Source · Select Committees · Home Affairs Committee
Recommendation 34
34
Deferred
Paragraph: 78
Review HMICFRS powers to give directions and establish formal 'buddying' arrangements for forces.
Recommendation
We support HMICFRS’s call for the Home Secretary to review the limitations of its remit and powers and establish whether legislative change is needed. We believe the Chief Inspector of Constabulary should have powers to give directions where a force’s identified failings pose a significant risk to public safety. This should include—in certain circumstances—power to direct the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s and the College of Policing’s support for the force. We recommend formal arrangements for high-performing forces to “buddy” struggling ones are put in place within 12 months.
Government Response Summary
The government deflects the recommendation to review HMICFRS's remit and powers and establish 'buddying' arrangements by providing an identical response to the previous one, detailing an evaluation of the Right Care Right Person (RCRP) program.
Paragraph Reference:
78
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
87. The Home Office is working closely with DHSC on a joint evaluation of RCRP, including both the impacts on police time and the implementation of RCRP from a health and social care perspective. Findings will feed into an implementation evaluation report due to be completed in Spring 2024, which we intend to publish.