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Primary legislation states that the elections will go ahead in May 2021.
We continue to work closely with the electoral and public health bodies to resolve challenges and ensure everyone will be able to cast their vote safely and securely - and in a way of their choosing.
The Government is also bringing forward additional measures to extend the ability to appoint a proxy, so that those that are affected by Covid-19 in the days before the poll are still able to make their voice heard.
Guidance will be published in good time ahead of the polls and this matter will be kept under review. The House will be kept updated.
In July 2022, the Government published its first ever Critical Minerals Strategy, setting out our approach to improving the resilience of critical mineral supply chains. It will safeguard UK industry, support the energy transition and protect our national security. The strategy sets out how the Government will accelerate our domestic capabilities, collaborate with international partners and enhance international markets. The Government are planning to publish a Critical Minerals Refresh in Spring 2023 to reinforce the strategy, highlight its progress, and set out upcoming delivery milestones.
The Critical Minerals Strategy seeks to promote a circular economy of critical minerals in the UK. Recycling rates vary significantly for different minerals. In the case of minerals for electrical vehicle batteries, end-of-life recycling is expected to provide less than 1% of UK demand in 2030. The opportunity improves by 2040: recycling is expected to account for 10-20% of battery mineral demand for electrical vehicles.
To promote recycling and recovery, the Government is funding the £30 million National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research (NICER) Programme, including a centre on technology metals. Defra expects to consult on regulations for electrical waste in 2023 and subsequently for end-of-life batteries.
The Government remains committed to Levelling Up and is actively engaging with companies to secure investments that will ensure the UK remains a world leader in automotive manufacturing.
We continue to work through the Automotive Transition Fund (ATF) to progress plans to build a globally competitive electric vehicle supply chain in the UK, which includes unlocking private investment in gigafactories, battery material supply chains, motors, power electronics, and fuel cell systems.
We have invested record sums in battery R&D – last October we announced a record £211 million uplift for the Faraday Battery Challenge, which brought the overall budget of this ambitious programme to £541 million. We recently awarded £27.6 million from this funding to 17 UK projects to support innovation in EV battery technology.
For the 2017-21 cycle, Sport England has invested £268,588 in 34 basketball projects over the period including 10 projects for women and girls. These projects include Basketball England’s SlamJam for boys and girls aged 7-11 delivering basketball in a fun way in schools and clubs and Junior NBA created for boys and girls aged 11-13 in secondary schools.
Sport England have also awarded ten small grants between 2018-2020 totalling £80,950 in grassroots projects delivering basketball that explicitly target women and girls.
Separately Basketball England, who receive Sport England funding, have launched All Girl Basketball. This campaign aims to make girls aged 11-16 aware of opportunities to engage with basketball and convert that awareness into participation.
UK Sport are also investing in basketball: for the current funding cycle (2017-21) GB Basketball received £500,000 as a ring fenced grant which was spent between both the men’s and women’s squads. The national women’s team also received an additional £330,500 from UK Sport's Aspiration Fund to support them as part of their qualification campaign for Tokyo 2020. In total GB Basketball have received £830,500 of public funding to support the sport in their Tokyo qualification campaign.
Following the Autumn Statement announcement, the government is preparing to issue an invitation for interested organisations to tender for contracts to tackle antisemitism in schools, colleges and universities. The tender process will be run in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The University Jewish Chaplaincy may wish to consider submitting a bid in response to the invitation to tender.
The government spends over £550 million a year on in England, through the National Funding Formula, to ensure that 1.4 million disadvantaged children benefit from free school meals. A further 1.4 million infant pupils are also supported through universal infant free school meals.
The National School Breakfast Programme, running from March 2018 to March 2021, is supporting up to 2,450 schools in disadvantaged areas, at an overall cost to the government of approximately £35 million. Unit costs are commercially sensitive and therefore cannot be made available. Many schools operate their own breakfast club arrangements.
There is legislation in place that ensures schools provide meals to all pupils who want them, which should be provided free to those eligible for benefits-related free school meals or universal infant free school meals.
The Schools Food Standards provide the legislative framework to ensure schools provide children with healthy food and drink options, and to make sure that children get the energy and nutrition they need across the school day.
