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Public protection planning

Absence of clearly recorded notes on anticipated charges, required evidence, and objectives for sustained public protection operations.

1,362 items 16 sources 15 inquiries

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Mixed across source types and ranked by classifier confidence plus text match strength.

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Inquiry recommendation
83match
190 - Public understanding of child protection
Orkney Inquiry
Steps should be taken to improve the public understanding of and encourage debate about the work of child care and child protection in Scotland including the work of the Children’s Hearings and the Reporter (19.27).
Matched on terms: protection, public
CJINI report
83match
An Inspection Of Public Protection Arrangements Northern Ireland
Risk Management and public protection arrangements, Probation and Public Safety
Matched on terms: protection, public
CJINI report
83match
An inspection of Public Protection Arrangements Northern Ireland
Risk Management and public protection arrangements, Probation and Public Safety
Matched on terms: protection, public
CJINI report
83match
Public Protection Inspection III: A thematic inspection of the public protection arrangements Northern Ireland
Risk Management and public protection arrangements, Probation and Public Safety
Matched on terms: protection, public
Committee recommendation
69match
#28 - 1st Report - Long-duration energy storage: get on with it
Science and Technology Committee
We heard no evidence to suggest that hydrogen is unsafe, especially when used as an industrial gas. However, the public perception of safety is vital, as negative perceptions of hydrogen projects could prove to be an obstacle in the planning process. We were disappointed that the Government does not seem to recognise this distinction or its crucial role...
Matched on terms: planning, public
Inquiry recommendation
66match
MAI-47 - Sufficient resources for operational planning
Manchester Arena Inquiry
His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services, the College of Policing and the Home Office should work together to put in place robust systems, policies and guidance to ensure that all police services have sufficient resources dedicated to the development of operational and contingency plans, particularly for responding to Major Incidents, including terrorist attacks.
Matched on terms: planning
Committee recommendation
65match
#159 - 1st Report - Cutting crime: better community sentences
Justice and Home Affairs Committee
In terms of best practice in information sharing, the APPC pointed to the example of “sharing discussions” which arise from “Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)”. These are “statutory arrangements bringing together the police, probation and prison services to assess and manage the risk posed by certain sexual and violent offenders”. At least one of the APPC’s members found...
Matched on terms: protection, public
CJINI report
65match
A Review of the Multi-Agency Review Arrangements in Northern Ireland
Risk Management and public protection arrangements, Probation and Public Safety
Matched on terms: protection, public
CJINI report
65match
The Management of Sex Offenders in Northern Ireland – March 2005
Risk Management and public protection arrangements, Probation and Public Safety
Matched on terms: protection, public
CJINI report
65match
The Management of Sex Offenders
Risk Management and public protection arrangements, Probation and Public Safety
Matched on terms: protection, public
CJINI report
65match
Follow-up Inspection on the Management of Sex Offenders
Risk Management and public protection arrangements, Probation and Public Safety
Matched on terms: protection, public
CJINI report
65match
Transition to Community Arrangements for Life Sentence Prisoners
Risk Management and public protection arrangements, Prisons, Probation and Public Safety, Prisoner Rehabilitation and Release
Matched on terms: protection, public
CJINI report
65match
An inspection of the handling of sexual offence cases by the justice system in Northern Ireland: Donagh sexual...
