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Police Covenant Implementation

The Police Covenant Implementation tracks the Home Office's progress in delivering commitments to police forces and officers, including efficiency gains, system standardisation, and better use of resources. Recent focus includes implementing recommendations from the 2023 Policing Productivity Review (targeting 38 million hours of police time savings), managing BlueLight Commercial procurement services, and addressing inefficient use of warranted officers in administrative roles. The scheme is active with ongoing monitoring of whether initiatives like the Centre for Police Productivity and the Police Efficiency and Collaboration Programme are delivering intended value for money.

28 Jan 2026 | Written evidence linked

We asked the Home Office about its plans for publishing data on the performance of police forces. Written evidence from The Productivity Institute highlighted that ‘public trust’ is an important productivity outcome.20 The College of Policing agreed that the antidote to public mistrust is transparency and openness.21 The Home Office accepted that transparency can drive behaviour change and said its police performance framework will be published, although it did not yet know which particular d...

We asked the Home Office about its plans for publishing data on the performance of police forces. Written evidence from The Productivity Institute highlighted that ‘public trust’ is an important productivity outcome.20 The College of Policing agreed that the antidote …

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28 Jan 2026 | Written evidence linked

A number of stakeholders identified that the officer maintenance grant has led to police forces increasingly using officers in staff roles (that do not require a warranted police officer) – an expensive and inefficient practice.34 In written evidence, Leapwise estimated that this practice is costing policing at least £55 million a year.35 We were concerned that this approach to funding police officers may be incentivising practices that deliver poor value for money. The Home Office acknowledg...

A number of stakeholders identified that the officer maintenance grant has led to police forces increasingly using officers in staff roles (that do not require a warranted police officer) – an expensive and inefficient practice.34 In written evidence, Leapwise estimated …

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31 Jan 2023 | Written question Home Office linked

Police: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to improve standards in policing. Answer: It is crucial that the public have trust and confidence in the police and expect them to …

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