Victim Right to Review statistics 244/24

FOI Reference: 244/2024

Request:

The information concerns the victims right to review (VRR) scheme which gives victims the right to ask for a review of a police decision not to charge a suspect (For clarity this is the police VRR scheme as per the link below).

Information I am requesting

1) How many victims have made a request to your force to apply the victims right to review scheme after they've reported a crime

a) since the start of the scheme

b) in the last 5 years.

2. How many of those requests under have been granted

a) since the start of the scheme

b) in the last 5 years.

Clarification:

In respect of Q2, when you state “granted’ do you mean that the request has been / is being reviewed?

I mean that has been reviewed and a different decision made ie changed from NFA to a decision to continue the investigation.

Response:

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

Q1

Year	Number of requests for review under VRR
2015	21
2016	29
2017	41
2018	37
2019	33
2020	60
2021	47
2022	60
2023	49
2024 (to date)	15

Q2.

Year	Number of cases reviewed under VRR
2015	17
2016	28
2017	38
2018	37
2019	32
2020	45
2021	37
2022	36
2023	45
2024	9

Q2 After clarification.

For 2015-2022 there is No information held, as we did not start recording this until 2023.

2023= 17 cases went for further investigation following a VRR request and review.

                                                                                               

It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 12/03/2024)