The standards define the foods and drinks that must be provided, which foods are restricted, and those, which must not be provided. They apply to all food and drink provided to pupils on and off school premises and during an extended school day (up to 6pm), including school trips, breakfast clubs, tuck shops, mid-morning break, vending and after school clubs. The department’s advice is available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standards-for-school-food-in-england.
A summary of the standards and a practical guide are available from the school food plan website at:
http://www.schoolfoodplan.com/resources.
I believe that the School Food Standards have been transformational in the way schools operate their meal services. We will be updating these standards to bring them into line with revised nutritional recommendations in due course, this work is currently paused due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The government spends over £550 million a year on in England, through the National Funding Formula, to ensure that 1.4 million disadvantaged children benefit from free school meals. A further 1.4 million infant pupils are also supported through universal infant free school meals.
The National School Breakfast Programme, running from March 2018 to March 2021, is supporting up to 2,450 schools in disadvantaged areas, at an overall cost to the government of approximately £35 million. Unit costs are commercially sensitive and therefore cannot be made available. Many schools operate their own breakfast club arrangements.
There is legislation in place that ensures schools provide meals to all pupils who want them, which should be provided free to those eligible for benefits-related free school meals or universal infant free school meals.
The Schools Food Standards provide the legislative framework to ensure schools provide children with healthy food and drink options, and to make sure that children get the energy and nutrition they need across the school day.
The standards define the foods and drinks that must be provided, which foods are restricted, and those, which must not be provided. They apply to all food and drink provided to pupils on and off school premises and during an extended school day (up to 6pm), including school trips, breakfast clubs, tuck shops, mid-morning break, vending and after school clubs. The department’s advice is available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standards-for-school-food-in-england.
A summary of the standards and a practical guide are available from the school food plan website at:
http://www.schoolfoodplan.com/resources.
I believe that the School Food Standards have been transformational in the way schools operate their meal services. We will be updating these standards to bring them into line with revised nutritional recommendations in due course, this work is currently paused due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The government spends over £550 million a year on in England, through the National Funding Formula, to ensure that 1.4 million disadvantaged children benefit from free school meals. A further 1.4 million infant pupils are also supported through universal infant free school meals.
The National School Breakfast Programme, running from March 2018 to March 2021, is supporting up to 2,450 schools in disadvantaged areas, at an overall cost to the government of approximately £35 million. Unit costs are commercially sensitive and therefore cannot be made available. Many schools operate their own breakfast club arrangements.
There is legislation in place that ensures schools provide meals to all pupils who want them, which should be provided free to those eligible for benefits-related free school meals or universal infant free school meals.
The Schools Food Standards provide the legislative framework to ensure schools provide children with healthy food and drink options, and to make sure that children get the energy and nutrition they need across the school day.
The standards define the foods and drinks that must be provided, which foods are restricted, and those, which must not be provided. They apply to all food and drink provided to pupils on and off school premises and during an extended school day (up to 6pm), including school trips, breakfast clubs, tuck shops, mid-morning break, vending and after school clubs. The department’s advice is available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standards-for-school-food-in-england.
A summary of the standards and a practical guide are available from the school food plan website at:
http://www.schoolfoodplan.com/resources.
I believe that the School Food Standards have been transformational in the way schools operate their meal services. We will be updating these standards to bring them into line with revised nutritional recommendations in due course, this work is currently paused due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.
There have been no ministerial visits made to Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) teams in the last twelve months. Whilst there have been no ministerial visits to FDAC teams in the past 12 months, the government’s Supporting Families: Investing in Practice programme is currently investing over £17 million to enable local authorities to adapt one of three successful targeted Innovation Programme projects that have the strongest evidence of successfully keeping families together. Local authorities will be supported to embed one of three models and one of these models is FDACs. Expressions of Interest were invited from all local authorities. The successful local authorities for FDACs were announced on 9 August 2019. Local authorities will be ready to start on 1 April 2020 and evaluation will take place over a two-year period. Findings are scheduled to be published in Summer 2022.
We are investing approximately £17 million in the Supporting Families: Investing in Practice (SFIP) programme to roll out innovation models that have evidence of successfully keeping families together.
Through this programme, we are testing the impact that Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDACs) can have in improving outcomes for children and families.
