Public Inquiry Recommendations

ANG- No Response

Angiolini Inquiry (2024)

Independent international research should be carried out to look more closely at the safety of Conductive Energy Devices.

- The Home Office stated in February 2024 that the government, National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), and College of Policing would thoroughly consider the recommendations …

ANG-1 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2024)

Specialist policy on investigating indecent exposure

At the earliest opportunity, and by September 2024 at the latest, police forces should ensure that they have a specialist policy on investigating all sexual offences, including so-called 'non-contact' offences, …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC Chair Chief Constable Gavin Stephens stating that all recommendations had been reviewed …

ANG-2 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2024)

Improve guidance and training on indecent exposure

By December 2024, the College of Policing, in collaboration with the National Police Chiefs' Council, should improve guidance and training on indecent exposure, in order to improve the quality of …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC and College of Policing committing to address recommendations on police culture and …

ANG-3 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2024)

Fundamental review of masturbatory indecent exposure treatment

With immediate effect, the Home Office, Ministry of Justice, College of Policing and National Police Chiefs' Council should work together to conduct a fundamental review of the way masturbatory indecent …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, committing to "conduct a fundamental review of the way masturbatory indecent exposure is treated within …

ANG-4 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2024)

Research link between indecent exposure and contact offending

With immediate effect, the Home Office, in collaboration with the College of Policing, should commission research to establish if there is an evidence-based link between active masturbatory indecent exposure and …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, committing to "commission research to establish if there is an evidence-based link between active masturbatory …

ANG-5 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2024)

Public campaign on indecent exposure criminality

By March 2025, the Home Office, together with the National Police Chiefs' Council, should launch a public campaign to: a. raise awareness about the illegality/criminality and legal consequences of any …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, committing to "launch a public campaign to raise awareness that indecent exposure and sending unsolicited …

ANG-6 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2024)

Review sexual offence allegations against serving officers

By September 2024, the National Police Chiefs' Council, in collaboration with all force vetting units, and building on the results of the recent data-washing exercise, should conduct a review of …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC Chair Chief Constable Gavin Stephens stating that ongoing national improvement plans would …

ANG-7 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2024)

In-person interviews and home visits for police candidates

With immediate effect, the College of Policing, in collaboration with force recruitment, should ensure that every new candidate applying to become a police officer in any police force undergoes an …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC and College of Policing committing to address recommendations on police culture and …

ANG-8 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2024)

Strengthen recruitment and vetting practices

By June 2024, the College of Policing, in collaboration with force vetting units, should take further steps to prevent those unsuitable for policing from joining the policing profession. This should …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC and College of Policing committing to address vetting robustness (Government accepts all …

ANG-9 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2024)

Improve vetting decision-making quality and consistency

By March 2025, the College of Policing, in collaboration with force vetting units, should take steps to improve the quality and consistency of police vetting decision-making. This should include encouraging …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC and College of Policing committing to address vetting robustness (Government accepts all …

ANG-10 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2024)

Vetting Code compliance for officer transfers

With immediate effect, all recruiting forces should have regard to the new Vetting Code of Practice, which requires the parent force to provide all relevant information requested about the transferee …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC Chair Chief Constable Gavin Stephens confirming all recommendations had been accepted (Government …

ANG-11 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2024)

Strengthen information-sharing practices

By December 2024, the College of Policing, in collaboration with force vetting and recruitment units, should ensure that information-sharing practices, including data retention policies, are strengthened in order to prevent …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC and College of Policing committing to address vetting robustness (Government accepts all …

ANG-12 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2024)

Officers held to higher standard with fettered privacy rights

With immediate effect, police forces should convey to all existing and prospective officers and staff that they must be held to a higher standard of behaviour and accountability than members …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC Chair confirming all recommendations were accepted (Government accepts all recommendations made by …

ANG-13 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2024)

Stronger vetting aftercare and randomised re-vetting

By December 2024, the College of Policing, in collaboration with all force vetting units, should develop a stronger approach to force vetting aftercare in order to monitor an individual effectively …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC and College of Policing committing to address vetting robustness (Government accepts all …

ANG-14 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2024)

Public commitment to anti-sexist anti-racist organisation

With immediate effect, every police force should commit publicly to being an anti-sexist, anti-misogynistic, anti-racist organisation in order to address, understand and eradicate sexism, racism and misogyny, contributing to a …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC Chair confirming all recommendations were accepted (Government accepts all recommendations made by …

ANG-15 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2024)

