Information on Stalking Advocate

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.035063

I note you seek access to the following information:

1) If your force has a stalking advocate in place
2) How many stalking advocates the force has, if the answer is more than one.
3) If the answer to (1) is yes, when was the advocate(s) was/were put in place

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Q1 - If your force has a stalking advocate in place

We do not have specific Metropolitan Police Stalking Advocates, but we do work closely with the Suzy Lamplugh Trust (and other advocacy services such as Paladin) who offer stalking advocacy to victims of stalking. The Suzy Lamplugh Trust are part of a MASIP (multi-agency stalking intervention programme) which also includes the Metropolitan police, the NHS and the National Probation Service under the umbrella of the STAC - Stalking Threat Assessment Centre.

Q2 - How many stalking advocates the force has, if the answer is more than one

As above. The Suzy Lamplugh Trust currently has four full-time advocates assigned to STAC and are recruiting for a fifth.

Q3 - If the answer to (1) is yes, when was the advocate(s) was/were put in place

STAC was implemented in 2018.