Section two The fifth year of the national review will be launched at an event hosted by the Welsh Government in November 2014. The first full cycle of joint inspections by Ofsted, HMI Prisons and CQC of STCs was completed and identified improvements in secure provision as the programme progressed. Further developments, including a comprehensive consultation process, will take place during the next year with a view to implementing a new and improved multi‑agency inspection framework in 2015. In addition to supporting the plans and joint activities reported on here, the NPM coordination produced two fact sheets: Introducing the UK’s National Preventive Mechanism, and The First Five Years of the UK NPM (see Appendix Nine). Ensuring full coverage of all places of detention (OPCAT Art.4.2) The UK NPM and its members regularly review coverage of places of detention and the NPM has addressed gaps where these have been identified. Specific developments over the last year, including where the layered monitoring provided by lay and professional bodies has been strengthened, are as follows. • In response to the setting up of temporary custody facilities for the G8 summit held in Northern Ireland in June 2013 (96 temporary cells and additional capacity for up to 160 detainees at any one time), the NIPBICVS voluntarily took on additional visits to cover all facilities over a seven day period. Fortunately the number of arrests was minimal and the scenario that had been collectively planned for did not materialise; however custody volunteers were well prepared had there been a high number of arrests. • Revisions to police Codes of Practice issued in April 2013 placed a statutory responsibility on PCCs to ensure local arrangements for ICVs. The revisions also included the requirement that ICV’s reports on their visits to suspected terrorist detainees are submitted to the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation.34 ICVA produced specific training materials for this work, incorporating these changes in Codes of Practice and any protocol work associated with visiting of detainees under the Terrorism Act. • The Lay Observers began monitoring the transportation of children from secure children’s homes and secure training centres to court and back. These escorts are provided under a contract between the Youth Justice Board and Serco. • HMIPS worked to clarify responsibilities in relation to the monitoring of court cells in Scotland. The NPM coordination met with the UK’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation and the SSAFA (a national Armed Forces charity and member of ICVA) to determine possibilities for collaboration in areas of mutual interest. As a result the possibility of incorporating the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation in the NPM is being explored with the Ministry of Justice (MOJ). On 28 March 2014 a ministerial statement to Parliament announced a decision by the Ministry of Defence that independent inspection of the UK’s detention facilities in Afghanistan, one of the recommendations made in Sir William Gage’s report of the Baha 34 https://terrorismlegislationreviewer.independent.gov.uk/ 25