The evaluation work carried out by the What Works for Children’s Social Care will help us to identify how best to support vulnerable children and their families through FDACs.
FDACs offer important support to families. Those local areas who were unsuccessful in the SFIP programme can choose to establish or commission these services locally. The government will be sharing the evaluation of the programme to help with broader set up.
The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions, without regard to nationality, and the amount is based on an individual’s National Insurance record. UK State Pensions are up-rated overseas only where there is a legal requirement to do so. The Government has no plans to change this policy.
People who live outside the UK will not receive an increase in their State Pension unless they live in:
- an EEA country or Switzerland; or
- a country with which DWP have a reciprocal agreement that allows for it. These countries are:
*Following the break-up of Yugoslavia, the UK agreement with former Yugoslavia now covers Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia.
The Government of Canada last raised this issue during a meeting on 17 April 2023. Following this meeting, the UK Government reiterated in writing that it is not intending to change the existing social security relationship with Canada under the arrangements made in 1995 and 1998.
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
Children are not permitted to move between households to visit parents or attend school within the quarantine period. When someone arrives in England, they must travel directly to the place they are staying and not leave until 10 days have passed. It is the responsibility of the person who has custody or charge of the child to ensure they comply with the regulations.
27 forces are currently live on the Single Online Home (SOH):
England
Wales
24. Dyfed Powys
25. Gwent
26. North Wales
27. South Wales
Additionally, British Transport Police is also on the Single Online Home.
The Programme is regularly assessed by the Home Office for performance and assurance purposes. Through the 27 forces currently on Single Online Home, online services are available to 61% of the population in England and Wales. The platform has recorded just under 2.9 million visitors and 175,450 online reports in January 2021. In the same month, just under 418,000 visitors were redirected to relevant third-party services, providing a better service for the public to support their queries and reducing non-police demand on police forces. In a survey of users, the Single Online Home was shown to be a preferred way of contacting the police (76%) as a more relevant and convenient mean to meet the needs of the public.
All 43 forces in England and Wales have committed to onboarding the Single Online Home. Up to 10 forces will join in 2021/22 and it is expected that all forces will be on the platform by the end of March 2023.
Forces are not mandated to join the Single Online Home, but as an NPCC national programme the expectation is that all 43 forces in England and Wales will join the platform. The onboarding schedule was developed between the Digital Public Contact (DPC) Programme and forces via Statements of Intent where forces provided their commitment to join and what dates worked for them. This enabled forces to factor in other local change initiatives and resource constraints and the Programme to plan for working with different force infrastructures and developing technical fixes to ensure connectivity.
The Single Online Home already provides services to support victims in reporting crime incidents online. This includes a Domestic Abuse online reporting pilot which was launched in October last year. Designed in consultation with forces, ACC Louisa Rolfe, the NPCC Domestic Abuse Lead, and external charities, the service is victim focused and provides victims with a discrete reporting mechanism to access the support they need at a time when Covid-19 presents heightened risk. Following its success, it will now be rolled out nationally from May 2021. A pilot service of Sarah’s Law (child sex offender disclosure scheme) also went live with 6 forces on 23 February 2021 ahead of national rollout while other services due to be developed and piloted in 2021/22 include reporting of Anti-Social Behaviour, rape and sexual assaults, and bribery and corruption.
Governance is overseen by the Home Office’s Strategic Change and Investment Board (SCIB) and reporting is provided by the Digital Public Contact Programme.
27 forces are currently live on the Single Online Home (SOH):
England
Wales
24. Dyfed Powys
25. Gwent
26. North Wales
27. South Wales
Additionally, British Transport Police is also on the Single Online Home.
The Programme is regularly assessed by the Home Office for performance and assurance purposes. Through the 27 forces currently on Single Online Home, online services are available to 61% of the population in England and Wales. The platform has recorded just under 2.9 million visitors and 175,450 online reports in January 2021. In the same month, just under 418,000 visitors were redirected to relevant third-party services, providing a better service for the public to support their queries and reducing non-police demand on police forces. In a survey of users, the Single Online Home was shown to be a preferred way of contacting the police (76%) as a more relevant and convenient mean to meet the needs of the public.
All 43 forces in England and Wales have committed to onboarding the Single Online Home. Up to 10 forces will join in 2021/22 and it is expected that all forces will be on the platform by the end of March 2023.
