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. 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.

5. Significant disappearance and theft reporting form

   A form to record details of explosives precursors or poisons that are lost or stolen.

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Guidance and regulation

1. Firearms licensing
   • Detailed guide
   • 20 January 2020
   • Home Office
2. Counting rules for recorded crime
   • Guidance
   • 27 April 2020
   • Home Office
3. Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) codes of practice
   • Detailed guide
   • 18 June 2020
   • Home Office
4. Places of Worship (POW): protective security funding scheme
   • Detailed guide
   • 15 June 2020
   • Home Office
5. Police pension reform
   • Detailed guide
   • 16 July 2015
   • Home Office

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News and communications

18 May 2020 — Press release

‘Sobriety tags’ come into force

Ministry of Justice

1. Funding boost to steer more women away from crime
   • 4 May 2020
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Press release
2. Thanet District Council receive certification mark for CCTV, ANPR and body worn video
   • 16 April 2020
   • Surveillance Camera Commissioner
   • Case study
3. Access to online counter terrorism training made easier for home users
   • 6 April 2020
   • National Counter Terrorism Security Office
   • News story
4. Coronavirus: global crackdown sees a rise in unlicenced medical products related to COVID-19
   • 19 March 2020
   • Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

1. Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables
   • 17 July 2020
   • Home Office
   • Official statistics
2. Crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2020
   • 17 July 2020
   • Office for National Statistics
   • National statistics
3. Home Office – Statistics at Home Office
   • 30 April 2020
   • Home Office
   • Statistics
4. Nature of fraud and computer misuse in England and Wales: year ending March 2019
   • 19 March 2020
   • Office for National Statistics
   • Official statistics
5. Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent Programme, April 2018 to March 2019
   • 19 December 2019
   • Home Office
   • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act: anti-social behaviour
   • 15 July 2020
   • Home Office
   • Policy paper
2. UK Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Strategy
   • 21 October 2019
   • Home Office
   • Policy paper
3. Asset recovery action plan
   • 13 September 2019
   • Home Office
   • Policy paper
4. Economic crime plan 2019 to 2022
   • 13 September 2019
   • HM Treasury and Home Office
   • Policy paper
5. The use of facial recognition technology by South Wales police
   • 11 September 2019
   • Surveillance Camera Commissioner
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Number of live Corporate Criminal Offences investigations
   • 10 February 2020
   • HM Revenue & Customs
   • Foi release
2. Economic Crime Strategic Board minutes and agenda: July 2019
   • 4 November 2019
   • HM Treasury and Home Office
   • Transparency
3. 2019 UK annual report on modern slavery
   • 17 October 2019
   • Home Office
   • Corporate report
4. Police transformation fund: investments in 2019 to 2020
   • 17 July 2019
   • Home Office
   • Transparency
5. Economic Crime Strategic Board minutes and agenda: January 2019
   • 12 July 2019
   • HM Treasury and 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. Department of Health & Social Care
11. HM Revenue & Customs
12. UK Visas and Immigration
13. Defence and Security Accelerator
14. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
15. Northern Ireland Office
16. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
17. Ministry of Defence
18. Public Health England
19. Academy for Social Justice
20. Department for International Development
21. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
22. National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body
23. Police Remuneration Review Body
24. Department for Work & Pensions
25. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
26. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
27. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
28. Intellectual Property Office
29. Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation HM Treasury
30. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
31. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
32. Review Body on Senior Salaries

1. Surveillance Camera Commissioner
2. National Counter Terrorism Security Office
3. The Charity Commission
4. Environment Agency
5. Biometrics Commissioner
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