R3 Response Accepted AI-assessed

Police IT procurement review

Recommendation

The procurement of IT systems by the police should be reviewed to ensure that, wherever possible, national solutions are delivered to national problems.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
While the government accepted this recommendation, a parliamentary debate on Bichard implementation in February 2007 noted no specific evidence of a formal review of police IT procurement to ensure national solutions for national problems (Gov.uk progress, 2007-02-07). No further published evidence regarding a dedicated review of police IT procurement to deliver national solutions has been identified since 2007.
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Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Accepted
Accepted Home Office
22 Jun 2004

The Home Secretary made a statement to Parliament on 22 June 2004, the day the Bichard Inquiry Report was published, accepting all 31 recommendations in full. The government stated it was "in principle, accepting Sir Michael's main recommendations and will act on them immediately." Implementation led to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and the creation of the Independent Safeguarding Authority (now the Disclosure and Barring Service). By February 2007, 21 of the 31 recommendations had been fully or substantially completed. See Hansard, 22 June 2004.

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Note: Government responded with a single statement accepting all 31 recommendations. Individual per-recommendation responses were not published separately.
Progress Timeline
Home Office Parliamentary Answer
07 Feb 2007

Parliamentary debate on Bichard implementation. No specific evidence of a formal review of police IT procurement to ensure national solutions for national problems, as Bichard recommended.

Source
Source
Inquiry Bichard Inquiry
Report The Bichard Inquiry Report 22 Jun 2004
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Responsible Bodies
Home Office Primary
Themes & Tags
Police tech abuse response Police Vetting Inconsistencies Police Intelligence IT Systems
Recommendation age 21.8 yrs
Last formal update 6985 days ago