Risk Management and public protection arrangements, Domestic and Sexual Abuse, Probation and Public Safety, Crime
Matched on terms: protection, public
CJINI report
65match
An inspection on the Management of life and indeterminate sentence prisoners in Northern Ireland
Risk Management and public protection arrangements, Prisons, Prisoner Rehabilitation and Release
Matched on terms: protection, public
CJINI report
65match
The management of Life and Indeterminate sentence prisoners in Northern Ireland
Risk Management and public protection arrangements, Prisons, Probation and Public Safety, Prisoner Rehabilitation and Release
Matched on terms: protection, public
Committee recommendation
61match
#91 - 1st Report - Cutting crime: better community sentences
Justice and Home Affairs Committee
Current efforts to improve treatment services and increase their availability should be sustained. Further investment in Community Sentence Treatment Requirements is required and should be a priority. CSTRs are key to reducing reoffending, putting offenders on a path away from crime and protecting the public. Mainstreaming wraparound support The needs of female offenders
Matched on terms: public
Committee recommendation
61match
#27 - 1st Report - EV strategy: rapid recharge needed
Environment and Climate Change Committee
We support the conclusions of the House of Commons Transport Committee’s January 2022 report that comprehensive reform of road taxation is needed, to start an honest conversation with the public and work towards a system that is seen as fair and enjoys public acceptance. We note the urgency of this has only increased in the intervening two years....
Matched on terms: public
Inquiry recommendation
57match
132 - Timescale set at planning meetings
Orkney Inquiry
The timescale for investigative interviews should be determined at planning meetings (17.74).
Matched on terms: planning
Committee recommendation
57match
#164 - 1st Report - Cutting crime: better community sentences
Justice and Home Affairs Committee
Community sentences are more effective when the Probation Service is a fully engaged member of local partnerships, be it through the co-location of services or through cooperation forums, allowing information to circulate. This benefits offenders and there is also a public interest, for instance in making unpaid work placements more punitive and reparative.
Matched on terms: public
Committee recommendation
57match
#63 - 1st Report - Long-duration energy storage: get on with it
Science and Technology Committee
The Review of Electricity Market Arrangements and decisions on locational pricing should be concluded swiftly to avoid any disruptions to investment. It should ideally include a mechanism to introduce locational incentives for industrial and energy storage projects to build in favourable locations for overall grid management, alongside interventions to shield domestic consumers from price variations. We recommend that...
Matched on terms: public
Committee recommendation
57match
#127 - 1st Report - High Streets: Life beyond retail?
Built Environment Committee
Taking ownership of a wider number of assets on a high street can allow local authorities to curate spaces with a masterplan designed to deliver a longer-term ambition. In some instances, local authorities could choose to minimise profits on rents or introduce more flexible leases than the private sector in order to shape the range of businesses on...
Matched on terms: public
Committee recommendation
57match
#109 - 1st Report - High Streets: Life beyond retail?
Built Environment Committee
The Government should maintain its town-centre-first retail policy within the National Planning Policy Framework. Local planning Authorities should clearly set out in their Local Plan in what circumstances out-of-town developments would be permitted, and they should robustly apply the sequential test set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. Taxation Business rates
Matched on terms: planning
Scottish FAI
55match
Shea John Ryan
Jul 2025
Promoting the objective of protecting children (1) The Health and Safety Executive should review and consider revising its published guidance on the management of health and safety in construction (including HSG 150 “Health and Safety in Construction”; HSG 151 “Protecting the Public - Your Next Move”; and HSG L153 “Managing Health and Safety in Construction”) generally to emphasise...
Matched on terms: protection, public
PFD report
53match
Jayden Booroff
Jan 2023 · Essex
The coroner noted inadequate risk assessments that led to reduced observations. There were also concerns about miscommunication between the NHS Trust and emergency services regarding patient risk levels, including the absence of a single point of contact for updates.
Matched on classifier match
PFD report
53match
Terri Harris, John-Paul Bennett, Lacey Bennett and Connie Gent
Nov 2023 · Derby and Derbyshire
The coroner raises concerns that critical offender information was not clearly recorded or easily accessible in Probation Service records, impacting risk assessment. Domestic abuse and child safeguarding checks were also insufficient or lacking, posing ongoing risks.
Matched on classifier match
Inquiry recommendation
53match
61 - Risk management model for highest-risk prisoners
Zahid Mubarek Inquiry
The risk management model for the management of prisoners to whom MAPPA applies and who have been identified as posing the greatest risk to the public should be adopted by all establishments. Prisoners who have been identified as being a high risk to their cellmate on any review of the cell-sharing risk assessment, or posing a very high...
