Recommendation 27

We asked what progress the Home Office has made implementing the recommendations of the 2023 Policing Productivity Review, which identified the potential to save 38 million hours of police time over five years. The Home Office said it had taken a number of initiatives forward, such as the establishment of the Centre for Police Productivity, and others would be taken forward as part of the Police Efficiency and Collaboration Programme or police reforms.76 The College of Policing has also developed a diagnostic tool which will allow police forces to examine their processes for tackling burglary, robbery and shoplifting. The College is testing the tool with nine forces and hopes to make this available to all forces by April 2026, after previously expecting to launch this in December 2025.77 Implementing the White Paper on police reform