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Policing of protests

Status: Closed Opened: 29 Nov 2023 Closed: 24 May 2024 9 recommendations 8 conclusions 1 report
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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Third Report - Policing of protests HC 369 27 Feb 2024 17 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
9 Recommendation Third Report - Policing of protests Acknowledged

Resource demands from protests highlight urgent need for a national police workforce plan.

Following the policing priorities inquiry, we concluded that it was no longer sufficient for individual police forces to design their own workforce plans and recommended that the Home Office set out and implement a national workforce strategy that addresses officer and staff numbers and skills. The resource demands of the … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government states it continues to work with forces to maintain officer numbers and supports individual forces in developing their own workforce plans. It is working with national policing partners to develop longer-term plans but does not explicitly commit to the Home Office setting out …
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Home Office
10 Recommendation Third Report - Policing of protests Acknowledged

Urgently set out a ten-year policing workforce plan addressing numbers, skills, and London's challenges.

We again recommend that the Home Office set out a workforce plan and strategy for policing over the next ten years as a matter of urgency. As previously set out, the plan should address officer and staff numbers and skills and particular attention should be placed on recognised areas of … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government states it continues to work with forces to maintain officer numbers and supports individual forces in developing their own workforce plans. It is working with national policing partners to develop longer-term plans but does not explicitly commit to the Home Office setting out …
Read full response →
Home Office

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
12 Dec 2023 Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes · Metropolitan Police Service, Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist · Metropolitan Police, Chief Constable Chris Haward · National Police Chiefs' Council, Dame Sara Khan, Robin Simcox · Commission for Countering Extremism, The Lord Walney · House of Lords View ↗
6 Dec 2023 Ben Jamal · Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, Chris Nineham · Stop the War Coalition, Dr Dave Rich · Community Security Trust, Gideon Falter · Campaign Against Antisemitism, Yasmine Adam · Muslim Association of Britain View ↗

Who gave evidence

11 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes · Assistant Commissioner, Specialist Operations Metropolitan Police Service 1
Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist · Assistant Commissioner Metropolitan Police 1
Ben Jamal · Director Palestinian Solidarity Campaign 1
Chief Constable Chris Haward · NPCC Lead for Race and Religion, National Gold fo… National Police Chiefs' Council 1
Chris Nineham · Vice Chair Stop the War Coalition 1
Dame Sara Khan — 1
Dr Dave Rich · Director of Policy Community Security Trust 1
Gideon Falter · Chief Executive Campaign Against Antisemitism 1
Robin Simcox · Commissioner Commission for Countering Extremism 1
The Lord Walney · Independent adviser on political violence and dis… House of Lords 1
Yasmine Adam · Head of Media & Politics Office Muslim Association of Britain 1

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
1 May 2024 To cttee Letter from the Chair to the Home Secretary regarding the Policing of Protests …