Forces are not mandated to join the Single Online Home, but as an NPCC national programme the expectation is that all 43 forces in England and Wales will join the platform. The onboarding schedule was developed between the Digital Public Contact (DPC) Programme and forces via Statements of Intent where forces provided their commitment to join and what dates worked for them. This enabled forces to factor in other local change initiatives and resource constraints and the Programme to plan for working with different force infrastructures and developing technical fixes to ensure connectivity.
The Single Online Home already provides services to support victims in reporting crime incidents online. This includes a Domestic Abuse online reporting pilot which was launched in October last year. Designed in consultation with forces, ACC Louisa Rolfe, the NPCC Domestic Abuse Lead, and external charities, the service is victim focused and provides victims with a discrete reporting mechanism to access the support they need at a time when Covid-19 presents heightened risk. Following its success, it will now be rolled out nationally from May 2021. A pilot service of Sarah’s Law (child sex offender disclosure scheme) also went live with 6 forces on 23 February 2021 ahead of national rollout while other services due to be developed and piloted in 2021/22 include reporting of Anti-Social Behaviour, rape and sexual assaults, and bribery and corruption.
Governance is overseen by the Home Office’s Strategic Change and Investment Board (SCIB) and reporting is provided by the Digital Public Contact Programme.
27 forces are currently live on the Single Online Home (SOH):
England
Wales
24. Dyfed Powys
25. Gwent
26. North Wales
27. South Wales
Additionally, British Transport Police is also on the Single Online Home.
The Programme is regularly assessed by the Home Office for performance and assurance purposes. Through the 27 forces currently on Single Online Home, online services are available to 61% of the population in England and Wales. The platform has recorded just under 2.9 million visitors and 175,450 online reports in January 2021. In the same month, just under 418,000 visitors were redirected to relevant third-party services, providing a better service for the public to support their queries and reducing non-police demand on police forces. In a survey of users, the Single Online Home was shown to be a preferred way of contacting the police (76%) as a more relevant and convenient mean to meet the needs of the public.
All 43 forces in England and Wales have committed to onboarding the Single Online Home. Up to 10 forces will join in 2021/22 and it is expected that all forces will be on the platform by the end of March 2023.
Forces are not mandated to join the Single Online Home, but as an NPCC national programme the expectation is that all 43 forces in England and Wales will join the platform. The onboarding schedule was developed between the Digital Public Contact (DPC) Programme and forces via Statements of Intent where forces provided their commitment to join and what dates worked for them. This enabled forces to factor in other local change initiatives and resource constraints and the Programme to plan for working with different force infrastructures and developing technical fixes to ensure connectivity.
The Single Online Home already provides services to support victims in reporting crime incidents online. This includes a Domestic Abuse online reporting pilot which was launched in October last year. Designed in consultation with forces, ACC Louisa Rolfe, the NPCC Domestic Abuse Lead, and external charities, the service is victim focused and provides victims with a discrete reporting mechanism to access the support they need at a time when Covid-19 presents heightened risk. Following its success, it will now be rolled out nationally from May 2021. A pilot service of Sarah’s Law (child sex offender disclosure scheme) also went live with 6 forces on 23 February 2021 ahead of national rollout while other services due to be developed and piloted in 2021/22 include reporting of Anti-Social Behaviour, rape and sexual assaults, and bribery and corruption.
Governance is overseen by the Home Office’s Strategic Change and Investment Board (SCIB) and reporting is provided by the Digital Public Contact Programme.
27 forces are currently live on the Single Online Home (SOH):
England
Wales
24. Dyfed Powys
25. Gwent
26. North Wales
27. South Wales
Additionally, British Transport Police is also on the Single Online Home.
The Programme is regularly assessed by the Home Office for performance and assurance purposes. Through the 27 forces currently on Single Online Home, online services are available to 61% of the population in England and Wales. The platform has recorded just under 2.9 million visitors and 175,450 online reports in January 2021. In the same month, just under 418,000 visitors were redirected to relevant third-party services, providing a better service for the public to support their queries and reducing non-police demand on police forces. In a survey of users, the Single Online Home was shown to be a preferred way of contacting the police (76%) as a more relevant and convenient mean to meet the needs of the public.
