Racial Disproportionality in Stop & Search
Persistent and worsening racial disproportionality in police stop and search practices, with Black individuals significantly more likely to be stopped.
Source spread
Where this theme appears
This theme appears across 9 independent accountability sources, so the source mix matters as much as the headline total.
4 inquiry recs
56 committee recs
2 HMICFRS recs
11 IOPC recs
16 IMB recs
2 IMB reports
1 PHSO decision
2 LGO/SPSO decisions
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Inquiry recommendations(4)
MACP-62 — Require police services to monitor, analyse, review, and publish relevant records
Recommendation: That these records should be monitored and analysed by Police Services and Police Authorities, and reviewed by HMIC on inspections. The information and analysis should be published.
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MACP-61 — Require police to record all stops, searches, reasons, and ethnic identity
Recommendation: That the Home Secretary, in consultation with Police Services, should ensure that a record is made by police officers of all "stops" and "stops and searches" made under any legislative provision (not just the Police and Criminal Evidence Act). Non-statutory …
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MACP-63 — Mandate police authorities to publicise stop and search provisions and rights
Recommendation: That Police Authorities be given the duty to undertake publicity campaigns to ensure that the public is aware of "stop and search" provisions and the right to receive a record in all circumstances.
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POPP-C.11 — Confer statutory right for police to search persons entering football grounds
Recommendation: In England and Wales the unfettered right of the police to search those who are either entering or trying to enter a football ground should be conferred by statute.
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Select committee recommendations(56)— showing 50 strongest matches
#22 —
Recommendation: The Government should carry out a review of the use of Community Treatment Orders, which a black person is seven times more likely to receive than a white person. (Recommendation, Paragraph 125) 56
Response attribution not verified
#20 —
Recommendation: We recognise that some of the changes proposed in the Bill could help to reduce racial inequity in the application of the Mental Health Act. We also recognise that the causes of differences of treatment and particularly outcomes between people …
Response attribution not verified
#19 —
Recommendation: One of the most significant factors that prompted the process of reform that has resulted in this Mental Health Bill was the disproportionate use of compulsory detention and treatment under the MHA on people from minority ethnic backgrounds, particularly black …
Response attribution not verified
#49 — No adequate justification exists for racial disproportionality in stop and search, especially for drugs.
Recommendation: No evidence to this inquiry has adequately explained or justified the nature and scale of the disproportionality in the use of stop and search powers. This is especially the case for searches for the possession of drugs where evidence shows …
Response attribution not verified
#47 — Racial disproportionality in stop and search is worse now than Macpherson found.
Recommendation: Twenty-two years on from the publication of the Macpherson report there remains a serious problem with racial disproportionality in stop and search. Black people are over nine and a half times more likely to be stopped and searched than White …
Response attribution not verified
#13 —
Recommendation: BAME children are disproportionately remanded to custody and some of the children remanded to custody, will not then go on to receive a custodial sentence. The Youth Justice Board should update the Committee on the findings of their commissioned research. …
Response attribution not verified
#11 —
Recommendation: We are aware of the work the Ministry of Justice and Youth Custody Service have done since publication of the Lammy Review to address disproportionality. The youth justice population has changed considerably in the past 10 years, but children from …
Response attribution not verified
#22 —
Recommendation: When asked about its plans, the Home Office acknowledged that nobody should be targeted by the police on the basis of their ethnicity, or any other factor linked to their background. It told us that it works with communities to …
Response attribution not verified
#56 — Many police forces fail to address or explain racial disparities in stop and search.
Recommendation: Police forces need to take very seriously their responsibility to address racial disparities in the way people are treated in their local communities. Too many forces are unable to explain the levels of racial disparities in their area and are …
Response attribution not verified
#53 — Persistent racial disparities in stop and search undermine BME community confidence.
