Recommendation ANG-24: Implementation of Operation Soteria
From Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report: Prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces, published 2 December 2025.
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, with any issues arising from each evaluation being addressed. In addition, Police and Crime Commissioners should specifically liaise with Chief Constables on the implementation of Operation Soteria in their areas, to understand its impact on the delivery of the force's Police and Crime Plan, and its contribution to national policing capabilities aimed at tackling violence against women and girls.
In brief (written by this site)
Answering a written parliamentary question for the Home Office in June 2026, Natalie Fleet affirmed the government's commitment to ensuring women and girls feel safe and stated that it 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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