We previously found that poor cooperation between the Department and police forces has contributed to a failure to achieve value-for-money for taxpayers. In our December 2021 report into the National Law Enforcement Data Service, we concluded that working effectively with the police was critical to the delivery of NLEDS and other technology programmes. But we were concerned that it was not yet clear that the Department’s new approach would resolve longstanding challenges in delivering nationa...

We previously found that poor cooperation between the Department and police forces has contributed to a failure to achieve value-for-money for taxpayers. In our December 2021 report into the National Law Enforcement Data Service, we concluded that working effectively with the police was critical to the delivery of NLEDS and other technology programmes. But we were concerned that it was not yet clear that the Department’s new approach would resolve longstanding challenges in delivering national programmes for local forces. As part of our report, we found that the Department had failed to establish a joint vision with police until two years int Type: conclusion | Number: 17 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 2. PAC conclusion: The Programme has demonstrated the value of standardising recruitment practices across police forces 2. PAC recommendation: The Department and the NPCC should identify and pursue other opportunities for standardisation across policing (for exam