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Deferred
PCCs should provide annual follow-up comments on HMICFRS recommendations concerning their forces
Conclusion
We support HMICFRS’s call for Police and Crime Commissioners to be required to provide follow-up comments, at least annually, where HMICFRS have not yet confirmed that recommendations pertaining to them and their local force have been sufficiently addressed. We will return to matters of local accountability in our inquiry into Police and Crime Commissioners.
Government Response Summary
The government states that responsibility for collecting and publishing data on complainants, including protected characteristics, sits with the IOPC, which already publishes annual statistics and quarterly bulletins, thus deflecting from the recommendation about PCCs providing follow-up comments to HMICFRS.
Paragraph Reference
47
Government Response
Deferred
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
42. Responsibility for collecting and publishing data on complainants sits with the IOPC. 43. The policing sector recognises the importance of recording data regarding protected characteristics of complaints and possible areas of disproportionality. Data on the protected characteristics of complainants, including ethnicity, is published by the IOPC as part of its annual statistics publication. The IOPC also produces quarterly bulletins for all police forces.
Source
Committee
Home Affairs Committee
Inquiry
Policing priorities
Report
Fifth Report - Policing priorities
10 Nov 2023
HC 635
Addressee Bodies
Home Office
Timeline
Recommendation age
2.6 yrs
Report published
10 Nov 2023