Question reference: S5O-00896
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 19 April 2017
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Current status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 April 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Policing 2026 strategy.
Answer
A public consultation on Policing 2026 was launched by Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority on 27 February 2017. I understand there has been strong engagement to date, with over 1,050 responses submitted. This sits alongside an extensive programme of public and stakeholder engagement, with the Authority and Police Scotland reaching out to communities across Scotland. Over the course of this week that engagement activity will include meetings with the community group Uniting Nations in Scotland and the Scottish Alliance against Prejudice and Hate Crime, supporting Police Scotland in ensuring that Policing 2026 helps to deliver a fairer and more inclusive society.
The final deadline for responses to the consultation is 8 May although a three week extension has been offered to local councils to accommodate the upcoming local government elections. We encourage everyone with an interest to have their say on the content of Policing 2026, both through the engagement activities which are planned over the remaining weeks of the consultation and through the submission of a formal written response.
I have committed to making a statement to Parliament setting out the Government’s position on the Strategy at the end of the consultation.