Matched on terms: public
Inquiry recommendation
53match
52 - Lambeth Council comprehensive action plan
IICSA
Lambeth Council should develop and publish a comprehensive action plan which details the actions that it will take in response to the issues raised throughout the Inquiry's investigation report. The action plan should be developed and published within six months of the publication of this investigation report, and should be accompanied by timescales for completing identified actions as...
Matched on terms: public
Inquiry recommendation
53match
POH-16 - Clarify whether HCRS and OCS assessment processes differ
Post Office Horizon Inquiry
The Department shall make a public announcement in which (a) it clarifies whether there will be any differences in the process for assessing financial redress, between the merged HCRS and OCS, and the process currently operating in OCS and if so, (b) it explains what those differences in the process will be.
Matched on terms: public
Inquiry recommendation
53match
MAI-43 - Guidance on covering deceased at mass casualty scenes
Manchester Arena Inquiry
Guidance should be provided to event healthcare providers, to emergency service responders other than paramedics and to the public generally about the circumstances in which those who are believed to be dead should be covered. The guidance should make clear that this step should only be taken by a paramedic or other healthcare professional. The guidance should also...
Matched on terms: public
Committee recommendation
53match
#193 - 1st Report - Cutting crime: better community sentences
Justice and Home Affairs Committee
Partnerships with a range of local organisations, outside formal commissioning processes for rehabilitative services, are also key to securing meaningful unpaid work placements that foster public support for community sentences.
Matched on terms: public
Committee recommendation
53match
#157 - 1st Report - Cutting crime: better community sentences
Justice and Home Affairs Committee
Furthermore, we heard that local delivery could also help achieve the punitive and reparative aims of sentencing. The Criminal Justice Alliance told us that “in Scotland there is legislative responsibility to consult specific people and organisations on the types of unpaid work activity that should be carried out in their area”. They recommended that “Probation should also develop...
Matched on terms: public
Committee recommendation
53match
#64 - 1st Report - Cutting crime: better community sentences
Justice and Home Affairs Committee
The public, too, is questioning the use and enforcement of community sentences. Gavin Dingwall told us that, “too often, there is a public perception that anything other than a custodial sentence is not an adequate response to an offence” and that, “often this is borne out of ignorance of different types of sentencing.” 108 The House of Commons...
Matched on terms: public
Committee recommendation
53match
#31 - 1st Report - Long-duration energy storage: get on with it
Science and Technology Committee
The Government should work with UKRI to commission research into the safety aspects of hydrogen storage and transportation, as well as the public acceptability of hydrogen transport and storage facilities.
Matched on terms: public
Committee recommendation
53match
#29 - 1st Report - Long-duration energy storage: get on with it
Science and Technology Committee
DESNZ should commission research in the next six months into the public acceptability of hydrogen storage, in particular in the local communities which are most likely to host it. A public information and dialogue campaign that explains the envisaged role for hydrogen, as well as its safety aspects, is essential and must be a priority for the Government—it...
Matched on terms: public
Committee recommendation
53match
#137 - 1st Report - High Streets: Life beyond retail?
Built Environment Committee
Where a local authority owns sites on a high street it may be able to relocate some services more easily 278 . For example, following regaining control of the Elmsleigh Shopping Centre in Staines-upon-Thames, Spelthorne Borough Council is building a new library and museum on the site. It argues this will help to maintain footfall in the shopping...
Matched on terms: public
Committee recommendation
53match
#135 - 1st Report - High Streets: Life beyond retail?
Built Environment Committee
We heard that relocating public services with a high number of regular visitors to a town centre could increase footfall in that area and was likely to have knock-on benefits for local businesses. 272 For example, redirecting some journeys to work or health care settings to local high streets could have a positive knock-on effect for businesses in...
Matched on terms: public
Committee recommendation
53match
#133 - 1st Report - High Streets: Life beyond retail?
