Recommendation 11

HM Government Acknowledged

Race disparity is a complex problem, and the Government is committed to building on the Lammy Review’s recommendations by considering the Review, other independent insights and our own data to better understand the issues and how they can be addressed. The central tenet of Lammy, to better use data so we can “explain or change” those policies or practices that may show some disparity, is key to this approach and to ensuring people responsible for different elements in the Justice System are alert to disparities where they occur. After the publication of the Lammy Review, the Government expedited its efforts to appraise and release a detailed response to the Review which came within 4 months of publication, in December 2017. Since then, we have produced two comprehensive updates on the progress of actions arising from the Lammy Review, Tackling Race Disparity, in September 2018 and again in February 2020. As well as providing a recommendation-by- recommendation position, these updates also outlined other related developments and where appropriate set out expected timeframes. With extensive work having been carried out since the last update in 2020 and significant progress being made, a further update is planned to be published in due course. This shall again provide a detailed analysis of our current progress against each recommendation and outline where work specifically relating to the Lammy Review remains. Key to our work in responding to the Lammy Review has been considering how to monitor the actions taken and measure the long-term impact as well as developing our work in tackling racial disparities outside of the recommendations of the Lammy Review. As significant action has been taken against most of the recommendations, the Race and Ethnic Disparities Team has been carrying out scoping work on possible cross-cutting projects which investigate the root causes of race disproportionality. The quarterly Race and Ethnicity Board remains the source of governance for the implementation of the Lammy recommendations. As most of these are now completed, the Board has begun to reframe its work to improve the data to track changes and progress, support and embed new initiatives whilst continuing to ensure actions taken against the Lammy recommendations are monitored. As such we can ensure tackling race issues remains a key priority for the Ministry of Justice. As the work of the Lammy programme naturally comes to an end, some elements – such as sustained improvements in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) representation in the workforce, including Senior Leaders will be built upon and driven further through the Race Action Programme, which launched in December 2020. The work of the Race Action Programme will allow us to test whether these system changes delivered through the Lammy Programme have the impact and drive the change intended. This 20-strong team provides significant investment to continue delivering long-term and sustainable change on racial inequality. Beyond the work of the Lammy recommendations, HMPPS has allocated funding of £100,000 through the Voluntary and Community Sector Stewardship Fund, targeted at a regional probation level to organisations that are led by BAME boards or managers, and that have a clear focus around working with ethnic minorities. Funding has also been allocated via Clinks to provide consultancy support tailored to their organisational and strategic needs to support them to participate fully in new probation arrangements