Stop and search S11 authorisations 1164/2025

FOI Reference: 1164/2025

Request:

Please provide the following information for your police force area relating to Section 11 of the Public Order Act 2023 (“suspicionless” stop and search authorisations):

1.    Number of Section 11 authorisations made since commencement.

2.    For each authorisation, please provide (if held):

o     Date and time period of authorisation

o     Geographic area covered

o     Number of people searched

o     Number of arrests made as a result

3.    Aggregate equality-monitoring data (if recorded): Sex, Age group, Ethnicity, Religion or belief, Disability

If no authorisations have been used, please confirm this. If data are not held in an easily retrievable format, please provide what is available and state any gaps.

Response 1 – 3:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:

• There have been a total of zero (0) Section 11 authorisations made since commencement.                                 

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 05/01/2026)