Public Inquiry

Angiolini Inquiry

Status: Ongoing Chair: Lady Elish Angiolini KC Established: Feb 2022 Report: Feb 2024 Commissioned by: Home Office

Inquiry into events leading to the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by serving police officer Wayne Couzens. Part 1 (February 2024) examined Couzens's career and prior conduct; Part 2 First Report (December 2025) examined prevention of sexually motivated …

Response breakdown

29 recommendations total

55%

45%

16 (55%) — Accepted

13 (45%) — Awaiting Response

Data last updated: 9 Oct 2025 · Source · Data verified: 20 Apr 2026 (Claude)

Key facts

Duration (ongoing): 4 years, 6 months

Reports & milestones

Reports

29 Feb 2024 16 tracked recs Angiolini Inquiry Part 1 Report · Tracked recommendations · PDF

02 Dec 2025 13 tracked recs Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report: Prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces · Tracked recommendations · PDF

Timeline

03 Mar 2021 Murder of Sarah E… Sarah Everard was kidnapped and murdered by serving Met Police officer Wayne Couzens.

22 Nov 2021 Inquiry announced… The Home Secretary announced a non-statutory inquiry chaired by Dame Elish Angiolini, following the conviction of a serving … · Source

31 Jan 2022 Chair Appointed Dame Elish Angiolini KC appointed to lead the inquiry.

31 Jan 2022 Inquiry Announced Non-statutory inquiry announced into vetting of Wayne Couzens.

16 Mar 2022 Terms of Referenc… Inquiry to examine police vetting, conduct and culture. · Source

11 May 2023 Part 2 Terms of R… The Home Secretary announced Terms of Reference for Part 2, covering recruitment and vetting, police culture, and the … · Source

29 Feb 2024 Government Respon… Government accepted all Part 1 recommendations. · Source

29 Feb 2024 Part 1 report pub… Part 1 report on Wayne Couzens published with 16 recommendations. · Source

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25 Feb 2025 Government Respon… Government response to Part 2 recommendations.

25 Feb 2025 Part 2 Report Pub… Final report on police culture with 23 recommendations. · Source

02 Dec 2025 Part 2 first repo… The Part 2 first report, on prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women in public, made a further … · Source

