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HOME OFFICE REVIEW SUPPORTS #SIMPLIFYDG6


Policing Productivity Review has recommended to the Government to introduce an exemption to the Data Protection Act to incentivise closer joint working between police and the CPS


On Wednesday 23 April 2024, the Government released the Home Office funded Policing Productivity Review and announced investment in technology to “enable police officers to spend less time in the office, and more in our communities”. However, the Government’s announcement completely ignored key issues and recommendations of the very same review to mitigate barriers to more productive criminal justice processes, which the PFEW has been campaigning for since August 2022 through its #SimplifyDG6 campaign. PFEW’s National Detectives’ Forum


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Chair, Detective Inspector Ben Hudson, said: “The recommendations to which the Government has selectively turned a blind eye are a carbon copy of our #SimplifyDG6


“The proposed legislative change “The legally vetted proposed clause


would have no direct or indirect disadvantage, or disrupt the fabric of the Data Protection Act, as it ensures security of personal data would not be compromised. It merely seeks to avoid unnecessary, time-wasting redactions.”


campaign which seeks a legislative change to the Data Protection Act to exempt the police service from additional redaction of material while submitting case files to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) at the pre-charge stage.


was brought before both houses of Parliament on numerous occasions. The legally vetted proposed clause would have no direct or indirect disadvantage, or disrupt the fabric of the Data Protection Act, as it ensures security of personal data would not be compromised. It merely seeks to avoid unnecessary,


time-wasting redactions.” The Bill has now been carried forward


and will be placed before the new Parliament next month for further deliberation and ratification.


The Home Office funded review found


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