MACP-66 Response Historic AI-assessed

Require HMIC to inspect and report on police minority ethnic staff progress

Recommendation

That HMIC include in any regular inspection or in a thematic inspection a report on the progress made by Police Services in recruitment, progression and retention of minority ethnic staff.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific published evidence has been identified confirming that HMIC (now HMICFRS) is required to include in its regular or thematic inspections a report on the progress made by Police Services in the recruitment, progression, and retention of minority ethnic staff. The general GOV.UK search results for 'Macpherson Inquiry recommendation implementation' and 'require hmic inspect' do not provide specific, verifiable details of this inspection requirement.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 24 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
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Report Macpherson Inquiry — Final Report 24 Feb 1999
Recommendation age 27.1 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates