HMPPS CEO vetting update

This letter from Phil Copple (previously the interim Chief Executive Officer, HMPPS) details the latest update on vetting processes. Contains information on the new Lived Experience Appointment Pathway and sets out the ‘case-by-case’ consideration of risk factors when an ‘excluded offence is not present.’ Further details are provided on the removal of the fixed timeframe on time passed since offending from the previous policy, and the extent of the appeals process.