ANG-18

Increased use of police Designing Out Crime Officers

Angiolini Inquiry · Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report: Prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces · Issued 2 December 2025 · Addressed to: Home Office

Government responseHome Office: Under consideration (Jun 2026)

DeliveryNo statement from Home Office found

Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry

●Inquiry recommendation, Recommendation 18

By November 2026, the Government should explore how to improve the impact that the safety advice provided by police Designing Out Crime Officers could have on the prevention of sexually motivated crimes in public spaces, including by amendments to policies and changing their status within relevant planning legislation.

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Published evidence summary

AI-generated evidence summary

In a written parliamentary answer to Bell Ribeiro-Addy in June 2026, Natalie Fleet stated on behalf of the Home Office that the government was "carefully considering the Inquiry’s Part 2 First Report’s recommendations and will respond as soon as possible" (Natalie Fleet response, Jun 2026). The record holds no update since the department's response of June 2026 (Natalie Fleet response, Jun 2026).

Sources

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Government response

●Home Office · Under consideration · 18 Jun 2026

Words of: Natalie Fleet, answering for the Home Office, written answer to Bell Ribeiro-Addy, 18 June 2026 (UIN 9679)

This Government is absolutely committed to ensuring women and girls feel safe going about their everyday lives. We are carefully considering the Inquiry’s Part 2 First Report’s recommendations and will respond as soon as possible.

Response document: Written question 9679, "Angiolini Inquiry", asked by Bell Ribeiro-Addy, tabled 15 June 2026, answered 18 June 2026

Site note: Written answer of 18 June 2026 for the Home Office. The question asked whether the Department would accept all 13 recommendations of the Part 2 First Report; the answer is recorded on each of the 13. It gives no position on any one of them, so the row is marked under consideration.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from Home Office has been found in the sources searched. This is separate from the response above.

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