Improved mechanism for converting initiatives from local to national
Angiolini Inquiry · Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report: Prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces · Issued 2 December 2025 · Addressed to: College of Policing
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, Recommendation 26
By March 2026, the College of Policing, working with the National Police Chiefs' Council including the Office of the Police Chief Scientific Adviser, the Home Office, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, and the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection, should ensure that there are improved mechanisms in place to identify, test and roll out promising initiatives designed to prevent sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces. This should include:
a. continuing to encourage local innovation, but with an improved, standard mechanism in place by which local innovations can be tested, rolled out and evaluated nationally, learning from Operation Soteria; and
b. working with the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners on an approach that encourages Police and Crime Commissioners (and their successors) and mayoral offices to liaise with Chief Constables about the implementation of rolled-out measures, the impact they can have on delivery of the forces' Police and Crime Plans, and their contribution to national policing capabilities in prevention of violence against women and girls; this work should include obtaining an understanding of the rationale behind any decision not to implement any measure, and recording those reasons.
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Published evidence summary
Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Jess Phillips made a written statement to Parliament (HCWS1122) on 2 December 2025 accepting all 13 Part 2 recommendations, announcing £13.1 million in funding (Written Statement HCWS1122, 2 December 2025).
- The March 2026 deadline has now passed.
- No specific public evidence that improved mechanisms to identify, test and roll out promising initiatives have been established as of March 2026.
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