Authorisations Sought and Granted for Statement to be Recorded in Absence of Appropriate Adult

Debated in Parliament on 5 Jul 2023.

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Louis Ng asked the Minister for Home Affairs about the number of times authorisation to record a statement without an Appropriate Adult was sought and granted over the past five years.
The Minister for Home Affairs, K Shanmugam, responded that the Ministry does not track such instances where an Appropriate Adult was not activated for an interview.
This clarification was referenced from a previous parliamentary statement made on 8 May 2023.
The debate highlighted a lack of specific data on the sought and granted authorisations for recording statements without an Appropriate Adult.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Home Affairs in each of the past five years (a) how many times has an authorisation for a statement to be recorded in the absence of an Appropriate Adult been sought from an investigation supervisor; and (b) how many times has such an authorisation been (i) granted and (ii) not granted.

K Shanmugam

As mentioned in Parliament on 8 May 2023, we do not track the number of instances when an Appropriate Adult was not activated for an interview. [Please refer to "Clarification by Minister of State for Home Affairs", Official Report, 8 May 2023, Vol 95, Issue 102, Clarification section.]

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Louis Ng asked the Minister for Home Affairs about the number of times authorisation to record a statement without an Appropriate Adult was sought and granted over the past five years.
The Minister for Home Affairs, K Shanmugam, responded that the Ministry does not track such instances where an Appropriate Adult was not activated for an interview.
This clarification was referenced from a previous parliamentary statement made on 8 May 2023.
The debate highlighted a lack of specific data on the sought and granted authorisations for recording statements without an Appropriate Adult.

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Authorisations Sought and Granted for Statement to be Recorded in Absence of Appropriate Adult

Debated in Parliament on 5 Jul 2023.

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Louis Ng asked the Minister for Home Affairs about the number of times authorisation to record a statement without an Appropriate Adult was sought and granted over the past five years.
The Minister for Home Affairs, K Shanmugam, responded that the Ministry does not track such instances where an Appropriate Adult was not activated for an interview.
This clarification was referenced from a previous parliamentary statement made on 8 May 2023.
The debate highlighted a lack of specific data on the sought and granted authorisations for recording statements without an Appropriate Adult.

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang

K Shanmugam

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Louis Ng asked the Minister for Home Affairs about the number of times authorisation to record a statement without an Appropriate Adult was sought and granted over the past five years.
The Minister for Home Affairs, K Shanmugam, responded that the Ministry does not track such instances where an Appropriate Adult was not activated for an interview.
This clarification was referenced from a previous parliamentary statement made on 8 May 2023.
The debate highlighted a lack of specific data on the sought and granted authorisations for recording statements without an Appropriate Adult.

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Authorisations Sought and Granted for Statement to be Recorded in Absence of Appropriate Adult

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang

K Shanmugam

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Authorisations Sought and Granted for Statement to be Recorded in Absence of Appropriate Adult

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Louis Ng Kok Kwang

K Shanmugam

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