Remove barriers to reporting sexual offences by colleagues

With immediate effect, all police forces should take action to understand and confront the barriers that police officers and staff face when reporting sexual offences committed by a person that …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC Chair confirming all recommendations were accepted (Government accepts all recommendations made by …

ANG-16 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2024)

Improve conditions for female officers

By September 2024, the College of Policing and the National Police Chiefs' Council should review and examine the conditions of female officers and staff in order to encourage more women …

- The government accepted this recommendation on 25 March 2024, with the NPCC and College of Policing committing to address recommendations on police culture (Government …

ANG-17 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2025)

Collection and sharing of data at national and local levels

Immediately, the Home Office should lead work, coordinated by the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection, to significantly increase both the collection and use of …

- This is a Part 2 recommendation from the Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report, published 2 December 2025, calling for significantly increased data collection …

ANG-18 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2025)

Increased use of police Designing Out Crime Officers

By November 2026, the Government should explore how to improve the impact that the safety advice provided by police Designing Out Crime Officers could have on the prevention of sexually …

- This is a Part 2 recommendation from the Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report, published 2 December 2025, with a deadline of November 2026 …

ANG-19 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2025)

Targeted and consistent public messaging

By March 2026, the Home Office, as the lead department for the response to violence against women and girls, should agree funding for a multi-year series of public information campaigns …

- This is a Part 2 recommendation from the Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report, published 2 December 2025, calling for agreed funding for multi-year …

ANG-20 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2025)

Empowering and engaging citizens to take action

The public has a pivotal role to play in the prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces. In recognition of that: a. By April 2026, the Home …

- This is a Part 2 recommendation from the Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report, published 2 December 2025, calling for agreed funding for active …

ANG-21 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2025)

National roll-out of Project Vigilant

By April 2026, the Home Office, the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection, and the National Police Chiefs' Council should roll out Project Vigilant nationally …

- This is a Part 2 recommendation from the Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report, published 2 December 2025, calling for national rollout of Project …

ANG-22 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2025)

Information and early intervention for men and boys

By September 2026, the Home Office, working closely with the Department for Education, the Ministry of Justice, and the Department of Health and Social Care, should increase and improve the …

- This is a Part 2 recommendation from the Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report, published 2 December 2025, calling for increased and improved information, …

ANG-23 Accepted Urgent

Angiolini Inquiry (2025)

Police prioritisation of prevention

Immediately, Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners should ensure that the prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces is an essential part of: (i) their violence …

- This is a Part 2 recommendation from the Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report, published 2 December 2025, calling for Chief Constables and PCCs …

ANG-24 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2025)

Implementation of Operation Soteria

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 government announced in February 2024 that Operation Soteria was already being funded and implemented nationally across all police forces and prosecutors in England …

ANG-25 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2025)

Whole-system approach to preventing sexually motivated crimes

By June 2026, building on the wider violence against women and girls strategy, the Government should publish a comprehensive, multi-year and whole-system prevention strategy, which specifically targets the perpetrators of …

- This is a Part 2 recommendation from the Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report, published 2 December 2025, calling for a comprehensive multi-year prevention …

ANG-26 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2025)

Improved mechanism for converting initiatives from local to national

By March 2026, the College of Policing, working with the National Police Chiefs' Council, the Home Office, HMICFRS, and the National Centre for VAWG, should ensure that there are improved …

- This is a Part 2 recommendation from the Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report, published 2 December 2025, calling for improved mechanisms to identify, …

ANG-27 Accepted Urgent

Angiolini Inquiry (2025)

Perpetrator focus and interventions

Immediately, the Home Office, in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice, the Department for Transport, and national and local policing organisations, should prioritise prevention activity targeting the perpetrators of sexually …

- This is a Part 2 recommendation from the Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report, published 2 December 2025, calling for immediate prioritisation of prevention …

ANG-28 Accepted

Angiolini Inquiry (2025)

Improvement of the investigation of sexually motivated crimes

By March 2026, the College of Policing and the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection, working with the National Police Chiefs' Council and the Crown …

- This recommendation was made in the Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report, published 2 December 2025, with a deadline of March 2026 (Angiolini Inquiry …

ANG-29 Accepted Urgent

Angiolini Inquiry (2025)

Government prioritisation of prevention

Immediately, the Government should take action to make it clearer that preventing sexually motivated offences against women in public is an essential part of tackling violence against women and girls. …

- This recommendation was made in the Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report, published 2 December 2025, calling for immediate government action to clarify that …