Source · Select Committees · Home Affairs Committee
Recommendation 16
16
Deferred
Paragraph: 46
Increase PCC responsibility to update HMICFRS on recommendation implementation and impact
Conclusion
Police and Crime Commissioners should drive systemic improvements in local forces, for example by taking steps to assure themselves that misconduct and competence processes are fit for purpose, rather than intervening in individual cases. HMICFRS has noted that Police and Crime Commissioners currently only have to comment on its reports once, within 56 days of publication, when forces have may not yet have made changes as a result of the Inspectorate’s recommendations. As a result, “the obligation has proved insufficient in making sure Police and Crime Commissioners are holding chief constables to account for implementing improvements.” We call for increased responsibility upon Police and Crime Commissioners to update HMICFRS on the impact of its recommendations.
Government Response Summary
The government will await the findings of an independent IOPC review into governance structures and will consider any recommendations in due course, deferring action to a future report.
Paragraph Reference:
46
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
41. The Government’s response to HASC’s report in April 2022 noted that the independent IOPC review will consider the IOPC’s governance structures. As such, we will await the findings of the report and consider any governance recommendations in due course.