CSA/CSE cases referred to IAG 632/2025

FOI Reference: 632/2025

Request:

I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please provide the number of child sexual abuse (CSA) and child sexual exploitation (CSE) allegations/reports or cases that were referred to or assessed by any Independent Advisory Group (IAG) within your force for the purposes of advising on whether the case should proceed to charge and/or prosecution.

Please provide this information broken down by calendar year or financial year from 2000 to 2024 (or as far back as records permit).

If available, please also indicate:

1.Whether the IAG advice was formally recorded in case files or meeting minutes.

2.What proportion of CSA/CSE cases were referred to an IAG in each year.

3.The role or remit of IAGs in influencing charging/prosecution decisions in such cases.

If no such referrals have ever taken place, or if your force does not involve IAGs in such decisions, please confirm this.

Response:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does not hold the information requested.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 16/07/2025)