Recommendations

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Code	Recommendation	Addressed to	Response
ANG-1	Specialist policy on investigating indecent exposure At the earliest opportunity, and by September 2024 at the latest, police forces should ensure that they have a specialist policy on …	National Police Chiefs Council	Accepted	View →
ANG-2	Improve guidance and training on indecent exposure By December 2024, the College of Policing, in collaboration with the National Police Chiefs' Council, should improve guidance and training on indecent …	College of Policing	Accepted	View →
ANG-3	Fundamental review of masturbatory indecent exposure treatment With immediate effect, the Home Office, Ministry of Justice, College of Policing and National Police Chiefs' Council should work together to conduct …	Home Office	Accepted	View →
ANG-4	Research link between indecent exposure and contact offending With immediate effect, the Home Office, in collaboration with the College of Policing, should commission research to establish if there is an …	Home Office	Accepted	View →
ANG-5	Public campaign on indecent exposure criminality By March 2025, the Home Office, together with the National Police Chiefs' Council, should launch a public campaign to: a. raise awareness …	Home Office	Accepted	View →
ANG-6	Review sexual offence allegations against serving officers By September 2024, the National Police Chiefs' Council, in collaboration with all force vetting units, and building on the results of the …	National Police Chiefs Council	Accepted	View →
ANG-7	In-person interviews and home visits for police candidates With immediate effect, the College of Policing, in collaboration with force recruitment, should ensure that every new candidate applying to become a …	College of Policing	Accepted	View →
ANG-8	Strengthen recruitment and vetting practices By June 2024, the College of Policing, in collaboration with force vetting units, should take further steps to prevent those unsuitable for …	College of Policing	Accepted	View →
ANG-9	Improve vetting decision-making quality and consistency By March 2025, the College of Policing, in collaboration with force vetting units, should take steps to improve the quality and consistency …	College of Policing	Accepted	View →
ANG-10	Vetting Code compliance for officer transfers With immediate effect, all recruiting forces should have regard to the new Vetting Code of Practice, which requires the parent force to …	National Police Chiefs Council	Accepted	View →
ANG-11	Strengthen information-sharing practices By December 2024, the College of Policing, in collaboration with force vetting and recruitment units, should ensure that information-sharing practices, including data …	College of Policing	Accepted	View →
ANG-12	Officers held to higher standard with fettered privacy rights With immediate effect, police forces should convey to all existing and prospective officers and staff that they must be held to a …	National Police Chiefs Council	Accepted	View →
ANG-13	Stronger vetting aftercare and randomised re-vetting By December 2024, the College of Policing, in collaboration with all force vetting units, should develop a stronger approach to force vetting …	College of Policing	Accepted	View →
ANG-14	Public commitment to anti-sexist anti-racist organisation With immediate effect, every police force should commit publicly to being an anti-sexist, anti-misogynistic, anti-racist organisation in order to address, understand and …	National Police Chiefs Council	Accepted	View →
ANG-15	Remove barriers to reporting sexual offences by colleagues With immediate effect, all police forces should take action to understand and confront the barriers that police officers and staff face when …	National Police Chiefs Council	Accepted	View →
ANG-16	Improve conditions for female officers By September 2024, the College of Policing and the National Police Chiefs' Council should review and examine the conditions of female officers …	College of Policing	Accepted	View →
ANG-17	Collection and sharing of data at national and local levels Immediately, the Home Office should lead work, coordinated by the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection, to …	Home Office	No Response	View →
ANG-18	Increased use of police Designing Out Crime Officers By November 2026, the Government should explore how to improve the impact that the safety advice provided by police Designing Out Crime …	Home Office	No Response	View →
ANG-19	Targeted and consistent public messaging By March 2026, the Home Office, as the lead department for the response to violence against women and girls, should agree funding …	Home Office	No Response	View →
ANG-20	Empowering and engaging citizens to take action The public has a pivotal role to play in the prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces. In recognition …	Home Office	No Response	View →
ANG-21	National roll-out of Project Vigilant By April 2026, the Home Office, the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection, and the National Police …	Home Office	No Response	View →
ANG-22	Information and early intervention for men and boys By September 2026, the Home Office (as the lead department for the response to violence against women and girls), working closely with …	Home Office	No Response	View →
ANG-23	Police prioritisation of prevention Immediately, Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners should ensure that the prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces …	National Police Chiefs Council	No Response	View →
ANG-24	Implementation of Operation Soteria By March 2026, the Home Office, working with the National Police Chiefs' Council, and the National Centre for Violence Against Women and …	Home Office	No Response	View →
ANG-25	Whole-system approach to preventing sexually motivated crimes By June 2026, building on the wider violence against women and girls strategy, the Government should publish a comprehensive, multi-year and whole-system …	Home Office	No Response	View →
ANG-26	Improved mechanism for converting initiatives from local to national By March 2026, the College of Policing, working with the National Police Chiefs' Council including the Office of the Police Chief Scientific …	College of Policing	No Response	View →
ANG-27	Perpetrator focus and interventions Immediately, the Home Office, as the lead department for the response to violence against women and girls, in conjunction with the Ministry …	Home Office	No Response	View →
ANG-28	Improvement of the investigation of sexually motivated crimes By March 2026, the College of Policing and the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection, working with …	College of Policing	No Response	View →
ANG-29	Government prioritisation of prevention Immediately, the Government should take action to make it clearer that preventing sexually motivated offences against women in public is an essential …	Home Office	No Response	View →

Parliamentary activity

42 mentions since Dec 2021

4 debates 25 questions 12 statements

15 Jun 2026 Written Question Angiolini Inquiry
Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour)

01 Jun 2026 Written Question Angiolini Inquiry: Costs
Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative)

16 Mar 2026 Written Ministerial Statement Angiolini Inquiry Part 3 Terms of Reference
Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour)

16 Mar 2026 Written Ministerial Statement Angiolini Inquiry Part 3 Terms of Reference
Sarah Jones (Labour)

20 Feb 2026 Written Question Police: Standards
Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrat)

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