Consultations
Here you can find links to consultatations that NAAN has responded to, and our responses.
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APPG Children in Police Custody: Inquiry into Achieving the Rights of Children in Police Custody.
The APPG on Children in Police Custody is conducting a Select Committee style inquiry into Achieving the Rights of Children in Police Custody. The inquiry is exploring the impact of the current arrangements for the care of children (10-17 year olds) in police custody, and when they are strip searched, and is developing recommendations for reform of policy and practice.
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary: Inspection Expectations (CLOSED)
The HMICFRS expectations set out the assessment criteria, or indicators, for joint inspections of police custody and what they expect to see in those areas during the inspection. They were last updated in 2018.
- Read the consultation.
- Read NAAN's response.
Home Office: PACE Codes C and E 2020 (CLOSED)
onsultation on the revision of PACE codes C (detention) and E (audio recording of suspect interviews) in response to coronavirus.
Find out more and read NAAN's response
Previous PACE Code consultations
- 2017: Read the consultation papers and press release, plus NAAN's response (definition and threshold for vulnerability, voluntary interviews, body worn video)
- 2016: Read the consultation paper and NAAN's response (in relation to virtual interpreters)
- 2014: Read NAAN's response
- 2013: Read the consultation paper and NAAN's response
- 2012: Read the consultation paper and NAAN's response
HM Inspectorate of Probation: YOS inspection framework (CLOSED)
Consultation on standards for inspecting youth offending services.
NAAN: National Standards 2018 (CLOSED)
Consultation on revised national standards for appropriate adult provision
NAAN: National Training Pack (CLOSED)
Consultation on refresh of NAAN national training pack (2016/17)
- The revised training pack is now available from the members' section of the website.
College of Policing: Mental Health Authorised Professional Practice (CLOSED)
The College of Policing is the professional body for policing. One of its roles is to develop and publish Authorised Professional Practice (APP) as the official source of professional practice on policing. APP is available for anyone to view online and includes a section on Detention & Custody. The consultation is on a revised mental health module. This module, when published, will wholly replace and decommission the existing ACPO (now NPCC) and Department of Health (2010) guidance on responding to people with mental ill health or learning disabilities.
- Read the consultation paper.
- Read NAAN's response.
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary: Inspection Expectations (CLOSED)
They are currently consulting on a revised draft based on the last 6 years of police custody inspections the findings of the recent thematic inspection of the welfare of vulnerable people in police custody.
- Read the consultation paper.
- Read NAAN's response.