All 43 forces in England and Wales have committed to onboarding the Single Online Home. Up to 10 forces will join in 2021/22 and it is expected that all forces will be on the platform by the end of March 2023.
Forces are not mandated to join the Single Online Home, but as an NPCC national programme the expectation is that all 43 forces in England and Wales will join the platform. The onboarding schedule was developed between the Digital Public Contact (DPC) Programme and forces via Statements of Intent where forces provided their commitment to join and what dates worked for them. This enabled forces to factor in other local change initiatives and resource constraints and the Programme to plan for working with different force infrastructures and developing technical fixes to ensure connectivity.
The Single Online Home already provides services to support victims in reporting crime incidents online. This includes a Domestic Abuse online reporting pilot which was launched in October last year. Designed in consultation with forces, ACC Louisa Rolfe, the NPCC Domestic Abuse Lead, and external charities, the service is victim focused and provides victims with a discrete reporting mechanism to access the support they need at a time when Covid-19 presents heightened risk. Following its success, it will now be rolled out nationally from May 2021. A pilot service of Sarah’s Law (child sex offender disclosure scheme) also went live with 6 forces on 23 February 2021 ahead of national rollout while other services due to be developed and piloted in 2021/22 include reporting of Anti-Social Behaviour, rape and sexual assaults, and bribery and corruption.
Governance is overseen by the Home Office’s Strategic Change and Investment Board (SCIB) and reporting is provided by the Digital Public Contact Programme.
27 forces are currently live on the Single Online Home (SOH):
England
Wales
24. Dyfed Powys
25. Gwent
26. North Wales
27. South Wales
Additionally, British Transport Police is also on the Single Online Home.
The Programme is regularly assessed by the Home Office for performance and assurance purposes. Through the 27 forces currently on Single Online Home, online services are available to 61% of the population in England and Wales. The platform has recorded just under 2.9 million visitors and 175,450 online reports in January 2021. In the same month, just under 418,000 visitors were redirected to relevant third-party services, providing a better service for the public to support their queries and reducing non-police demand on police forces. In a survey of users, the Single Online Home was shown to be a preferred way of contacting the police (76%) as a more relevant and convenient mean to meet the needs of the public.
All 43 forces in England and Wales have committed to onboarding the Single Online Home. Up to 10 forces will join in 2021/22 and it is expected that all forces will be on the platform by the end of March 2023.
Forces are not mandated to join the Single Online Home, but as an NPCC national programme the expectation is that all 43 forces in England and Wales will join the platform. The onboarding schedule was developed between the Digital Public Contact (DPC) Programme and forces via Statements of Intent where forces provided their commitment to join and what dates worked for them. This enabled forces to factor in other local change initiatives and resource constraints and the Programme to plan for working with different force infrastructures and developing technical fixes to ensure connectivity.
The Single Online Home already provides services to support victims in reporting crime incidents online. This includes a Domestic Abuse online reporting pilot which was launched in October last year. Designed in consultation with forces, ACC Louisa Rolfe, the NPCC Domestic Abuse Lead, and external charities, the service is victim focused and provides victims with a discrete reporting mechanism to access the support they need at a time when Covid-19 presents heightened risk. Following its success, it will now be rolled out nationally from May 2021. A pilot service of Sarah’s Law (child sex offender disclosure scheme) also went live with 6 forces on 23 February 2021 ahead of national rollout while other services due to be developed and piloted in 2021/22 include reporting of Anti-Social Behaviour, rape and sexual assaults, and bribery and corruption.
Governance is overseen by the Home Office’s Strategic Change and Investment Board (SCIB) and reporting is provided by the Digital Public Contact Programme.
We received 102 written submissions in respect of part one of the Review, from organisations, bodies and individuals in the policing, fire and local government sectors. This was an internal Review and, as such, there are no plans to publish these written submissions.
Of the 33 full-time and part-time BAME members of staff the Home Office employed to work at HMICFRS as at 31 March 2020, 5 were Black, 21 were Asian and 7 were from a mixed / other minority ethnic background.
Of the 168 full-time and part-time BAME staff employed by the IOPC as at 31 March 2020, 51 were Black, 85 were Asian and 32 were from a mixed / other minority ethnic background.
