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Accepted
As of March 2022, the Programme was on track to deliver the planned number of...
Conclusion
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 6,000. The Programme benefited from commencing recruitment six months prior to the start of 2020–21, meaning that the first ‘year’ of recruitment was in fact 18 months long.8 Police forces maintained this performance during the second year. By the end of March 2022, forces had recruited 13,576 new officers (against a cumulative target of 12,000 over the first two years).9 This means that the Programme will need to recruit around 6,500 additional officers in the final year to meet its overall target. Diversity in policing
Government Response Summary
The government agrees and commits to producing a lessons learned report and a 'best practice' document for the Home Office, other government departments, and policing by August 2023, as recommended by the IPA.
Government Response
Accepted
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: August 2023 1.2 As is good practice under the government project delivery framework, the Police Uplift Programme captures lessons following key activity and periodically. Some of these lessons have already been shared across policing, the Home Office and with other government departments. As the programme plans for closure it is preparing documentation that captures the lessons as part of closure reporting. 1.3 The sharing of lessons and what has worked well has been recognised by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA), recommending that the programme produce a ‘best practice’ document that can be shared with the IPA and across government. The Home Office, with the programme, will produce a lessons learned report and a best practice document for the Home Office, other parts of government and policing, as recommended by the committee and that of the IPA. 1.4 In order to capture the lessons and best practice and to include programme closure, the document will be shared in August 2023, rather than recommended April 2023 date.
Source
Committee
Public Accounts Committee
Inquiry
Police uplift programme
Report
Fifteenth Report - The Police Uplift Programme
22 Jul 2022
HC 261
Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age
4.0 yrs
Report published
22 Jul 2022