Source · Select Committees · Home Affairs Committee
Recommendation 30
30
Acknowledged
Review and centrally publish IOPC, HMICFRS, and Coroners' learning recommendations data.
Recommendation
We urge the Government to review how IOPC, HMICFRS, and Coroners’ learning recommendations are reported to the public in a more joined-up and meaningful way. We recommend that data be published centrally, in order to simplify and streamline access to this important information. (Paragraph 152)
Government Response Summary
The government agrees there is a case for greater coordination and clarification on learning recommendations and will consider the proposal for central publication further, exploring possible join-up with IOPC and other bodies.
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
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.