Source · Select Committees · Home Affairs Committee
Recommendation 42
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Deferred
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Further primary research needed on section 60 stop and search deterrent value and disproportionality.
Conclusion
We are concerned at the duration of the investigation following the supercomplaint on section 60 searches. We welcome the Home Office’s recent commitment to better communication around section 60 searches, along with moves to support more consistent local scrutiny. We strongly support His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Service’s recent recommendation for further primary research to quantify the deterrent value of stop and search and the causes of disproportionality in its use. This research should examine the impact on trust and confidence that stop and search has so that officers can make evidence-based decisions on how best to deploy it.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government outlines plans to develop a 'People Strategy' for Economic Crime, review fraud-related training for police, and establish a new National Fraud Squad, none of which address the committee's recommendations regarding section 60 stop and search.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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56. The investigation into the supercomplaint on section 60 stop and search is a matter for HMICFRS, together with the IOPC and College of Policing. The Home Office welcomes the report on the supercomplaint, which was published on 15 December. The report makes a number of recommendations for the Home Office, to which the department will respond shortly. 57. Action on HMICRS’s recommendation regarding further research to quantify the deterrent value of stop and search and the causes of disproportionality in its use is for the NPCC and College of Policing. 58. To help improve public trust and confidence in policing, the Government has consulted publicly on a draft Community Scrutiny Framework which aims to set out principles to enable the effective scrutiny police use of powers, including stop and search. Responses to the consultation are under consideration, in preparation for publication of the Framework in the new year.
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