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HMICS Scrutiny plan 2025-28

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12th March 2025

His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland has published its latest scrutiny plan, setting out our inspection priorities for the period April 2025 to March 2028. The plan (as defined in Section 75 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012) has a dual purpose – to contribute to improving policing in Scotland and to fulfil our statutory obligation to inquire into the state, efficiency and effectiveness of both the Police Service of Scotland (Police Scotland) and the Scottish Police Authority (SPA). HMICS will keep this scrutiny plan under regular review, publishing any revisions as appropriate.

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  • Appendix 1 - individuals and bodies engaged with during consultation
  • Appendix 2 - scrutiny planning process

  • Our purpose
  • HMICS framework
  • Our values
  • Our approach to scrutiny
  • Our framework
  • Thematic reviews
  • Audit and assurance reviews
  • Collaborative reviews
  • Strategic reviews
  • National Preventive Mechanism
  • Our reports
  • Our scrutiny plan 2025-28
  • Appendix 1 - individuals and bodies engaged with during consultation
  • Appendix 2 - scrutiny planning process

Our reports

We will publish a number of reports each year, to be laid before Parliament in accordance with our statutory obligations. We will provide copies of our reports to the bodies we scrutinise, and publish them on our website. Where we are directed by Scottish Ministers, we will report to them, and they will present those reports to the Scottish Parliament.

We will typically produce reports from our individual scrutiny activities through thematic reviews, audit and assurance reviews, and strategic reviews. These will be published in accordance with our scrutiny plan. The publication of any reports from collaborative inspections will ordinarily be undertaken by the lead inspection body responsible.

We will produce an annual report and provide information summarising our activities. It will include an assessment of our impact and how our activities have contributed towards positive outcomes. We will also comment on the overall state, effectiveness and efficiency of policing in Scotland and on the performance of Police Scotland and the SPA.

Assessing our impact

An inspection does not end with the publication of a report. It is important that we ensure that our work adds value and assists in driving improvement. We proactively monitor the recommendations made and assess the extent to which they have been implemented. Where sufficient work has been undertaken to implement a recommendation, HMICS can then discharge that recommendation. Monitoring progress on an ongoing basis helps us to assess whether a follow-up inspection is required to address any residual risk.

Where our reports contain recommendations, we will publish a separate list of those recommendations (and their status) on our website. This will facilitate greater transparency, showing current progress on recommendations. Click here for the latest updates.

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