years:

i. Involved more than two CCA 2004 category one responder organisations (please detail)

ii. Involved CCA 2004 category two responders (please detail)

iii. Involved organisations from the voluntary and faith based sectors (please detail).

5. Please detail how the aims and objectives of the exercise are determined and communicated to the parties involved.

Response Q1

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below:-

Dyfed Powys Police do not have a bespoke testing and exercising team that centrally control or record all multi-agency exercises.

Various departments within the organisation may have conducted multi-agency exercises to varying levels and scale for their own areas of business. Therefore, the exact figure is not known.  However, I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police ran a large multi-agency exercise in February 2025 (See attached hyperlink below).

https://newsroom.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/2025/01/statement-by-dyfed-powys-police-multi-agency-exercise-taking-place-on-tuesday-february-4-2025/

Response Q2

No Information held

Response Q3

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below:-

All participants of an exercise submit a de-brief for review, and that operational learning points are shared with partners where appropriate.

Response Q4

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does not hold the information requested, as explained above in response 1.

Response Q5

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below:-

Objectives were shared with attendees via a briefing document in advance.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 18/07/2025)