Recommendation: In the twenty-two years since the Macpherson report there have been different attempts to reform the way stop and search has worked, but there has been little progress in addressing the unexplained and unjustified racial disparities or building confidence among …
Response attribution not verified
#52 — Metropolitan Police's lockdown stop and search surge widened racial disparity and damaged confidence.
Recommendation: Stop and search needs to be used in a focused and targeted way. When it is not, it leads to injustice and to too many people being searched without good reason. The Metropolitan Police increased their use of stop and …
Response attribution not verified
#50 — Knife crime concerns fail to explain widespread racial disparities in stop and search.
Recommendation: We recognise the importance of the police being able to take action against knife crime, and their concern that victims and perpetrators of knife crime are disproportionately Black, but we also note that this does not explain the fact that …
Response attribution not verified
#48 — Unexplained racial disparities in stop and search damage BME community confidence in policing.
Recommendation: Stop and search is an important police power and the Macpherson report’s conclusion that it has a useful role to play in the prevention and detection of crime still applies. However the nature of the unexplained and unjustified racial disparities, …
Response attribution not verified
#49 —
Recommendation: We welcome improvements to the diversity of the magistracy made since the Lammy Review in 2017. We are, however, concerned that the removal of the right to elect has the potential to increase mistrust in the criminal justice system among …
Response status not verified
#12 —
Recommendation: It is not clear whether diversion schemes disproportionately benefit White children compared with their BAME counterparts, nonetheless, the figures on first- time entrants to the system are concerning. Without centrally collected data on diversion rates, we cannot gain an accurate …
Response attribution not verified
#17 —
Recommendation: We also asked about the impact of the pandemic on black, Asian and minority ethnic individuals, particularly given that the Department has faced difficulties collecting and analysing data on ethnicity in the past. Since the Lammy review in 2017 into …
Response attribution not verified
#10 —
Recommendation: The National Audit Office reported that the vetting process used during recruitment had a disproportionate effect on ethnic minority applicants. Applicants of Asian and Black heritage had lower pass rates than those of White heritage and were more likely to …
Response attribution not verified
#21 —
Recommendation: Whilst the number of children in youth custody across all ethnicities has reduced (by 73%) between 2010–11 and 2020–21, the proportion from ethnic minority backgrounds has increased (from 32% to 53%).54 Furthermore, the Ministry of Justice drew our attention to …
Response attribution not verified
#6 —
Recommendation: The Ministry of Justice and Home Office seem to lack curiosity about the increase in the proportion of children from ethnic minority background in youth custody and appear to have no current plan to address the situation. While the number …
Response attribution not verified
#61 — Racial disproportionality in COVID-19 Fixed Penalty Notices highlights need for careful oversight.
Recommendation: More recently, the serious concerns raised about disproportionality in the use of Fixed Penalty Notices as part of police enforcement of the covid-19 regulations provide cautionary evidence about the need for care and oversight in the way new policing powers …
Response attribution not verified
#60 — Metropolitan Police Gangs Violence Matrix lacks robust oversight for racial disproportionality.
Recommendation: The Metropolitan Police developed the Gangs Violence Matrix as a new way to provide intelligence to tackle serious gang related violence and crime in London, but without robust systems in place to consider racial disproportionality on the database, ensure proper …
Response attribution not verified
#36 — Chief officers should be held accountable for using positive action to achieve recruitment targets.
Recommendation: The evidence from forces which do use a positive action approach demonstrates that forces should be able to achieve their targets using tried and tested positive action measures. Given the success these forces have had, we believe that chief officer …
Response attribution not verified
#35 — Many police forces underutilised positive action provisions for BME recruitment.
Recommendation: All forces must do far more to use the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to develop targeted recruitment campaigns, mentoring and support. Some forces have used those provisions very effectively to increase BME recruitment significantly in a …
Response attribution not verified
#33 — Police forces fail to achieve representative recruitment despite proven best practices.
