Crime and Policing Bill 2025: impact assessments
Why linked: Crime and Policing Bill 2025 impact assessments, directly on primary legislation analysis
Impact assessments relating to the Crime and Policing Bill 2025.
The policing policy thread covers the legal and institutional framework for how police forces in England and Wales (and, in places, the wider UK) are organised, funded, held accountable and empowered — anchored by the Crime and Policing Act 2026, the January 2026 police-reform White Paper, and the vetting/conduct SIs.
Why linked: Crime and Policing Bill 2025 impact assessments, directly on primary legislation analysis
Impact assessments relating to the Crime and Policing Bill 2025.
Why linked: Crime and Policing Bill 2025 equality impact assessments, directly on primary legislation
Equality impact assessments relating to the Crime and Policing Bill 2025.
Why linked: Crime and Policing Bill 2025 economic notes, directly on primary legislation
Economic notes relating to the Crime and Policing Bill 2025.
Why linked: Delegated powers memorandum for Police Reform Bill pre-legislative scrutiny, directly on reform legislation
Delegated powers memorandum for Police Reform Bill pre-legislative scrutiny phase
In response to: Crime and Policing Bill 2025: delegated powers memoranda
Why linked: Delegated powers memorandum for Police Reform Bill pre-legislative scrutiny, directly on reform legislation
Delegated powers memorandum for Police Reform Bill pre-legislative scrutiny phase
In response to: Crime and Policing Bill 2025: delegated powers memoranda
Why linked: Delegated powers memorandum for Police Reform Bill pre-legislative scrutiny, directly on reform legislation
Delegated powers memorandum for Police Reform Bill pre-legislative scrutiny phase
In response to: Crime and Policing Bill 2025: delegated powers memoranda
Why linked: Delegated powers memorandum for Police Reform Bill pre-legislative scrutiny, directly on reform legislation
Delegated powers memorandum for Police Reform Bill pre-legislative scrutiny phase
In response to: Crime and Policing Bill 2025: delegated powers memoranda
Why linked: Delegated powers memorandum for Police Reform Bill pre-legislative scrutiny, directly on reform legislation
Delegated powers memorandum for Police Reform Bill pre-legislative scrutiny phase
In response to: Crime and Policing Bill 2025: delegated powers memoranda
Why linked: Commons Briefing Paper on UK policing structures and reform proposals - comprehensive research on policy framework
Type: Commons Briefing Paper (CBP-8582) The government’s white paper on police reform was published in January 2026 and may lead to the biggest changes to policing structures since the 1970s.
Why linked: Senior Salaries Review Body recommendations on chief police officer and PCC remuneration - police governance
Recommendations from the Senior Salaries Review Body on the remuneration of chief police officers and Police and Crime Commissioners.
Why linked: Commons Debate Pack on Police Grant Report approval, directly relevant to police funding and resource allocation
Type: Commons Debate Pack (CDP-2026-0035) Motion to approve the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2026/27 on Wednesday 11 February 2026. This is how Parliament approves the central police funding allocation for each force every financial year.
Why linked: Public survey on attitudes to police and crime commissioners and local police governance, relevant to accountability framework
This report presents findings of a survey of the public covering attitudes to police and crime commissioners and local police governance.
Why linked: Standard Note on Police and Crime Commissioners - covers government plans affecting accountability structure
Type: Standard Note (SN06104) What police and crime commissioners do and the government's plans to scrap them.
Why linked: Cost of football policing - addresses police resource allocation and spending on specific operations
Type: Commons Debate Pack (CDP-2025-0208) The government is concerned that the cost to tax payers for policing football matches is too high and is exploring ways to address this.
Why linked: The NAO's scrutiny report on police productivity directly informed the PAC inquiry and provides independent evidence on financial sustainability and the neighbourhood policing funding gap.
In 2024-25, police forces responded to financial pressures by reducing their reserves by £276 million and borrowing £632 million to help fund capital programmes — short-term measures that may affect financial resilience.
Why linked: NI Policing Plan Survey 2025 - Northern Ireland policing governance and community engagement outcomes
Monitoring outcomes of the Policing Plan, exploring public perceptions of the Police Service of Northern Ireland in policing and engagement with the community.
Why linked: Commons Debate Pack on Police Grant Report 2025/26, directly relevant to police funding approval
Type: Commons Debate Pack (CDP-2025-0031) Motion to approve the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2025/26 on Wednesday 5 February 2025. This is how Parliament approves the central police funding allocation for each force every financial year.
Why linked: Policing Productivity Review - directly addresses productivity and performance in policing, explicitly listed as adjacent material in scope
Independent review into productivity in policing, with recommendations on how to improve it.
Why linked: Commons Debate Pack on Police Grant Report 2024/25, directly relevant to police funding approval
Type: Commons Debate Pack (CDP-2024-0029) Motion to approve the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2024/25 on Wednesday 7 February 2024. This is how Parliament approves the central police funding allocation for each force every financial year.
Why linked: Public perceptions of policing research — relevant to understanding police accountability and public confidence
This review explores public perceptions of policing, in particular confidence and trust, plus factors and interventions that may influence public perceptions.
Why linked: Parliamentary research: 10th Report - Policing for the future; specialist policing policy research
Parliamentary research: 10th Report - Policing for the future; specialist policing policy research
Why linked: Commons Debate Pack on policing opposition day debate - substantive scrutiny documentation
Type: Commons Debate Pack (CDP-2015-0091) For the 9th allotted Opposition Day Debate occurring on the afternoon of Wednesday 4 November, the subject Policing has been chosen.
Why linked: Report on policing and mental health - specialist policing policy area on police response to mental health
Report on policing and mental health - specialist policing policy area on police response to mental health
Why linked: Lords Library Note on public trust in policing debate - background research material for policing policy scrutiny
Type: Lords Library Note (LLN-2013-036) This Library Note provides background reading for the debate to be held on Thursday, 28 November 2013 to “take note of public trust in the police and its role in effective policing, and the system …
Why linked: Lords Library Note on public trust in policing debate - background research material for policing policy scrutiny
Type: Lords Library Note (LLN-2013-036) This Library Note provides background reading for the debate to be held on Thursday, 28 November 2013 to “take note of public trust in the police and its role in effective policing, and the system …
Why linked: Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill research briefing; relevant police powers and operations legislation
Type: Research Briefing (RP13-34) This Bill, which is wide-ranging, will receive its second reading in the House of Commons on 10 June 2013. Amongst other changes, it would reform the “tool kit” of remedies for anti-social behaviour; amend the law …
Why linked: Research note on Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill abolition of Police Negotiating Board - substantive institutional reform
Type: Standard Note (SN06654) Clauses 112-115 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill 2013-2014 would abolish the Police Negotiating Board, the current negotiating forum for police pay, and replace it with a new Police Remuneration Review Body. The Bill …