PSNI rejections of recommendations from PSNI Oversight bodies.

Date asked:
Committee:Audit and Risk Management committee
Question type:Written

Further to the previous response from the PSNI concerning recommendations received from external oversight bodies, can the Chief Constable please provide further detail on the rejected recommendations in each of the last 3 financial years – 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 and provide a summary table to include the following information:
1. Oversight Body
2. Date of recommendation
3. Description of recommendation  
4. Reason for rejection

Due to the nature of some of the recommendations and the rationale for not accepting T/ACC Mairs has written to the Chair of the ARAC committee with a comprehensive response.

The number of recommendations not accepted by year are represented in the table below:-

Year                           

Number of Recommendations not Accepted

Total Number of

Unaccepted Recommendations

2007-2008

83

83

2008-2009

49

132

2009-2010

23

155

2010-2011

18

173

2011-2012

31

204

2012-2013

21

225

2013-2014

28

253

2014-2015

14

267

2015-2016

27

294

2016-2017

5

299

2017-2018

26

325

2018-2019

8

333

Total

333

333