Recommendation: It is particularly disappointing that the number of forces achieving representative recruitment is not higher since it is clear that forces which have made a focused effort to do so are able to achieve representative recruitment. The recent progress by …
Response attribution not verified
#41 — Stop and search powers remain controversial, disproportionate, and lack evidence of effectiveness.
Recommendation: Use of stop and search powers is particularly controversial and has a wide-ranging impact for the Met in particular. But this is not an issue that other forces can afford to ignore. Disproportionality in stop and search across policing damages …
Response attribution not verified
#14 —
Recommendation: We note that the number of children on remand is high and that two thirds of children given a remand to youth detention accommodation did not subsequently receive a custodial sentence. Multiple factors appear to contribute to these numbers: an …
Response attribution not verified
#13 —
Recommendation: The NAO found that parents from some minority groups, such as Black, African, Caribbean or Black British parents, are less likely to use the CMS scheme. However, the Department has not conducted research into why this might be or whether …
Response attribution not verified
#11 —
Recommendation: In July 2021, the Home Affairs Select Committee reported that it was extremely disappointing that 22 years after the publication of the Macpherson report the police service is still a very long way from being representative of the diverse communities …
Response attribution not verified
#13 — Accelerate work to understand and resolve racial disparity in identifying prisoner mental health
Recommendation: The NHS should accelerate its work to understand why there is a racial disparity in identifying mental health issues in prison and implement a solution.
Response attribution not verified
#10 — Racial disparity exists in identifying mental health conditions during prisoner health screenings
Recommendation: It is unacceptable that one in 12 prisoners do not have a health screening appointment within 24 hours of arrival and that Black, Asian, and other Minority Ethnic prisoners who have a mental health condition are less likely to have …
Response attribution not verified
#65 — Robust processes are essential for new policing technologies to prevent racial disparities.
Recommendation: As new policing technologies, tools and powers are developed, it is important that there are robust and credible processes in place both to guard against the risk of importing or exacerbating racial disparities and to maximise their potential to demonstrate …
Response attribution not verified
#64 — New policing technologies like facial recognition require serious consideration of racial disparities.
Recommendation: The police are currently exploring other new technologies such as live facial recognition technology, where serious consideration is needed of the way the technology might apply for different communities and any consequences for racial disparities.
Response attribution not verified
#62 — NPCC and Home Office fail to publish further analysis of COVID-19 enforcement racial disparity.
Recommendation: Evidence of disproportionality must be carefully considered and presented transparently, with robust systems of independent oversight. Although the NPCC conducted a detailed analysis of the use of covid Fixed Penalty Notices by ethnicity during the first lockdown, in response to …
Response attribution not verified
#59 — New policing technologies introduced without adequate consideration for racial bias or community confidence.
Recommendation: New policing technologies have developed in the decades since the Macpherson report. These technologies, which clearly could not have been considered by the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, have given rise to similar kinds of issues about the importance of sustaining confidence …
Response attribution not verified
#54 — Inadequate and inconsistent stop and search data collection hinders proper monitoring and oversight.
Recommendation: We are very concerned about shortcomings in data collection and transparency with regard to stop and search powers. It is inexcusable that forces do not have proper monitoring and oversight systems in place. In particular, there is far too great …
Response attribution not verified
#51 — Stop and search encounters are often alienating, lacking respect and de-escalation for individuals.
Recommendation: The manner in which police forces conduct stop and search is particularly important in determining how that stop will be perceived both by the individual who is searched and their wider community. We heard troubling examples of stops and searches …
Response attribution not verified
#32 — Some forces show good BME recruitment commitments, but others lack ambition.
Recommendation: It is welcome that forces such as the West Midlands and Leicestershire have already made clear commitments both on immediate recruitment levels and the overall proportion of BME officers in the force over time. Other forces need to be more …
Response attribution not verified
#42 — Further primary research needed on section 60 stop and search deterrent value and disproportionality.
Recommendation: We are concerned at the duration of the investigation following the supercomplaint on section 60 searches. We welcome the Home Office’s recent commitment to better communication around section 60 searches, along with moves to support more consistent local scrutiny. We …
Gov response: 56. The investigation into the supercomplaint on section 60 stop and search is a matter for HMICFRS, together with the IOPC and College of Policing. The Home Office welcomes the report on the supercomplaint, which …
Acknowledged
#30 — Mandate police forces record, analyse, submit, and publish protected characteristics data on complainants.
Recommendation: We recommend the Home Office requires forces to record data on all protected characteristics of complainants with the aim of achieving a greater understanding of who is making complaints, the outcomes of those complaints, and the extent to which there …
Gov response: 42. Responsibility for collecting and publishing data on complainants sits with the IOPC. 43. The policing sector recognises the importance of recording data regarding protected characteristics of complaints and possible areas of disproportionality. Data on …
Position Not Stated
#5 —
Recommendation: Vulnerable users and people from ethnic minority backgrounds are potentially impacted disproportionately by efforts to tackle the Crown Court backlog, which the Department and HMCTS have not done enough to understand. Since the start of the pandemic, HMCTS significantly increased …
Response attribution not verified
#12 —
Recommendation: The recent Strategic Review of Policing also concluded that the Programme was ‘having a negligible impact on workforce diversity’.18 We asked the Department if it was disappointed that the comment had been made. The Department told us that it did …
Response attribution not verified
#8 — Significant disparities in employment outcomes persist for different groups of prison leavers.
Recommendation: HMPPS and MoJ monitor how outcomes for prison leavers vary between groups. For example, in 2021–22: 8% of female prison leavers were employed after six months compared with 18% of male prison leavers; 11% of black or black British prison …
Response attribution not verified
#91 — HMICFRS stop and search recommendations remain unimplemented by many forces
Recommendation: HMICFRS has a very important role to play in driving improvements, raising standards and measuring progress across policing. It has produced a series of extensive reports about stop and search which has added a great deal to understanding of the …
Response attribution not verified
#66 — Home Office and police fail to sufficiently address race equality duties for new technologies.
Recommendation: Under the Equality Act 2010 the Home Office and the police have a legal duty to consider the equality impact of new policies, measures or technologies on race equality or other protected characteristics. We do not believe that this responsibility …
Response attribution not verified
#63 — Police body-worn cameras require consistent use and structured oversight to build confidence.
Recommendation: New technologies have the potential either to re-build community confidence and/ or to badly damage it, depending on the technology, on the way it is introduced and the nature of the oversight. The introduction of police body-worn cameras, if done …
Response attribution not verified
#58 — Independent community oversight of stop and search is vital to earn public confidence.
Recommendation: We believe that the confidence of local communities will only be earned if there is proper, independent oversight of stop and search, by the community at a local level and, at a national level, by HMICFRS and the Home Office. …
Response attribution not verified
#57 — Gaps in police communication and de-escalation training hinder fair and effective stop and search.
Recommendation: We have heard about a number of important initiatives designed to improve the experience of stops, and particularly welcome those referred to in this report that have been introduced by both BME community leaders and police forces to foster more …
Response attribution not verified
#55 — Insufficient evidence on stop and search effectiveness undermines public confidence and policy decisions.
Recommendation: The lack of evidence available about the effectiveness of stop and search in reducing serious violence crime has contributed to scepticism about the basis for using the powers and therefore a lack of confidence in them. The Home Office should …
Response attribution not verified
#10 — Fund PCCs adequately to implement Models 2 or 3 for complaint-handling roles
Recommendation: We urge the Government to fund PCCs adequately to take on Models 2 or 3 as a minimum requirement in their complaint-handling roles. This will provide PCCs the opportunity to work more closely with their forces, for example, to record …
Response attribution not verified
#45 — Commit NPCC to timeframe for Race Action Plan and 'accept or explain' ISOB recommendations.
