Weekly CJS Round-Up: 18-24 February 2023

Home Office announcements and publications

• The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 introduce new duties under the Fire Safety Order for building owners or managers (responsible persons). Full details at: Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• The Police Covenant Consultation Group will meet biannually and will support the development of covenant policy to ensure it is inclusive and fair. Full details at: Police Covenant Consultation Group minutes - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• The Home Secretary has set out what the government is doing to address issues around mental health demand on policing. Full details at: Mental health and policing: letter from the Home Secretary - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 codes of practice regulate police powers and protect public rights. Full details at: Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) codes of practice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Consultation on the most appropriate approach for delivering minimum service levels for fire and rescue services. Full details at: Minimum service levels for fire and rescue services - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• The Strategic Policing Requirement sets out the Home Secretary's view of what the current national threats are, and the national policing capabilities needed to counter those threats. Full details at: Strategic Policing Requirement 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Tougher management of most dangerous domestic abusers and new protections for victims. Full details at: Domestic abusers face crackdown in raft of new measures - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• This guidance aims to help front-line officers and those who work in the area of public protection apply the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme. Full details at: Domestic violence disclosure scheme: guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Ministry of Justice announcements and publications

• A thematic review action plan on the experiences of black and mixed heritage boys in the youth justice system. Full details at: Thematic inspection report on the experiences of black and mixed heritage boys in the youth justice system - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• A thematic review action plan of ‘A joint inspection of education, training and employment services in youth offending teams in England and Wales’. Full details at: Thematic inspection of education, training and employment services in youth offending teams in England and Wales - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• A partnership agreement between the Ministry of Justice, His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service and the Department for Work and Pensions. It sets out the basis of a shared understanding of, and commitment to, the way in which the partners will work together in England and Wales. Full details at: National Partnership Agreement for employment and welfare support in custody and the community 2023 to 2026 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• This report describes a study of clinical and reoffending outcomes for participants on the Healthy Sex Programme (HSP). Full details at: Post-release reoffending outcomes for individuals with offence-related sexual paraphilias - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• This research report aimed to explore clinical outcomes for participants on the Healthy Sex Programme (HSP). Full details at: Healthy sex programme: an exploration of pre to post psychological test change - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• This report describes a study of clinical outcomes for participants on the Horizon and iHorizon accredited offending behaviour programmes. Full details at: Horizon and iHorizon an uncontrolled before - after study of clinical outcomes - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• This report describes the validation of the Success Wheel Measure and Motivational Screen used to measure clinical progress on the Horizon and iHorizon accredited offending behaviour programmes. Full details at: Horizon and iHorizon Psychometric analyses of the success wheel measure - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities

• Dashboards on the rough sleeping annual snapshot and rough sleeping management information. Full details at: Dashboards on rough sleeping - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Dashboards on statutory homelessness, local authority performance, and support needs. Full details at: Dashboards on homelessness - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• The latest data tables on rough sleeping. Full details at: Tables on rough sleeping - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Department for Education announcements and publications

• Information on the DfE early years COVID-19 recovery programme, which offers leadership support, coaching and mentoring. Full details at: Early years experts and mentors programme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Data on the levels of attendance and overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Full details at: Pupil attendance in schools - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Statistics on children’s social workers employed by local authorities. Full details at: Statistics: children's social work workforce - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

HMICFRS, HMI Probation and Ofsted announcements and publications

• HMICFRS has published the latest Value for Money profiles, which provide comparative data on a wide range of policing activities for each police force in England and Wales. Full details at: Value for Money profiles 2022 - His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) – Home (justiceinspectorates.gov.uk)

College of Policing announcements and publications

• Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Andrew Snowden has commissioned the College of Policing to undertake a full independent review of the Nicola Bulley case.?Full details at: Lancashire’s PCC announces independent Nicola Bulley case review | College of Policing

NPCC announcements and publications

• NPCC leads for Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), Rape and Serious Sexual Offences and Domestic Abuse wrote to all Chief Constables in anticipation of the Home Office announcement that VAWG would be included in the Strategic Policing Requirement.?Full details at: Letter to Chief Constables from NPCC VAWG Leads

APCC announcements and publications

• Domestic abusers will face tags and tougher management under new measures to protect women and girls announced by the Home Office today. Full details at: Tougher measures introduced to protect women and girls (apccs.police.uk)
• The Home Secretary has written to Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners to set out details and timings of work by partners to address mental health demand.?Full details at: Mental health and policing (apccs.police.uk)

Local Government Association announcements and publications

• The Police Staff Council (PSC) handbook, including June 2022 updates. Full details at: Police Staff Council England and Wales handbook | Local Government Association
• ‘Protecting most vulnerable is crucial’: LGA responds to Household Support Fund. Full details at: ‘Protecting most vulnerable is crucial’: LGA responds to Household Support Fund | Local Government Association
• ‘Councils central to supporting everyone into work’: LGA responds to latest NEET figures. Full details at: ‘Councils central to supporting everyone into work’: LGA responds to latest NEET figures | Local Government Association

Other announcements and publications

• Children’s Commissioner was delighted to speak at a panel event, organised by the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership and King’s College London, on the issue of childcare in the UK.?Full details at: Childcare in crisis: how do we fix a broken system? | Children's Commissioner for England (childrenscommissioner.gov.uk)
• “Listen to us” – young people’s views of the SEND system. Full details at: “Listen to us” - young people’s views of the SEND system | Children's Commissioner for England (childrenscommissioner.gov.uk)
• PAC Report: Unacceptable, unnecessary harm to vulnerable adolescents being failed by maze of services. Full details at: Unacceptable, unnecessary harm to vulnerable adolescents being failed by maze of services - Committees - UK Parliament
• Research report: Rape convictions increase to 75 per cent. Full details at: Rape convictions increase to 75 per cent (substack.com)