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Publication  —  Annual reports  —  4 July 2019

The Police Act 1996 requires Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary to report each year on his assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of policing in England and Wales. The assessment covers the full breadth of policing work inspected by HMICFRS, and an overview of police forces in England and Wales. As required by that section, it contains his assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of policing in England and Wales based on the inspections we carried out between April 2018 and May 2019.

Publication  —  Crime recording  —  16 May 2019

In 2017, HMICFRS conducted a crime data integrity inspection of Lancashire Constabulary. HMICFRS published the report of this inspection in November 2017 and concluded that the crime-recording arrangements in the force were not acceptable. The 2017 report made a series of recommendations and areas for improvement aimed at improving crime-recording in Lancashire. This re-inspection assessed the progress made since that report.

Publication  —  Consultations, Criminal justice joint inspections  —  14 May 2019

This consultation sets out the proposed joint inspection activity in the criminal justice system in 2019/20, and invites comments from stakeholders and others to inform the finalisation of the programme.

Publication  —  Child protection  —  11 April 2019

This inspection reviewed the progress made in Lancashire Constabulary since the publication of the previous national child protection inspection in 2017.

Publication  —  Fraud  —  2 April 2019

In 2018, the Home Secretary commissioned HMICFRS to carry out an inspection of the police response to fraud. HMICFRS inspected the effectiveness and efficiency of the police response to fraud, including online fraud.

Publication  —  Domestic abuse, Effectiveness, PEEL  —  26 February 2019

This report is the fourth in a series of thematic reports, which consider the response the police service provides to victims of domestic abuse.