Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Independent Office for Police Conduct's independence from police forces to deliver full and unprejudiced investigations and just outcomes.

The Government implemented reforms in February 2020 to streamline the decision-making processes and increase the effectiveness of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

Further to this, the Home Secretary announced last year that she was bringing forward a periodic review of the IOPC. This review will be led by an independent reviewer and will consider the IOPC’s efficiency and effectiveness, including its decision-making processes.

The review will start this year. The IOPC is an investigative body and is not itself responsible for the outcomes via the police misconduct system and the criminal justice system.