Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the titles of the reviews that her Department is undertaking.
The titles of the reviews that the Department is currently undertaking are:
Review | Date Started | Expected Completion |
Review of Cannabis-based products for Medicinal Use in Humans | February 2020 | End of 2020 |
Urgent review of the classification of GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyric acid) and GBL (gamma-butyrolactone) and closely related compounds under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and the scheduling of both drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 | January 2020 | Autumn 2020 |
Independent review of the statutory multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA). Jointly with Ministry of Justice. | January 2020 | The review has been completed and will be published shortly |
Review of the support services provided to Victims of Terrorism | The review has not yet commenced | |
Independent Review of Prevent | August 2019 | August 2021[1] |
Roads Policing Review
| July 2019 | July 2021 |
Law Commission Review into Hate Crime legislation (jointly commissioned with Ministry of Justice) | October 2018 | |
Independent Review of the Border, Immigration and Citizenship System (BICS) | August 2019 | Summer 2020 |
Coercive or Controlling Behaviour Offence – Review of Effectiveness
| Summer 2019 | Autumn 2020 |
Review of the overall response to migrant victims of domestic abuse
| July 2019 | The evidence gathering phase of the review has been completed. We aim to set out our conclusions before Commons Report stage. |
Review of Pre-Charge Bail.
| November 2019 | Summer 2021 |
Review of the Health Measures at the Border | June 2020 | 29 June 2020 |
Air Weapons Review | October 2017 | Summer 2020 |
Independent review of Serious and Organised Crime | November 2019 | The review has been completed and the Government is considering its recommendations |
Rape Review (jointly with Ministry of Justice and Attorney General’s Office) | March 2019 | |
Independent Review of Drugs | February 2019 | Part 1 completed and published 27 February. DHSC commissioned a further (Part 2) drugs review of prevention, treatment and recovery, which is shortly to be launched. |
[1] The Counter Terrorism and Sentencing Bill which was introduced on 20 May 2020 seeks to remove the current statutory deadline for the completion of the Independent Review of Prevent (August 2020) as set out in the Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019. |