FOI 639-2025 / June 2025 / IAGs
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 639-2025
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 19th June 2025 as follows:
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:
- Whether the IAG advice was formally recorded in case files or meeting minutes.
- What proportion of CSA/CSE cases were referred to an IAG in each year.
- 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.
Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Response: Warwickshire Police would not refer reports or cases to Independent Advisory Groups (IAGs) for consultation regarding charge or prosecution decisions, our response to your request is therefore ‘no information held’.
Outside of the Act and as a gesture of goodwill, I can advise that IAGs are made up of trusted individuals who are prepared to listen to, observe and comment on the equality, diversity and inclusivity of activities and policies of the force. Further information in relation to the role of IAGs is published on the force website at the following link:
Community advisory groups | Warwickshire Police
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB