Select Committee · Home Affairs Committee

Police conduct and complaints

Status: Closed Opened: 11 Aug 2020 Closed: 31 Jul 2022 15 recommendations 17 conclusions 1 report

This inquiry will examine the role and remit of the Independent Office for Police Conduct in relation to the police conduct and discipline system. It will look at how the IOPC and police forces around the country work to resolve complaints and at progress in reforming the system following criticisms of the time taken to …

Reports

1 report

Title	HC No.	Published	Items	Response
Sixth Report - Police Conduct and Complaints	HC 140	1 Mar 2022	32	Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

15 Recommendation Sixth Report - Police Conduct and Compl… Accepted in Part

Resource Professional Standards Departments properly and address BME staffing disparity urgently

PSDs should be properly resourced to ensure complaint and conduct matters are handled to a high standard and in a timely manner. We repeat the recommendations made in our Macpherson report to address urgently the disparity in BME staffing in PSDs.

Government response. The government recognises the risk of a lack of ethnic minority representation in PSDs and commits to outlining urgent actions in response to the Macpherson report, but does not specifically address the recommendation for proper resourcing of PSDs.

Home Office

Oral evidence sessions

5 sessions

Date	Witnesses
19 May 2021	Claire Bassett · Independent Office for Police Conduct, Craig Guildford · West Midlands Police, Kathie Cashell · Independent Office for Police Conduct, Matt Parr CB · HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services, Michael Lockwood · Independent Office for Police Conduct	View ↗
12 May 2021	Kit Malthouse MP · Home Office, Michael Cordy · Home Office, Paul Regan · Home Office	View ↗
17 Mar 2021	Amania Scott-Samuels · Independent Office of Police Conduct Youth Panel, Kardaya Rooprai · West Midlands Neighbourhood Watch Force Area Association, Lady Brittan of Spennithorne, Nick Glynn · Open Society Foundations, Rose Dowling · Leaders Unlocked	View ↗
3 Mar 2021	Dr Clare Torrible · Bristol University, Dr Graham Smith · Manchester University, Julia Mulligan · Office of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire, Rt Hon Alun Michael, Sue Mountstevens	View ↗
27 Jan 2021	Deborah Coles · INQUEST, Michael Oswald · INQUEST Lawyers Group, Phill Matthews · Police Federation of England and Wales, Victor Marshall OBE · Police Superintendents' Association	View ↗

Correspondence

8 letters

Date	Direction	Title
6 Jul 2022	To cttee	Letter from the Director General of the Independent Office of Police Conduct on…
15 Jun 2022	From cttee	Letter to the Director of Public Prosecutions on the Independent Office of Poli…
15 Jun 2022	To cttee	Letter from Director of Public Prosecutions on the Independent Office of Police…
25 May 2022	From cttee	Letter to the Home Secretary on the Government Response to the Report on police…
25 May 2022	To cttee	Letter from the Home Secretary on the Government Response to the Report on poli…
11 May 2022	To cttee	Letter from the Independent Office of Police Conduct Unitary Board on the inqui…
9 Jun 2021	To cttee	Letter from the Minister for Crime and Policing following oral evidence, dated …
19 May 2021	To cttee	Letter from Michael Lockwood, Director General, IOPC, on publication of outcome…