Recommendation ANG-26: Improved mechanism for converting initiatives from local to national
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 College of Policing, working with the National Police Chiefs' Council including the Office of the Police Chief Scientific Adviser, the Home Office, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, and the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection, should ensure that there are improved mechanisms in place to identify, test and roll out promising initiatives designed to prevent sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces. This should include:
a. continuing to encourage local innovation, but with an improved, standard mechanism in place by which local innovations can be tested, rolled out and evaluated nationally, learning from Operation Soteria; and
b. working with the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners on an approach that encourages Police and Crime Commissioners (and their successors) and mayoral offices to liaise with Chief Constables about the implementation of rolled-out measures, the impact they can have on delivery of the forces' Police and Crime Plans, and their contribution to national policing capabilities in prevention of violence against women and girls; this work should include obtaining an understanding of the rationale behind any decision not to implement any measure, and recording those reasons.
In brief (written by this site)
Answering for the Home Office in June 2026, Natalie Fleet stated that the government was carefully considering the recommendations of the Part 2 First Report and "will respond as soon as possible" (Natalie Fleet response, Jun 2026). She added in June 2026 that the government remained committed to ensuring women and girls feel safe going about their everyday lives (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 College of Policing has been found in the sources searched (last checked 18 June 2026). This is separate from the response above.
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Who has spoken
- Home Office
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