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

   Refer potential victims of modern slavery/human trafficking to the national referral mechanism.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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. Places of Worship (POW): protective security funding scheme
   • Detailed guide
   • 5 July 2019
   • Home Office
2. Firearms licensing
   • Detailed guide
   • 11 June 2019
   • Home Office
3. Counting rules for recorded crime
   • Guidance
   • 31 July 2019
   • Home Office
4. Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) codes of practice
   • Detailed guide
   • 20 August 2019
   • Home Office
5. Police pension reform
   • Detailed guide
   • 16 July 2015
   • Home Office

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News and communications

19 August 2019 — News story

Draft guidance published to underpin the Offensive Weapons Act

Home Office

1. £40m heroin bound for Antwerp seized after international operation
   • 13 August 2019
   • World news story
2. Funding for Violence Reduction Units announced
   • 12 August 2019
   • Home Office
   • News story
3. Northern Ireland SBRI competitions: apply for funding
   • 2 August 2019
   • Innovate UK
   • News story
4. Home Secretary hosts ‘Five Eyes’ security summit
   • 29 July 2019
   • Attorney General's Office and Home Office
   • News story

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Research and statistics

1. Independent inquiry into child sexual abuse: interim report
   • 22 July 2019
   • Home Office
   • Independent report
2. Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables
   • 18 July 2019
   • Home Office
   • Official statistics
3. Home Office – Statistics at Home Office
   • 30 May 2019
   • Home Office
   • Statistics
4. Football-related arrests and banning order statistics, England and Wales, 2003 to 2004 season
   • 29 May 2019
   • Home Office
   • Official statistics
5. Modern Slavery Act 2015 review: third interim report
   • 21 March 2019
   • Home Office
   • Independent report

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Serious violence: new legal duty to support multi-agency action
   • 24 July 2019
   • Home Office and Welsh Government
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 28 May 2019
2. Extremism in England and Wales: call for evidence
   • 19 July 2019
   • Commission for Countering Extremism
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 31 January 2019
3. Revising PACE codes C, H, E and F
   • 17 July 2019
   • Home Office
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 06 December 2017
4. Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act: anti-social behaviour
   • 5 August 2019
   • Home Office
   • Policy paper
5. Investigatory Powers Act 2016 – codes of practice
   • 1 August 2019
   • Home Office
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Police transformation fund: investments in 2019 to 2020
   • 17 July 2019
   • Home Office
   • Transparency
2. Economic Crime Strategic Board minutes and agenda: January 2019
   • 12 July 2019
   • HM Treasury and Home Office
   • Transparency
3. Early Intervention Youth Fund: successful bids
   • 26 June 2019
   • Home Office
   • Transparency
4. 2018 UK annual report on modern slavery
   • 18 October 2018
   • Home Office
   • Corporate report
5. HMRC report of non-qualifying regulatory provisions 2017 to 2018
   • 4 July 2018
   • HM Revenue & Customs
   • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Home Office
2. Ministry of Justice
3. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
4. Attorney General's Office
5. Department for Transport

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

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