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HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services

Current ministers, official publications and departmental history, exactly as published.

§ Ministers

Recorded ministerial post holdings

0 recorded
No ministerial post holdings are recorded against this organisation's official GOV.UK URL yet.
§ Consultations

Consultations and government responses

23 recorded
Closed consultation · 2025-05-19
Consultation on criminal justice joint inspection programme
Government response · 2025-03-04
Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2025–29
Government response · 2025-01-16
Fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2025–27
Government response · 2022-12-23
Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2023/25
Government response · 2022-07-29
Policing inspection programme and framework commencing April 2022
Government response · 2022-06-09
Expectations for police custody: for consultation
Government response · 2021-10-13
Policing inspection programme and framework 2021/22
Government response · 2020-07-10
Proposed Policing Inspection Programme and Framework 2020 to 2021
Government response · 2019-10-22
Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2020/21
Government response · 2019-02-13
Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2019 to 2020
Government response · 2018-01-22
Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2018 to 2019
Government response · 2017-12-20
Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2018 to 2019
Government response · 2025-03-04
Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2025–29
Government response · 2025-01-16
Fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2025–27
Government response · 2022-12-23
Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2023/25
Government response · 2022-07-29
Policing inspection programme and framework commencing April 2022
Government response · 2022-06-09
Expectations for police custody: for consultation
Government response · 2021-10-13
Policing inspection programme and framework 2021/22
Government response · 2020-07-10
Proposed Policing Inspection Programme and Framework 2020 to 2021
Government response · 2019-10-22
Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2020/21
Government response · 2019-02-13
Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2019 to 2020
Government response · 2018-01-22
Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2018 to 2019
Government response · 2017-12-20
Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2018 to 2019
§ Publications

Other official publications

42 recorded
correspondence · 2026-05-28
Police super-complaints: length of investigations into sexual offences
correspondence · 2026-03-10
Super-complaint on the Service Police’s access to victims’ work emails and internet browser history
Research · 2026-01-21
The multi-agency response to children who are victims of domestic abuse
Guidance · 2026-01-14
Joint targeted area inspections of the response to child sexual abuse in the family environment
Corporate report · 2025-11-05
The State of Fire and Rescue 2024 to 2025
Corporate report · 2025-09-09
State of Policing 2024 to 2025
correspondence · 2025-08-20
Police super-complaints: police use of stop and search powers
Transparency release · 2025-08-01
Responses to the super-complaint report on the police response to stalking
Closed consultation · 2025-05-19
Consultation on criminal justice joint inspection programme
Government response · 2025-03-04
Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2025–29
Policy paper · 2025-03-04
Policing inspection programme and framework 2025 to 2029
Government response · 2025-01-16
Fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2025–27
correspondence · 2025-01-08
Super-complaint on the police response to stalking
Research · 2024-11-20
Multi-agency responses to serious youth violence: working together to support and protect children
Policy paper · 2024-08-13
Policing inspection programme and framework commencing April 2022
Corporate report · 2024-07-18
State of Policing 2023
Corporate report · 2024-05-08
Fire and rescue assessment 2023
Independent review · 2024-02-22
British Transport Police: effectiveness of vetting and counter-corruption arrangements
Independent review · 2024-02-22
British Transport Police: police effectiveness inspection, February 2024
Corporate report · 2023-06-09
State of Policing 2022
correspondence · 2023-04-21
Police response to victims of sexual abuse from ethnic minority backgrounds who may be at risk of honour-based abuse
Corporate report · 2023-01-11
Fire and rescue assessment 2022
Policy paper · 2022-12-23
Fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework commencing January 2023
Government response · 2022-12-23
Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2023/25
correspondence · 2022-11-23
Police super-complaints: force response to police perpetrated domestic abuse
Government response · 2022-07-29
Policing inspection programme and framework commencing April 2022
Independent review · 2022-06-20
Royal Air Force Police: Rape, serious sexual assault and domestic abuse investigations
Independent review · 2022-06-20
Royal Military Police – Rape, serious sexual assault and domestic abuse investigations
Independent review · 2022-06-20
Royal Navy Police: Rape, serious sexual assault and domestic abuse investigations
Government response · 2022-06-09
Expectations for police custody: for consultation
Corporate report · 2022-05-25
State of Policing
Corporate report · 2022-05-20
British Transport Police: an inspection of the service provided to the victims of crime
correspondence · 2022-04-04
Police super-complaints: police response to victims of modern slavery
correspondence · 2022-02-16
Police super-complaints: police data sharing for immigration purposes
Government response · 2021-10-13
Policing inspection programme and framework 2021/22
Government response · 2020-07-10
Proposed Policing Inspection Programme and Framework 2020 to 2021
Government response · 2019-10-22
Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2020/21
Government response · 2019-02-13
Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2019 to 2020
Independent review · 2018-07-06
British Transport Police: police effectiveness inspection, December 2017
Government response · 2018-01-22
Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2018 to 2019
Government response · 2017-12-20
Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2018 to 2019
Independent review · 2017-12-08
British Transport Police and British Transport Police in Scotland: leadership, legitimacy and efficiency, 2017
§ Timeline

