FOI 0197-2025/26 - Multi-Agency exercises in the last 3 years

Request

Q1. How many multi-agency exercises have been conducted by your organisation within the last 3 years (1st May 2022 to 30th April 2025 inclusive).

Q2. What proportion of these multi-agency exercises were:

1. Tabletop / Scenario Based
2. Live Exercises
3. iii. Other (please state).

Q3. Please detail how post-exercise findings are fed back into the organisation and how any changes to policies and procedures are implemented as a result of this feedback.

Q4. What proportion of multi-agency exercises in the last 3 years:

1. Involved more than two CCA 2004 category one responder organisations (please detail) ii. Involved CCA 2004 category two responders (please detail) iii. Involved organisations from the voluntary and faith based sectors (please detail).

Q5. Please detail how the aims and objectives of the exercise are determined and communicated to the parties involved.

Response

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Decision

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Q1. North Yorkshire Police have participated in 41 exercises in the period 1 May 2022 to 30 April 2025.

Q2. A mix of techniques are used at each exercise. A proportion/percentages is not held.

Q3. Multi Agency Exercises are all debriefed and any learning, recommendations or identified good practice is noted and shared with single agencies for cascade. Where applicable recommendations are actioned. All plans exercised are reviewed for effectiveness and amended if applicable.

Q4. All multi agency exercises involve Category 1. Category 2 responders and other relevant organisations will be involved relevant to the exercise.

Q5. All objectives are discussed and shared prior to exercise. Agencies feed their own organisations aims and objectives in.  They are collated prior to exercise and distributed by way of pre exercise documentation, ran through on the day also at the end of exercise to ensure that they are achieved.

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.