Police uplift programme
Public Accounts Committee
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Inquiry
The Government has identified improving public safety and security as a key priority, and in September 2019 the Home Office announced plans to support this aim by recruiting an additional 20,000 police officers in England and Wales by the end of March 2023. The Home Office has committed £1.2 billion …
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Recommendations
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Conclusions
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Report
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Oral session
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Letter
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Event
Activity timeline 5 events
14 Oct
2022
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22 Jul
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Report published
16 May
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25 Apr
2022
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Oral evidence
25 Apr
2022
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
25 Apr 2022
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Police uplift programme
Deputy Chief Constable Janette McCormick · National Police Chiefs' Council
Matthew Rycroft CBE · Home Office
Rachel Watson · Home Office
Reports 1 report · click to expand
| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifteenth Report - The Police Uplift Programme | HC 261 | 22 Jul 2022 | 33 | Responded |
Recommendations & Conclusions
7 results
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Conclusion
Fifteenth Report - The Police Upli…
As of March 2022, the Programme was on track to deliver the planned number of...
As of March 2022, the Programme was on track to deliver the planned number of additional officers. By the end of its first year (2020–21) the Programme had helped police forces to recruit 8,762 police officers, against a target of …
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Conclusion
Not Addressed
Fifteenth Report - The Police Upli…
Diversity in policing is slowly improving, but it has continued along the same trend for...
Diversity in policing is slowly improving, but it has continued along the same trend for the past ten years. Prior to the launch of the Programme in September 2019, almost 32% of police officers were female, and by December 2021 …
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Government Response
The government's response discusses police diversity data and initiatives, and does not address the point made in the conclusion.
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Conclusion
Not Addressed
Fifteenth Report - The Police Upli…
Policing in England and Wales has struggled with increasing ethnic diversity within its ranks.
Policing in England and Wales has struggled with increasing ethnic diversity within its ranks. Based on the 2011 census some 14% of the population of England and Wales are from ethnic minority groups, but in 2019 only 6.9% of serving …
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Government Response
The government's response discusses police diversity data and initiatives, and does not address the point made in the conclusion.
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Conclusion
Not Addressed
Fifteenth Report - The Police Upli…
The recent Strategic Review of Policing also concluded that the Programme was ‘having a negligible...
The recent Strategic Review of Policing also concluded that the Programme was ‘having a negligible impact on workforce diversity’.18 We asked the Department if it was disappointed that the comment had been made. The Department told us that it did …
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Government Response
The government's response discusses police diversity data and initiatives, and does not address the point made in the conclusion.
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Conclusion
Fifteenth Report - The Police Upli…
At the end of March 2022, the Department was ahead of its second-year target of...
At the end of March 2022, the Department was ahead of its second-year target of 12,000 additional officers, having recruited some 13,500. This means that in the Programme’s final year police forces will have to recruit a further 6,500 additional …
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Conclusion
Not Addressed
Fifteenth Report - The Police Upli…
The Department told us that it expected the recruitment of the remaining officers to be...
The Department told us that it expected the recruitment of the remaining officers to be more challenging than the proceeding two years. Firstly, it explained that the final year of the Programme required a greater number of officers to be …
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Government Response
The government's response discusses police diversity data and initiatives, and does not address the challenges of meeting recruitment targets.
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Conclusion
Not Addressed
Fifteenth Report - The Police Upli…
These challenges were particularly evident in relation to the Metropolitan Police Service, which has faced...
These challenges were particularly evident in relation to the Metropolitan Police Service, which has faced a number of recent high-profile incidents involving serving police officers. In his evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee in April 2022, the Acting Commissioner …
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Government Response
The government's response discusses police diversity data and initiatives, and does not address the point made in the conclusion.
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Correspondence 1 letter
16 May 2022
Correspondence from Matthew Rycroft, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, re National Audit Office report into the Police Uplift Programme, dated 6 May 2022
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