Source · Select Committees · Home Affairs Committee
Recommendation 50
50
Deferred
Paragraph: 123
Government proposals fail to adequately address safety concerns of migrant victims reporting crime.
Conclusion
All victims need to feel safe in coming forward to the police and be confident in reporting potential criminality. The Government’s alternative proposals do not go far enough to address the concerns of migrant victims and survivors who may be unsure of what will happen to them after prosecution, or if a prosecution does not proceed through no fault of theirs.
Government Response Summary
The government describes its ongoing project launched in September 2022 to quantify and address challenges in digital forensics delivery and reform, but does not address the recommendation concerning migrant victims' safety in reporting.
Paragraph Reference:
123
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
121. In September 2022, the Home Office, working with the NPCC, launched a project to quantify the challenges in digital forensics delivery and build an evidence base for future decision-making on change. This successfully collected and analysed data across police forces nationally, supporting our work to address the recommendations made by HMICFRS. 122. We looked at digital forensics budgets in forces and the national picture as part of this data collection. We are now considering issues including governance and approaches to budgets and investment as part of our work to develop options to reform digital forensics, in response to HMICFRS’s recommendation that Home Office work with NPCC, the College of Policing, and the private sector to design an alternative operating model.