Built Environment Committee
Local authorities should have community asset transfer policies to ensure transfers of ownership to a community group are possible where it is in the best interests of the local community. Public service delivery
Matched on terms: public
Committee recommendation
53match
#130 - 1st Report - High Streets: Life beyond retail?
Built Environment Committee
Local authorities that already own assets on their local high street should ensure that they are being utilised to deliver the range of services and businesses wanted by local communities. This could include exploring innovative styles of lease, operating with reduced profit margins, or delivering public services on the high street.
Matched on terms: public
Committee recommendation
53match
#95 - 1st Report - High Streets: Life beyond retail?
Built Environment Committee
Permitted development rights (PDRs) allow certain building works and changes of use to take place without having to submit a planning application. The Government’s policy on PDRs for converting Use Class E properties to housing has changed regularly over the last four years, alternately expanding, retracting and again expanding access to PDRs. Most recently, in February 2024, the...
Matched on terms: planning
Committee recommendation
53match
#90 - 1st Report - High Streets: Life beyond retail?
Built Environment Committee
Local planning policy impacts where and how developers build new retail developments. Through the planning system, Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) can influence the mix of businesses on the high street and to some extent support certain businesses over others to meet wider societal goals. Local authorities have a more reactive rather than propositional role with regards to planning...
Matched on terms: planning
Committee recommendation
53match
#87 - 1st Report - High Streets: Life beyond retail?
Built Environment Committee
High streets often face local issues and require local solutions; however, the Government still has a vital role in their success. The overall policy framework within which local authorities operate is largely set at a national level. This is particularly true for planning policy where the National Planning Policy Framework and associated Planning Policy Guidance sets out the...
Matched on terms: planning
Committee recommendation
53match
#78 - 1st Report - High Streets: Life beyond retail?
Built Environment Committee
Local authorities can provide outdoor trading licences to encourage street activity and markets. Under the Licensing Act 2003, businesses that sell or supply alcohol must obtain a licence from a licensing authority including for late-night activity. 153 Budweiser emphasised that “alongside planning, licensing decisions also have a real impact on the hospitality sector”. 154 For example, Spelthorne Borough...
Matched on terms: planning
Committee recommendation
53match
#77 - 1st Report - High Streets: Life beyond retail?
Built Environment Committee
Local planning authorities are also responsible for approving individual planning applications. This is a reactive process. For example, they are involved in approving pubs and new buildings on high streets as well as retail parks and out-of-town shopping centres. The impact and extent of these planning powers can be varied by central Government policies. In Staines-upon-Thames local business...
Matched on terms: planning
Committee recommendation
53match
#76 - 1st Report - High Streets: Life beyond retail?
Built Environment Committee
Local planning authorities are responsible for producing strategic policies for their areas and for granting planning permission for new buildings on the high street or other regeneration projects. As part of this role, the National Planning Policy Framework requires Local Plans, which ensure the vitality of town centres by “taking a positive approach to their growth, management and...
Matched on terms: planning
HSSIB recommendation
53match
Undetected button/coin cell battery ingestion in children
It is recommended that the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy highlights to the general public the dangers of button/coin cell batteries.
Matched on terms: public
CJINI report
53match
An inspection of the Probation Board for Northern Ireland Community Service Scheme
Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI), Probation and Public Safety
Matched on terms: public
CJINI report
53match
Probation Board for Northern Ireland Pre-Sentence Reports
Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI), Probation and Public Safety
Matched on terms: public
CJINI report
53match
Governance inspection of the Parole Commissioners for Northern Ireland
Parole Commissioners for Northern Ireland (PCNI), Probation and Public Safety
Matched on terms: public
CJINI report
53match
An inspection of Community supervision by the Probation Board for Northern Ireland
Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI), Probation and Public Safety
Matched on terms: public
CJINI report
53match
An Inspection of Probation Practice in Northern Ireland
Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI), Probation and Public Safety
Matched on terms: public
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