Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how long and by what method young people are recorded onto the crime data integrity programme.

The crime data integrity programme is a series of inspections by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary of crime recording practice by police forces in England and Wales. The first round of inspections took place in 2014. The second phase is currently underway, and will see every force re-inspected to assess improvements in the quality and accuracy of their crime recording. The inspection programme does not affect the process for recording crimes, including those committed by young people, which should be recorded in line with the Home Office Counting Rules.