Recommendation: The National Race Action Plan contains admirable aspirations. Stakeholders need to ensure they are realised speedily. We recommend the NPCC commit to a clear timeframe for the next iteration of the plan and adopt an “accept or explain” response to …
Gov response: 61. The Police Race Action Plan is led by the NPCC and College of Policing, with contributions by a series of policing and civil society stakeholders. The plan is independent of Government.
Position Not Stated
HMICFRS recommendations(2)
Disproportionate use of police powers: A spotlight on stop and search and …
Analyse data and either explain with evidence the reasons for disproportionality or take clear action to address it
Recommendation
An inspection of how well the police tackle serious youth violence
By 31 March 2024, forces should through data collection and analysis understand the levels of racial disproportionality in serious youth violence in their areas
Recommendation
IOPC learning recommendations(11)
Stop and Search, National recommendations - April 2022
Recommendation 8: to the National Police Chiefs' Council and College of Policing The IOPC recommends that the NPCC and College of Policing work together to develop guidelines on how to safeguard people from a Black, Asian, or other minority ethnic …
Stop and Search, National recommendations - April 2022
Recommendation 1: to the National Police Chiefs' Council and College of Policing The IOPC recommends that the NPCC and College of Policing work together to develop guidelines on how to safeguard people from a Black, Asian, or other minority ethnic …
Recommendation, Stop and search, Brent - Metropolitan Police, June 2018
The IOPC completed five investigations involving the stop and search of Black men by MPS officers. The following 11 learning recommendations are made under paragraph 28A of Schedule 3 of the Police Reform Act and are informed by the collective …
Recommendation, Stop and search, Romford - Metropolitan Police, April 2019
The IOPC completed five investigations involving the stop and search of Black men by MPS officers. The following 11 learning recommendations are made under paragraph 28A of Schedule 3 of the Police Reform Act and are informed by the collective …
Recommendation, Stop and search, Euston - Metropolitan Police Service, November 2019
The IOPC completed five investigations involving the stop and search of Black men by MPS officers. The following 11 learning recommendations are made under paragraph 28A of Schedule 3 of the Police Reform Act and are informed by the collective …
Stop and search, Harlesden - Metropolitan Police, October 2018
The IOPC completed five investigations involving the stop and search of Black men by MPS officers. The following 11 learning recommendations are made under paragraph 28A of Schedule 3 of the Police Reform Act and are informed by the collective …
Recommendation, Stop and search, Deptford - Metropolitan Police, February 2018
The IOPC completed five investigations involving the stop and search of Black men by MPS officers. The following 11 learning recommendations are made under paragraph 28A of Schedule 3 of the Police Reform Act and are informed by the collective …
Man tasered during arrest in the presence of a child – Greater …
The IOPC recommends that Greater Manchester Police take steps to ensure that officers’ decision-making and their policing response is not being unreasonably impacted by stereotypical assumptions about the strength and threat posed by individuals from a Black, Asian or minority …
Stop and Search, National recommendations - April 2022
Recommendation 18: to the National Police Chiefs' Council, College of Policing and Home Office The IOPC recommends that the NPCC, College of Policing and Home Office explore the feasibility of commissioning research into the trauma caused predominantly to people from …
Stop and Search, National recommendations - April 2022
Recommendation 10: to the Home Office The IOPC recommends that the Home Office agree an approach to recording data about the protected characteristics of individuals having other policing powers (such as S.163 and use of force) used on them at …
Man tasered during arrest in the presence of a child – Greater …
The IOPC recommends that Greater Manchester Police (GMP) review their Conductive Energy Device (CED) policy to clarify, expand upon and improve existing guidance in the public domain, particularly in relation to addressing a potential public perception that Taser is only …
IMB annual reports(2)
Birmingham (2023)
HMP Birmingham has continued to improve under strong leadership, providing a calm environment where prisoners generally feel safe. However, the report highlights significant concerns including persistently low staffing levels leading to restricted regimes, cancelled activities, and reduced key worker support. The Board also raises issues with the disproportionate use of force and segregation on black and mixed-heritage prisoners, prolonged remand times without resettlement support, and unsuitable living conditions in some shared cells.
PRISON
Key concerns
Dovegate (2020)
HMP Dovegate, a Category B training prison, maintained a generally calm environment despite the COVID-19 pandemic, with effective measures preventing outbreaks. The Board noted positive staff-prisoner relationships and good facilities, but highlighted persistent concerns including race disparity in segregation, lack of body-worn cameras, and issues with prisoner property transfers. Healthcare provision saw improvements in waiting times, but inpatient facilities require upgrades and a lack of confidential therapeutic space on wings remains.
PRISON
Key concerns
IMB individual recommendations(16)
Dovegate (2020)
Continue to investigate the apparent race disproportionality in the CSU.
Governor / Director
Implemented
Wormwood Scrubs (2023)
What action can be taken to address the disproportionate number of black prisoners being segregated and recorded as involved in a disproportionate number of use of force incidents?
Governor / Director
Ashfield (2022)
Incentive warnings data captured does not hold ethnic information. As there was a view from the survey of black, Asian, and minority ethnic prisoners that they received more warnings proportionately than white prisoners, this view ought to be investigated. Can consideration be given to identifying ethnicity when reviewing incentive warnings?
Governor / Director
Isle of Wight (2020)
The IMB identified concerns in 2020 that there were significantly more unsuccessful searches regarding those from the black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) community. The IMB was concerned that this area of invasive contact with prisoners was not monitored in terms of ethnicity, (5.6)
Governor / Director
Wormwood Scrubs (2021)
Can the Governor ensure that investigations will be undertaken to consider and monitor the disproportionate incidents in some months of use of force against black prisoners? Following such investigations can any necessary training be provided for prison officers?
Governor / Director
Feltham (2023)
Is the prison investigating why the population of Wren unit is generally made up of white young people, when a significant proportion of the prison population is black, Asian and minority ethnic?
Governor / Director
Bedford (2024)
We are concerned that the number of black, Asian, other ethnic minority prisoners and those from the Traveller community are significantly over-represented in adjudications.
Governor / Director
Nottingham (2025)
When will the Governor monitor the increased use of force and investigate if there is increased force used on prisoners from ethnic minorities?
Governor / Director
Swinfen Hall (2020)
Racial imbalances are ubiquitous across prison life in Swinfen Hall, and remain unresolved – in adjudications, segregation, employment and IEP status. Added to this concern was inaction over a more than doubling of the number of discrimination incident report forms (DIRFs) submitted in 2019 compared with 2018 (see paragraph 5.4(d)). These issues, together with other concerns (see paragraph 5.4(a)), suggest …
Governor / Director
Swinfen Hall (2020)
For the last three years, the Board has expressed concerns that the proportion of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) prison officers at the establishment does not reflect that of the prisoner population, and moreover that prison managers have little power to effect any change. The situation remains of concern, with the proportion of BAME officers, at 5% (6% last …
Other
In Progress
Ashfield (2021)
Can consideration be given to identifying ethnicity when reviewing incentive warnings?
Governor / Director
Oakwood (2022)
The Board requests that it is invited to the equality action group meetings (see para 5.4).
Governor / Director
Springhill (2022)
Sustain improvements to D&I.
Governor / Director
Foston Hall (2022)
Slow progress on equalities, hampered by lack of data analysis, preventing systematic monitoring of outcomes for prisoners with protected characteristics (see paragraphs 4.3.5, 5.4.1, 6.1.9, 7.1.4)
Governor / Director
Belmarsh (2022)
Will the prison continue the good work already in place regarding collection and publication of data reflecting outcome and opportunity for relevant protected characteristics by ensuring that this data is scrutinised and used effectively to reduce inequality in all areas of the prison? This would include prisoner employment, use of force, segregation and decisions regarding incentive levels. (See section 5.4 …
Governor / Director
Thorn Cross (2023)
To extend the number of areas of prison activity that are analysed in terms of protected characteristics and to make such data readily available (5.4.2).
Governor / Director
Independent reviews(12)
Flanagan Review of Policing — Rec 24
The current comprehensive form for Stop and Account should be removed and replaced with the following measures: (a) Any officer who asks an individual to account for themselves should provide that individual with a ‘receipt’ of the encounter in the form of a business card or similar, and use Airwave …
Policing & Security
Sewell Commission — Rec 14
Increase legitimacy and accountability of stop and search through body-worn video There is a strong presumption that in all police services body-worn video (BWV) cameras will be switched on if the officer is in a situation which they believe could lead to a stop and search, or as soon as …
Other
Sewell Commission — Rec 12
Prevent harm, reduce crime and divert young people away from the criminal justice system The Commission wants to urgently address the disproportionate number of ethnic minority young people going into the criminal justice system as a result of low-level Class B drug possession. The Commission is not advocating or endorsing …
Other
Sewell Commission — Rec 4
Bridge divides and create partnerships between the police and communities Noting the key concerns in relation to communication, transparency and consistency in approach for stop and search, the Commission makes a two-part recommendation: A) The College of Policing, working alongside the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC), and National …
Other
Lammy Review — Rec 22
The recent prisons white paper sets out a range of new data that will be collected and published in the future. The data should be collected and published with a full breakdown by ethnicity.
Justice & Legal
Accepted
Lammy Review — Rec 20
Leaders of institutions in the youth estate should review the data generated by the Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool (CHAT) and evaluate its efficacy in all areas and ensure that it generates equitable access to services across ethnic groups. Disparities in the data should be investigated thoroughly at the end of …
Justice & Legal
Accepted
Lammy Review — Rec 11
The MoJ should take steps to address key data gaps in the magistrates' court including pleas and remand decisions. This should be part of a more detailed examination of magistrates' verdicts, with a particular focus on those affecting BAME women.
Justice & Legal
Accepted
Lammy Review — Rec 2
The government should match the rigorous standards set in the US for the analysis of ethnicity and the CJS. Specifically, the analysis commissioned for this review – learning from the US approach – must be repeated biennially, to understand more about the impact of decisions at each stage of the …
Justice & Legal
Accepted
Casey Review — Rec 10
The use of stop and search in London by the Met needs a fundamental reset. The Met should establish a charter with Londoners on how and when stop and search is used, with an agreed rationale, and provide an annual account of its use by area, and by team undertaking …
Policing & Security
Accepted
Lammy Review — Rec 16
The government should set a clear, national target to achieve a representative judiciary and magistracy by 2025. It should then report to Parliament with progress against this target biennially.
Justice & Legal
Accepted
Lammy Review — Rec 12
The Open Justice initiative should be extended and updated so that it is possible to view sentences for individual offences at individual courts, broken down by demographic characteristics, including gender and ethnicity.
Justice & Legal
Accepted
Lammy Review — Rec 1
A cross-CJS approach should be agreed to record data on ethnicity. This should enable more scrutiny in the future, whilst reducing inefficiencies that can come from collecting the same data twice. This more consistent approach should see the CPS and the courts collect data on religion so that the treatment …
Justice & Legal
Accepted
LGO / SPSO decisions(2)
24-014-244 — Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about racial discrimination. It is reasonable for the complainant to take the matter to court.
LGO (Local Government & …
Other Categories
Dec 2024
24-000-750 — Buckinghamshire Council
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about a Penalty Charge Notice and indirect racism. This is because there is insufficient evidence of fault by the Council and because the complainant could have followed the statutory process.
LGO (Local Government & …
Transport And Highways
May 2024