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Police and Crime Commissioners inquiry

Closed Opened 15 Jan 2016 Closed 14 Feb 2017

Home Affairs Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗

Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
The Home Affairs Committee says Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are here to stay, but warns of a lack of competition for Chief Constable vacancies and the need for more transparency. Government Response Government Response to the report on Police and Crime Commissioners Government Response to the report on Police and Crime Commissioners (PDF 180 KB)

Where it stands

The inquiry is closed, opened 15 January 2016.

The committee has published 1 report, most recently 7th Report – Police and Crime Commissioners: here to stay on 25 March 2016.

The government's response

Published 21 November 2016.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government welcomes the Committee's finding that Police and Crime Commissioners are here to stay, agrees with several recommendations, and on others says it will consider, or leaves action to other bodies.

  • On police funding, the government says reforming the formula "remains our ambition", with detailed engagement under way, "to be followed, in due course, by a further public consultation". It will "provide updates" as the process continues.
  • It welcomes the Committee's support for requiring PCCs to respond to HMIC reports, and says the new legislation will require a response to every recommendation "within 56 days".
  • On first-past-the-post, it says the Committee is "right to point out the flaws" of the supplementary vote system and that it "will consider" the recommendation to align PCC elections with those for MPs and councillors. No timetable is stated.
  • On publishing applicant numbers and higher chief constable pay, it supports "open and transparent recruitment" but sees the Committee's suggested practices as "a matter for individual PCCs, supported by the College of Policing".

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Reports

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Evidence

  • 1 oral evidence sessionLatest 23 February 2016
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Reports

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Oral evidence sessions

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Date Session and witnesses Source
23 Feb 2016
Oral evidence session
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