The 60 BAME staff referenced in the answer to your original parliamentary question covered the number of full-time BAME staff at the College of Policing. Including part-time BAME staff members increases that number to 78. Of those 78 BAME staff employed by the College of Policing as at 31 March 2020, 12 were Black, 36 were Asian, 30 were from a mixed / other minority ethnic background.
These figures will not include BAME staff who have not declared their ethnicity or those who have selected the ‘prefer not to say’ option.
Of the 33 full-time and part-time BAME members of staff the Home Office employed to work at HMICFRS as at 31 March 2020, 5 were Black, 21 were Asian and 7 were from a mixed / other minority ethnic background.
Of the 168 full-time and part-time BAME staff employed by the IOPC as at 31 March 2020, 51 were Black, 85 were Asian and 32 were from a mixed / other minority ethnic background.
The 60 BAME staff referenced in the answer to your original parliamentary question covered the number of full-time BAME staff at the College of Policing. Including part-time BAME staff members increases that number to 78. Of those 78 BAME staff employed by the College of Policing as at 31 March 2020, 12 were Black, 36 were Asian, 30 were from a mixed / other minority ethnic background.
These figures will not include BAME staff who have not declared their ethnicity or those who have selected the ‘prefer not to say’ option.
Of the 33 full-time and part-time BAME members of staff the Home Office employed to work at HMICFRS as at 31 March 2020, 5 were Black, 21 were Asian and 7 were from a mixed / other minority ethnic background.
Of the 168 full-time and part-time BAME staff employed by the IOPC as at 31 March 2020, 51 were Black, 85 were Asian and 32 were from a mixed / other minority ethnic background.
The 60 BAME staff referenced in the answer to your original parliamentary question covered the number of full-time BAME staff at the College of Policing. Including part-time BAME staff members increases that number to 78. Of those 78 BAME staff employed by the College of Policing as at 31 March 2020, 12 were Black, 36 were Asian, 30 were from a mixed / other minority ethnic background.
These figures will not include BAME staff who have not declared their ethnicity or those who have selected the ‘prefer not to say’ option.
The National Law Enforcement Data Programme (NLEDP) is delivering the Law Enforcement Data Service (LEDS). NLEDP is due to begin the roll out of LEDS from quarter two 2021. LEDS will complete its roll out of PNC replacement functionality by quarter three 2023, and for PND replacement functionality by quarter three 2024.
The total cost for the delivery of the National Law Enforcement Data Programme is £263M. This is as stated in the 2019 Business Case and includes programme cost to date but excludes costs associated with risk and optimism bias. Due to the parallel activity associated with design, build and delivery the costs are grouped. Any further breakdown of costs would be artificial due to the complexity of delivery.
NLEDP is currently producing a new Business Case which will include updated costs which is due for approval in April 2021.
A Police and Crime Commissioner represents PCCs on the National Law Enforcement Data Programme (NLEDP) Board, along with an officer from their representative body, the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC). As members of the Programme Board they are a part of the delivery and assurance of NLEDP and are consulted throughout every stage of the programme.
The PCC and APCC representatives are responsible for briefing other PCCs through their normal channels and regular updates are given to the PCCs' technology and digital portfolio group and General Meetings of all PCCs.
The PCC and APCC representatives also attend the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) Chief Constables Reference Group for NLEDP that consists of Police Chief Constables regularly meeting to discuss and scrutinise programme delivery.
Prior to the power outage experienced this week, the previous occasion when we believe PNC would have been unavailable to police forces in England and Wales due to a power outage would have been on 21st June 2012. It took approximately 339 minutes to restore service.
Steve Thomson is the Programme Director for the National Law Enforcement Data Programme
The Counter Terrorism Advisory Network is a national stakeholder forum formed by Counter Terrorism Policing. Membership comprises of survivors of terrorism, academics and researchers, a variety of faith leaders, and community members.
The network met to discuss terminology on Thursday 18th June 2020. 154 individuals were invited of whom 61 attended.
The design and build phase of ESN is broken down into three phases:
Design and build of the “Prime” product which brings together the push-to-talk application on a range of devices (including handheld, vehicles and aircraft) utilising the prioritised EE network. This is due to complete in October 2021 (later than previously communicated) and is forecast to cost £463m. The majority of functionality required to switch-off Airwave is included in “Prime”. The remainder of the supplier implementation programme is made up on one final release to include the remainder functionality needed to commence Transition from ESN to Airwave.