Departmental lifecycle events

63 recorded
  1. 2026-05-28 · publication
    Police super-complaints: length of investigations into sexual offences
    Super-complaint from the Centre for Women’s Justice about the length of police investigations into sexual offences.
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  2. 2026-03-10 · publication
    Super-complaint on the Service Police’s access to victims’ work emails and internet browser history
    Super-complaint submitted by the Centre for Military Justice about the Service Police’s access to victims’ work emails and internet browser history.
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  3. 2026-01-21 · publication
    The multi-agency response to children who are victims of domestic abuse
    This report looks at how local partnerships and services respond to children who are at risk of, or who have been victims of, domestic abuse.
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  4. 2026-01-14 · publication
    Joint targeted area inspections of the response to child sexual abuse in the family environment
    Guidance for joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment.
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  5. 2025-11-05 · publication
    The State of Fire and Rescue 2024 to 2025
    The Annual Assessment of Fire and Rescue Services in England 2024 to 2025.
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  6. 2025-09-09 · publication
    State of Policing 2024 to 2025
    His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Service's Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales 2024 to 2025.
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  7. 2025-08-20 · publication
    Police super-complaints: police use of stop and search powers
    Super-complaint from the Criminal Justice Alliance about the police’s use of ‘suspicion-less’ stop and searches and the scrutiny of all stop and search powers.
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  8. 2025-08-01 · publication
    Responses to the super-complaint report on the police response to stalking
    Responses to recommendations in the report on the super-complaint submitted by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, on behalf of the National Stalking Consortium about the police response to stalking.
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  9. 2025-05-19 · consultation_closed
    Consultation on criminal justice joint inspection programme
    This consultation document sets out the proposed programme of inspections of the Criminal Justice System for 2025 to 2027.
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  10. 2025-03-04 · government_response
    Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2025–29
    This consultation document sets out our intended inspection programme for policing between April 2025 and March 2029.
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  11. 2025-03-04 · publication
    Policing inspection programme and framework 2025 to 2029
    An inspection programme and framework under Schedule 4A to the Police Act 1996.
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  12. 2025-01-16 · government_response
    Fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2025–27
    This consultation seeks your views on HMICFRS's proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework for 2025–27.
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  13. 2025-01-08 · publication
    Super-complaint on the police response to stalking
    Super-complaint submitted by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, on behalf of the National Stalking Consortium about the police response to stalking.
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  14. 2024-11-20 · consultation_opened
    Consultation on criminal justice joint inspection programme
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  15. 2024-11-20 · publication
    Multi-agency responses to serious youth violence: working together to support and protect children
    This report looks at how local partnerships and services respond to children and their families when children are affected by serious youth violence.
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  16. 2024-10-25 · consultation_closed
    Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2025–29
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  17. 2024-09-30 · consultation_opened
    Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2025–29
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  18. 2024-09-15 · consultation_closed
    Fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2025–27
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  19. 2024-08-19 · consultation_opened
    Fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2025–27
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  20. 2024-08-13 · publication
    Policing inspection programme and framework commencing April 2022
    An inspection programme and framework prepared under Schedule 4A to the Police Act 1996
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  21. 2024-07-18 · publication
    State of Policing 2023
    The Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales 2023.
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  22. 2024-05-08 · publication
    Fire and rescue assessment 2023
    The Annual Assessment of Fire and Rescue Services in England 2023.
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  23. 2024-02-22 · publication
    British Transport Police: police effectiveness inspection, February 2024
    HMICFRS report about the effectiveness of the British Transport Police.
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  24. 2024-02-22 · publication
    British Transport Police: effectiveness of vetting and counter-corruption arrangements
    HMICFRS report about the effectiveness of vetting and counter-corruption arrangements in British Transport Police.
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  25. 2023-06-09 · publication
    State of Policing 2022
    The Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales 2022
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  26. 2023-04-21 · publication
    Police response to victims of sexual abuse from ethnic minority backgrounds who may be at risk of honour-based abuse
    Super-complaint from the Tees Valley Inclusion Project.
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  27. 2023-01-11 · publication
    Fire and rescue assessment 2022
    The Annual Assessment of Fire and Rescue Services in England 2022.
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  28. 2022-12-23 · government_response
    Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2023/25
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  29. 2022-12-23 · publication
    Fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework commencing January 2023
    This document provides details of HMICFRS’s inspection programme and framework for fire and rescue services, commencing January 2023.
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  30. 2022-11-23 · publication
    Police super-complaints: force response to police perpetrated domestic abuse
    Super-complaint made by the Centre for Women's Justice.
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  31. 2022-07-29 · government_response
    Policing inspection programme and framework commencing April 2022
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  32. 2022-06-20 · publication
    Royal Air Force Police: Rape, serious sexual assault and domestic abuse investigations
    This HMICFRS inspection focused on how well the Royal Air Force Police prevents domestic abuse and rape and serious sexual offences
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  33. 2022-06-20 · publication
    Royal Navy Police: Rape, serious sexual assault and domestic abuse investigations
    This HMICFRS inspection focused on how well the Royal Navy Police prevents domestic abuse and rape and serious sexual offences
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  34. 2022-06-20 · publication
    Royal Military Police – Rape, serious sexual assault and domestic abuse investigations
    This HMICFRS inspection focused on how well the Royal Military Police prevents domestic abuse and rape and serious sexual offences
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  35. 2022-06-09 · government_response
    Expectations for police custody: for consultation
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  36. 2022-06-06 · consultation_closed
    Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2023/25
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  37. 2022-05-25 · publication
    State of Policing
    The Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales 2021.
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  38. 2022-05-20 · publication
    British Transport Police: an inspection of the service provided to the victims of crime
    Report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services.
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  39. 2022-05-09 · consultation_opened
    Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2023/25
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  40. 2022-04-04 · publication
    Police super-complaints: police response to victims of modern slavery
    Super-complaint made by Hestia.
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  41. 2022-03-18 · consultation_closed
    Policing inspection programme and framework commencing April 2022
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  42. 2022-02-16 · publication
    Police super-complaints: police data sharing for immigration purposes
    Super-complaint made by Liberty and Southall Black Sisters about the police sharing immigration data.
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  43. 2022-02-10 · consultation_opened
    Policing inspection programme and framework commencing April 2022
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  44. 2022-01-31 · consultation_closed
    Expectations for police custody: for consultation
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  45. 2021-12-23 · consultation_opened
    Expectations for police custody: for consultation
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  46. 2021-10-13 · government_response
    Policing inspection programme and framework 2021/22
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  47. 2021-05-26 · consultation_closed
    Policing inspection programme and framework 2021/22
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  48. 2021-04-19 · consultation_opened
    Policing inspection programme and framework 2021/22
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  49. 2020-07-10 · government_response
    Proposed Policing Inspection Programme and Framework 2020 to 2021
    This consultation seeks for your views on HMICFRS’s proposed policing inspection programme for 2020 to 2021.
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  50. 2019-11-29 · consultation_closed
    Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2020/21
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  51. 2019-10-22 · consultation_opened
    Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2020/21
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  52. 2019-10-22 · government_response
    Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2020/21
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  53. 2019-03-11 · consultation_closed
    Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2019 to 2020
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  54. 2019-02-13 · government_response
    Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2019 to 2020
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  55. 2019-02-08 · consultation_opened
    Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2019 to 2020
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  56. 2018-07-06 · publication
    British Transport Police: police effectiveness inspection, December 2017
    Report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services about the effectiveness of the British Transport Police.
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  57. 2018-02-19 · consultation_closed
    Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2018 to 2019
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  58. 2018-02-19 · consultation_closed
    Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2018 to 2019
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  59. 2018-01-22 · consultation_opened
    Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2018 to 2019
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  60. 2018-01-22 · government_response
    Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2018 to 2019
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  61. 2017-12-20 · government_response
    Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2018 to 2019
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  62. 2017-12-19 · consultation_opened
    Proposed fire and rescue services inspection programme and framework 2018 to 2019
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  63. 2017-12-08 · publication
    British Transport Police and British Transport Police in Scotland: leadership, legitimacy and efficiency, 2017
    HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary Scotland's reports on British Transport Police (BTP) and BTP in Scotland.
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