NAAN News

June 2009

NAAN has appointed Mark Perks as the new Peripatetic Development Officer. Mark will be starting work in early July and will be supporting members in a variety of ways, concentrating on standards, training and scheme development.

Grev Wallington is the new NAAN Chair.

May 2009

The Bradley Report

Lord Bradley's Review of people with mental health problems or learning disabilities in the criminal justice system was published on 30 April. The Executive Summary can be downloaded here.

Keeping the Right People on the DNA Database  

Following the European Court of Human Right's decision in December 2008, the Home Office has issued a consultation on   Further details can be found on the Home Office website. The closing date for receipt of responses is 7 August 2009.

PACE update

We understand that there has been another delay. The Home Office was due to publish a summary of responses to the PACE Review Consultation by the end of April, but this has still not appeared. It will not now be published before the middle of June, and there may well be further delays.

The PACE Review consultation paper was published on 28 August 2008. NAAN sent its response to the Home Office on 20 November. To download a copy of NAAN's response and to see full details of the Review, see the PACE section at the bottom of this page.

You will also see details of the revised PACE Codes which were published on 17 December 2007 and came into effect on 1 February 2008.

March 2009

A delay to the full implementation of the ISA run Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS)  was announced on 19 March. The Ministerial Statement can be downloaded here. Further details of the Scheme can be found by following the ISA link on the Links page of the website.

December 2008

Lis Pritchard was interviewed about NAAN and the PACE Review for the December edition of the Children's Legal Centre's journal  ChildRIGHT. The interview has been made available by the Children's Legal Centre and can be downloaded here.

November 2008

The Prison Reform Trust published its final report from the No One Knows project. Prisoners' Voices highlights the lack of support and the poor treatment that prisoners with learning disabilities or difficulties receive throughout the criminal justice system.  This final report builds on earlier reports such as the No One Knows report on police responses to suspects with learning difficulties which was discussed at the NAAN Conference earlier this year. 

October 2008

The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at King's College London has published a highly critical report on the introduction of the Criminal Defence Service (CDS) Direct  and the Defence Solicitor Call Centre (DSCC). The report can be downloaded here: 

CDS Direct: Flying in the face of the evidence

January 2008

The Commission on the Future of Volunteering published its report Manifesto for Change on 28 January 2008. 

2006

Centrex produced Guidance on the Safer Detention and Handling of Persons in Police Custody