The review, chaired by Rt Hon MP, was commissioned
by the Government in 2016 and published in September
2017.
The response has sought to respond directly to the
problems that Lammy’s report document and his
recommendations. As a key principle from the review,
the Government has adopted “explain or change” as an
approach to identify and objectively assess
disparities, and then decide whether and how changes
need to be applied.
In the response, the Government has committed to
publishing more and better data on race and ethnicity,
including on the working of the courts, victims and
offender management.
On a small number of the recommendations the Government
has indicated that it will proceed with caution, were
significant barriers exist that prevent it from
implementing a recommendation as it stands. Where this
is the case, it will aim to be transparent about the
reasons and open to change, as circumstances alter.
As part of the response the Government is announcing
that it will set up a Race and Ethnicity Board with
similar scope to ’s review. This will
be chaired at the level of Director General within the
Ministry of Justice and will monitor the implementation
of recommendations as well as contributing to the
Government’s wider work around tackling disparities
recently highlighted by the work of the Race Disparity
Unit and its innovative Ethnicity Facts and
Figures.
Download:
Government
Response to the Lammy Review on the treatment of, and
outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic
individuals in the Criminal Justice System
