These forces are Bedfordshire Police, Cleveland Police and Lancashire Constabulary. There is significant variation in how ‘honour’ based violence is interpreted; some forces include Forced Marriage and others do not. For example, the Metropolitan Police record Forced Marriage under a separate category. Some forces claimed exemption to providing data on the basis that disclosure could impede investigations. 4. It is IKWRO’s view that following some significant progress culminating in the publishing of ACPO’s HBV strategy in 2008, that subsequently ACPO has neglected the issue of HBV. This is demonstrated by the fact that no HBV review or action plan has been published since the 2008 HBV Strategy, despite it clearly being stated in the strategy that it was due to be reviewed on 30 September 2010.
These forces are Bedfordshire Police, Cleveland Police and Lancashire Constabulary. There is significant variation in how ‘honour’ based violence is interpreted; some forces include Forced Marriage and others do not. For example, the Metropolitan Police record Forced Marriage under a separate category. Some forces claimed exemption to providing data on the basis that disclosure could impede investigations. 4. It is IKWRO’s view that following some significant progress culminating in the publishing of ACPO’s HBV strategy in 2008, that subsequently ACPO has neglected the issue of HBV. This is demonstrated by the fact that no HBV review or action plan has been published since the 2008 HBV Strategy, despite it clearly being stated in the strategy that it was due to be reviewed on 30 September 2010.
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