The addition of masts to EE’s core network to provide the required network coverage for ESN. As per the response provided to HL2020 on 12th March 2020, it is planned that this activity and subsequent network optimisation will be completed during 2021. Costs for this work will be paid via a monthly service charge which will reduce at the start of 2022 from c.£10m per month to c.£6m per month.
Delivery of additional coverage e.g. in remote areas of the country and the London Underground. As per the response provided to HL2020 on 12th March 2020, this will complete in parallel with national deployment of the ESN and is forecast to cost £334m.
Independent management and consultancy spend from the inception of the programme in 2015 is £145.5M split between Delivery Support Services and Technical Consultancy
The design and build phase of ESN is broken down into three phases:
Design and build of the “Prime” product which brings together the push-to-talk application on a range of devices (including handheld, vehicles and aircraft) utilising the prioritised EE network. This is due to complete in October 2021 (later than previously communicated) and is forecast to cost £463m. The majority of functionality required to switch-off Airwave is included in “Prime”. The remainder of the supplier implementation programme is made up on one final release to include the remainder functionality needed to commence Transition from ESN to Airwave.
The addition of masts to EE’s core network to provide the required network coverage for ESN. As per the response provided to HL2020 on 12th March 2020, it is planned that this activity and subsequent network optimisation will be completed during 2021. Costs for this work will be paid via a monthly service charge which will reduce at the start of 2022 from c.£10m per month to c.£6m per month.
Delivery of additional coverage e.g. in remote areas of the country and the London Underground. As per the response provided to HL2020 on 12th March 2020, this will complete in parallel with national deployment of the ESN and is forecast to cost £334m.
Independent management and consultancy spend from the inception of the programme in 2015 is £145.5M split between Delivery Support Services and Technical Consultancy
On 22 July, the Government announced a two-part Review into the role of Police and Crime Commissioners. Part one of the internal Review is focused on strengthening the accountability of PCCs in line with the Government’s manifesto commitment. The Review will report to the Home Secretary in October.
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the gender, ethnicity and rank of police officers in England and Wales by Police Force Area on an annual basis.
Data on the gender and ethnicity of Assistant Chief Constables and all officers holding more senior ranks are collected in an aggregate form as ‘Chief Officer’. Chief officer includes Assistant Chief Constables, Deputy Chief Constables and Chief Constables, and their equivalents in the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police.
The latest available data, covering the situation as at 31 March 2020, can be found in of the Open Data Tables, published alongside the 'Police Workforce, England and Wales' statistics, available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-open-data-tables
We are in regular dialogue with policing partners about increasing the diversity of police leadership. We welcome the work being done by the College of Policing to prioritise improvements to leadership development.
Numerous languages are spoken by officers within the National Crime Agency but we are unable to disclose further details in order to protect operational activity.
In response to social distancing restrictions introduced due to Covid-19, the majority of Police Forces across England and Wales responded to the request from Her Majesty Courts and Tribunals Service to facilitate remote hearings via Cloud Video Platform. This was a short-term emergency response to allow hearings to continue to take place during the height of the pandemic and support court recovery.
The decision on the long-term use of Video to facilitate remote hearings from police custody suites remains an operational matter for police forces. However, we continue to engage with Criminal Justice partners on the long-term use of Cloud Video Platform as developments continue.
In response to social distancing restrictions introduced due to Covid-19, the majority of Police Forces across England and Wales responded to the request from Her Majesty Courts and Tribunals Service to facilitate remote hearings via Cloud Video Platform. This was a short-term emergency response to allow hearings to continue to take place during the height of the pandemic and support court recovery.
The decision on the long-term use of Video to facilitate remote hearings from police custody suites remains an operational matter for police forces. However, we continue to engage with Criminal Justice partners on the long-term use of Cloud Video Platform as developments continue.
As at 31 March 2020 (the end of the last full financial year), the IOPC employed 1,032 people on both a full-time and part-time basis. Of those, 639 were female and 168 were BAME. These figures include those on secondment but exclude agency staff/contractors.
