ANG-24 Response Accepted AI-assessed

Implementation of Operation Soteria

Recommendation

By March 2026, the Home Office, working with the National Police Chiefs' Council, and the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection, should agree plans for the full, consistent and sustainable implementation of Operation Soteria across all forces in England and Wales. This should include agreement of multi-year funding, covering the period until Operation Soteria has been both fully implemented and evaluated in all forces.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
The government accepted this recommendation on 2 December 2025, alongside all 13 Part 2 recommendations (gov.uk, 2 December 2025). As of February 2024, the government was already funding Operation Soteria, with all police forces and prosecutors in England and Wales six months into implementing its national operating model, which had led to a 30% increase in cases assigned a charge in the latest quarter compared to the previous year (gov.uk, 29 February 2024). While the £13.1 million funding announced in December 2025 for the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection could support this, specific plans for the full, consistent, and sustainable implementation of Operation Soteria, including multi-year funding agreements, are not yet publicly detailed, with the overall government response to the Part 2 report still awaited as of December 2025.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 18 Mar 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk
Jurisdiction
England
Section Reference
Recommendation 24
Response
Accepted
Accepted Home Office
02 Dec 2025

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Jess Phillips made a written statement to Parliament (HCWS1122) on 2 December 2025 accepting all 13 Part 2 recommendations. The government announced £13.1 million in funding to deliver a coordinated approach through the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection, and committed to putting police vetting standards on a statutory footing to exclude those with cautions or convictions for violence against women and girls offences. The government pledged to halve violence against women and girls within a decade and to embed expertise from programmes such as Operation Soteria and Project Vigilant across police forces.

Source
Inquiry Angiolini Inquiry
Report Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report: Prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces 02 Dec 2025
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Responsible Bodies
Home Office Primary
Themes & Tags
VAWG Service Funding Bias Police investigation management Operation Soteria Sexual Offences Investigation Multi-Year Funding
Recommendation age 0.3 yrs
Last formal update 02 Dec 2025