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Recommendation 13
13
Deferred
Paragraph: 92
Urge Home Secretary to respond promptly to the Macpherson report findings
Recommendation
More than six months on from its publication, the Home Office has not yet responded to our report on Macpherson and has given no indication of when it will respond. We urge the Home Secretary to respond to that Report.
Government Response Summary
The government did not commit to responding to the Macpherson report. Instead, it agreed there is a case for greater coordination of recommendations from different bodies and committed to considering this proposal further, including how to better track progress against IOPC recommendations.
Paragraph Reference:
92
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
We agree that there is a case to provide greater co-ordination and clarification on recommendations being made by three separate bodies that sometimes overlap, as the Committee has suggested. As noted above, there are already measures in place to publish learning recommendations. The Government will consider this proposal and a proportionate response further. The aforementioned bodies are independent organisations, and as such have their own policies and process to follow. HMICFRS publish all their recommendations on their website, including information about the relevant force, the cause for concern and a clear recommendation status.2 Similarly, the coroners’ website publishes all ‘prevention of future deaths’ reports, along with all relevant responses to each report.3 There are, of course, a high volume of such recommendations, and they will frequently be made in different contexts and carry different statutory weight. As noted above, the Government will consider, with the IOPC, how it might be possible to better track progress against IOPC recommendations—and to publish this information. As part of this, we will explore possible join-up with other related recommendations made by other bodies. 2 https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/police-forces/data/progress-recommendations/ 3 https://www.judiciary.uk/subject/police-related-deaths/page/2/