Report Summary
This report provides members of the Policing Performance Committee with an overview of Hate Crime Improvement Plan Progress Update.
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Meeting
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Policing Performance Committee - 11 October 2022
Date : 11 October 2022
Location : online
Background
On 3 June 2021, HMICS published their Thematic Inspection of Hate Crime in Police Scotland which identified recommendations for improvement. In response to these actions Police Scotland began the formulation of the Hate Crime Improvement Plan.
Strategic and Tactical Hate Crime Working Groups were established to ensure effective coordination and collaboration of business areas to deliver this plan. The initial plan was compiled and submitted to HMICS and SPA in December 2021. The tactical group has been meeting monthly, checking progress against the plan across a number of interdependencies. It is agreed that both the associated Strategic and Tactical Hate Crime Working Groups will feed into other Police Scotland governance structures to ensure wider inter-dependencies and decisions are coordinated.
On 3 June 2021, HMICS published their Thematic Inspection of Hate Crime in Police Scotland which identified recommendations for improvement. In response to these actions Police Scotland began the formulation of the Hate Crime Improvement Plan.
Strategic and Tactical Hate Crime Working Groups were established to ensure effective coordination and collaboration of business areas to deliver this plan. The initial plan was compiled and submitted to HMICS and SPA in December 2021. The tactical group has been meeting monthly, checking progress against the plan across a number of interdependencies. It is agreed that both the associated Strategic and Tactical Hate Crime Working Groups will feed into other Police Scotland governance structures to ensure wider inter-dependencies and decisions are coordinated.
At present there is no project team or resource dedicated to this work and is instead being progressed by the Equality and Diversity team within Partnerships, Prevention and Community Wellbeing Division as ‘Business as Usual’.
A Potential Project Assessment (PPA) incorporating both the Hate Crime Improvement Plan and work associated with the impact of the aforementioned plan, has as yet not commenced. The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 was presented to the Demand Management Board in March 2022, where approval was given to submit a full business case. The business case has been submitted to the Change Board for review.
Indicative timescales for the provision of a project team (assuming approval at other stages of governance) is estimated to be after October 2022 at the earliest.
