Crime prevention

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Services

1. Firearms application forms

   Firearms application form, the form to vary a firearm certificate and guidance notes.

2. Modern slavery victims: referral and assessment forms

   Forms for referring potential victims of modern slavery/human trafficking to the national referral mechanism. These forms will be accepted in exceptional circumstances until 29 February 2020.

3. Surveillance camera code of practice: self assessment tool

   Find out how well your organisation complies with the principles of the surveillance camera code of practice.

4. Duty to notify the Home Office of potential victims of modern slavery

   Guidance on the duty to notify the Home Office of potential victims of modern slavery, and form MS1: notification of a potential victim of modern slavery.

5. Record deletion guidance and application form

   Guidance for chief police officers when considering applications for the early deletion of DNA profiles, fingerprint records and Police National Computer records.

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Guidance and regulation

1. Firearms licensing
   • Detailed guide
   • 15 January 2020
   • Home Office
2. Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) codes of practice
   • Detailed guide
   • 20 August 2019
   • Home Office
3. Counting rules for recorded crime
   • Guidance
   • 23 December 2019
   • Home Office
4. Police pension reform
   • Detailed guide
   • 16 July 2015
   • Home Office
5. Publish an annual modern slavery statement
   • Detailed guide
   • 12 March 2019
   • Home Office

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News and communications

13 January 2020 — News story

Police leaders to start bidding for more tasers from today

Home Office

1. New AI technique to block online child grooming launched
   • 9 January 2020
   • Home Office
   • News story
2. Additional £35 million for Violence Reduction Units
   • 29 December 2019
   • Home Office
   • News story
3. Government consults on new police powers to criminalise unauthorised encampments
   • 3 November 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and Home Office
   • News story
4. Academy NW seminar: "Prevention is better than court"
   • 30 October 2019
   • Academy for Social Justice
   • News story

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Research and statistics

1. Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent Programme, April 2018 to March 2019
   • 19 December 2019
   • Home Office
   • Official statistics
2. Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables
   • 17 October 2019
   • Home Office
   • Official statistics
3. Home Office – Statistics at Home Office
   • 8 October 2019
   • Home Office
   • Statistics
4. Football-related arrests and banning orders, England and Wales: 2018 to 2019 season
   • 19 September 2019
   • Home Office
   • Official statistics
5. Independent inquiry into child sexual abuse: interim report
   • 22 July 2019
   • Home Office
   • Independent report

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Policy papers and consultations

1. UK Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Strategy
   • 21 October 2019
   • Home Office
   • Policy paper
2. Asset recovery action plan
   • 13 September 2019
   • Home Office
   • Policy paper
3. Economic crime plan 2019 to 2022
   • 13 September 2019
   • HM Treasury and Home Office
   • Policy paper
4. The use of facial recognition technology by South Wales police
   • 11 September 2019
   • Surveillance Camera Commissioner
   • Policy paper
5. Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act: anti-social behaviour
   • 5 August 2019
   • Home Office
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Economic Crime Strategic Board minutes and agenda: July 2019
   • 4 November 2019
   • HM Treasury and Home Office
   • Transparency
2. 2019 UK annual report on modern slavery
   • 17 October 2019
   • Home Office
   • Corporate report
3. Police transformation fund: investments in 2019 to 2020
   • 17 July 2019
   • Home Office
   • Transparency
4. Economic Crime Strategic Board minutes and agenda: January 2019
   • 12 July 2019
   • HM Treasury and Home Office
   • Transparency
5. Early Intervention Youth Fund: successful bids
   • 26 June 2019
   • Home Office
   • Transparency

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Organisations

1. Home Office
2. Ministry of Justice
3. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
4. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
5. Attorney General's Office

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1. Department for Transport
2. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
3. Border Force
4. Cabinet Office
5. HM Treasury
6. Immigration Enforcement
7. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
8. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
9. Department for Education
10. UK Visas and Immigration
11. Defence and Security Accelerator
12. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
13. Department of Health & Social Care
14. HM Revenue & Customs
15. Northern Ireland Office
16. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
17. Ministry of Defence
18. Public Health England
19. Department for International Development
20. National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body
21. Police Remuneration Review Body
22. Academy for Social Justice
23. Department for Work & Pensions
24. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
25. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
26. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
27. Intellectual Property Office
28. Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation HM Treasury
29. Review Body on Senior Salaries

1. Surveillance Camera Commissioner
2. National Counter Terrorism Security Office
3. Biometrics Commissioner
4. The Charity Commission
5. Environment Agency
6. Forensic Science Regulator
7. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
8. Commission for Countering Extremism
9. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
10. HM Prison Service
11. Innovate UK
12. Police Advisory Board for England and Wales
13. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales