Question reference: S5W-35216
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 16 February 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it is no longer planning to publish a tracker monitoring the implementation of the recommendations of the Independent Review of Complaints Handling, Investigations and Misconduct Issues in Relation to Policing, which was led by Dame Elish Angiolini.
Answer
As I informed the Justice Sub-committee on 15 February 2021, I fully recognise the importance of transparency and am committed to sharing information on progress in a way that is meaningful and accessible to a range of audiences. A list of all 111 recommendations with a box to be ticked on completion would not give an accurate picture of the work underway as progress may be more nuanced than a binary tick box could convey.
Instead, a progress report will be published on the Scottish Government's website regularly with progress reported under thematic headings to provide an overall picture of developments. The report will also ensure it is easy to identify and audit the ownership and progress for each recommendation set out in Dame Elish Angiolini’s report. The report will show which partner is responsible for each recommendations and what progress has been made. What is proposed therefore will fulfil the desire for transparency which an action tracker could provide but will in addition provide narrative, context and additional information.