As at 31 March 2020 (the end of the last full financial year), the Home Office employed 179 people to work at HMICFRS on both a full-time and part-time basis. Of those, 95 were female and 33 were BAME. These figures exclude those on secondment into HMICFRS, as well as agency staff/contractors.
As at 31 March 2020 (the end of the last full financial year), the College of Policing employed 637 people on a full-time basis. Of those, 367 were female and 60 were BAME. These figures include those on secondment, as well as agency staff/contractors.
Our unprecedented drive to recruit 20,000 extra police officers over the next three years provides a generational opportunity to increase diversity in policing.
We are working closely with police forces across the country, including the Metropolitan Police Service, to support all forces become more representative of the communities they serve. This has included an inclusive national campaign and improvements to national data collection on police diversity and recruitment, led by the National Police Chiefs’ Council.
The Home Secretary has been clear that all forces must do more to increase diversity and in August wrote to all Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners urging them to take the opportunity presented by the Police Uplift to increase diversity.
As part of the Government’s commitment to recruit an additional 20,000 officers by March 2023, the Home Office publishes data on the number of new recruits in the quarterly “Police officer uplift, England and Wales” statistical bulletin. The latest release covers the period to June 2020.
This publication contains information on the number of new recruits, by month, since November 2019: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-officer-uplift-quarterly-update-to-june-2020
Between January and June 2020, 7,549 officers have been recruited into the 43 police forces in England and Wales.
Data on the ethnicity and gender of new recruits are not currently published as part of this quarterly release. However, we continuously review the range of metrics within the release and will endeavour to include this information in future statistical releases.
The next release of this bulletin is scheduled to be published on Thursday 29 October.
This review delivers on the Government’s manifesto commitment to strengthen and expand the role of PCCs. It will also ensure voters can hold PCCs accountable for performance – giving the public a stronger voice in matters of crime and justice.
The review will take place in two parts – the first part, to be conducted over the summer, will focus on raising standards and improving accountability.
Part one of the review will be internal and is being led by the Home Office’s Director of Policing as the Senior Responsible Officer, reporting to Ministers. It will not invite public evidence at this stage, but through its research the review team will seek a range of views on the model, including from the public and victims’ groups.
This review delivers on the Government’s manifesto commitment to strengthen and expand the role of PCCs. It will also ensure voters can hold PCCs accountable for performance – giving the public a stronger voice in matters of crime and justice.
The review will take place in two parts – the first part, to be conducted over the summer, will focus on raising standards and improving accountability.
Part one of the review will be internal and is being led by the Home Office’s Director of Policing as the Senior Responsible Officer, reporting to Ministers. It will not invite public evidence at this stage, but through its research the review team will seek a range of views on the model, including from the public and victims’ groups.
This review delivers on the Government’s manifesto commitment to strengthen and expand the role of PCCs. It will also ensure voters can hold PCCs accountable for performance – giving the public a stronger voice in matters of crime and justice.
The review will take place in two parts – the first part, to be conducted over the summer, will focus on raising standards and improving accountability.
Part one of the review will be internal and is being led by the Home Office’s Director of Policing as the Senior Responsible Officer, reporting to Ministers. It will not invite public evidence at this stage, but through its research the review team will seek a range of views on the model, including from the public and victims’ groups.
This review delivers on the Government’s manifesto commitment to strengthen and expand the role of PCCs. It will also ensure voters can hold PCCs accountable for performance – giving the public a stronger voice in matters of crime and justice.
The review will take place in two parts – the first part, to be conducted over the summer, will focus on raising standards and improving accountability.
Part one of the review will be internal and is being led by the Home Office’s Director of Policing as the Senior Responsible Officer, reporting to Ministers. It will not invite public evidence at this stage, but through its research the review team will seek a range of views on the model, including from the public and victims’ groups.
The process to recruit a permanent Chair of the College of Policing will commence shortly and will follow the process set out in the Governance Code on Public Appointments.
To date, the Home Office has invested £6,365,640 in the Police ICT Company.
In 2018 the Home Office made an initial investment of £3,500,000 for the development and subsequent implementation of phase one of its transformation programme.
In 2019, The Home Office invested a further £2,865,640 for the second phase of the transformation programme.