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Police prioritisation of prevention

Angiolini Inquiry · Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report: Prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces · Issued 2 December 2025 · Addressed to: National Police Chiefs Council

Government responseHome Office: Under consideration (Jun 2026)

DeliveryNo statement from National Police Chiefs Council found

Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry

●Inquiry recommendation, Recommendation 23

Immediately, Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners should ensure that the prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces is an essential part of: (i) their violence against women and girls plans; and (ii) the Police and Crime Plans. This should include:

a. circulating consistent and sustained leadership communications across the force, with Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners making very clear the priority placed on these offences;

b. senior officers reviewing and taking appropriate action on metrics around these crimes, as part of standard and regular force performance management;

c. formal reviews by the senior officer team in every force to ensure that all relevant force functional areas have clear roles and responsibilities regarding the prevention of these crimes, with mechanisms in place to test officer and staff understanding; and

d. in addition to Recommendation 18 - increased use of police Designing Out Crime Officers in the prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces - taking sustained action to train, empower and embed these roles in forces.

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Published evidence summary

AI-generated evidence summary

In June 2026, Natalie Fleet, answering for the Home Office in a written parliamentary answer to Bell Ribeiro-Addy, stated that the department was "carefully considering the Inquiry’s Part 2 First Report’s recommendations and will respond as soon as possible" (Natalie Fleet response, Jun 2026). She affirmed that the government was committed to ensuring women and girls feel safe going about their everyday lives (Natalie Fleet response, Jun 2026). The record holds no update since the Home Office's response of June 2026 (Natalie Fleet response, Jun 2026).

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AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026.

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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 National Police Chiefs Council has been found in the sources searched. This is separate from the response above.

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