Recommendation ANG-18: Increased use of police Designing Out Crime Officers
From Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report: Prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces, published 2 December 2025.
Recommendation
By November 2026, the Government should explore how to improve the impact that the safety advice provided by police Designing Out Crime Officers could have on the prevention of sexually motivated crimes in public spaces, including by amendments to policies and changing their status within relevant planning legislation.
In brief (written by this site)
In a written parliamentary answer to Bell Ribeiro-Addy in June 2026, Natalie Fleet stated on behalf of the Home Office that the government was "carefully considering the Inquiry’s Part 2 First Report’s recommendations and will respond as soon as possible" (Natalie Fleet response, Jun 2026). The record holds no update since the department's response of June 2026 (Natalie Fleet response, Jun 2026).
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AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026. The record below is the sources' own words.
Government response
This Government is absolutely committed to ensuring women and girls feel safe going about their everyday lives. We are carefully considering the Inquiry’s Part 2 First Report’s recommendations and will respond as soon as possible.
How this response relates to the recommendation
Site note: Written answer of 18 June 2026 for the Home Office. The question asked whether the Department would accept all 13 recommendations of the Part 2 First Report; the answer is recorded on each of the 13. It gives no position on any one of them, so the row is marked under consideration.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from Home Office has been found in the sources searched (last checked 18 June 2026). This is separate from the response above.
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- Home Office
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