Court results PNC transfer

R7 Response Accepted

Recommendation

The transfer of responsibility for inputting court results onto the PNC should be reaffirmed by the Court Service and the Home Office and, if possible, accelerated ahead of the 2006 target. At the least, that deadline must be met.

Published Evidence Summary

The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:

Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Transfer of responsibility for inputting court results onto the PNC substantially completed through HMCTS reforms.

Sources

Government response (2004-06-22): Accepted Source: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2004-06-22/debates/3637ce59-cd9a-462c-8b69-a29dc01e93a2/BichardInquiryReport Text: 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 le Progress update (2018-01-01): Completed Transfer of responsibility for inputting court results onto the PNC substantially completed through HMCTS reforms. Court results now routinely uploaded to PNC via integrated criminal justice systems. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service Progress update (2007-02-07): In Progress Parliamentary debate noted significant delays in transferring responsibility for inputting court results onto the PNC. Metropolitan Police took 185 days for 75% of court results inputting against a 10-day target. Source: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2007-02-07/debates/07020745000002/BichardInquiryRecommendations

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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 states: Official Report

01 Jan 2018

Transfer of responsibility for inputting court results onto the PNC substantially completed through HMCTS reforms. Court results now routinely uploaded to PNC via integrated criminal justice systems.

Source

Home Office Parliamentary Answer

07 Feb 2007

Parliamentary debate noted significant delays in transferring responsibility for inputting court results onto the PNC. Metropolitan Police took 185 days for 75% of court results inputting against a 10-day target.

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 Pnc

Recommendation age 21.9 yrs

Last formal update 3072 days ago