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Third Report - Policing of protests
Home Affairs Committee
HC 369
Published 27 February 2024
Government response
Fifth Special Report - Policing of protests: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report · published 25 Apr 2024
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Acknowledged
Para 69
Resource demands from protests highlight urgent need for a national police workforce plan.
Recommendation
Following the policing priorities inquiry, we concluded that it was no longer sufficient for individual police forces to design their own workforce plans and recommended that the Home Office set out and implement a national workforce strategy that addresses officer …
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Government Response Summary
The government states it continues to work with forces to maintain officer numbers and supports individual forces in developing their own workforce plans. It is working with national policing partners to develop longer-term plans but does not explicitly commit to the Home Office setting out a national workforce strategy itself.
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10
Recommendation
Acknowledged
Para 70
Urgently set out a ten-year policing workforce plan addressing numbers, skills, and London's challenges.
Recommendation
We again recommend that the Home Office set out a workforce plan and strategy for policing over the next ten years as a matter of urgency. As previously set out, the plan should address officer and staff numbers and skills …
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Government Response Summary
The government states it continues to work with forces to maintain officer numbers and supports individual forces in developing their own workforce plans. It is working with national policing partners to develop longer-term plans but does not explicitly commit to the Home Office setting out a national workforce plan and strategy itself.
Home Office
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