Tutelage is a national police-led programme, working together with all 45 UK police forces and partners to reduce the impact of uninsured, unsafe, untraceable and untaxed vehicles.

Using data insights, Tutelage encourages the unintentionally uninsured to rectify the situation via a procedurally just ‘nudge’ approach in the form of police headed letters and tackles those who ‘self-select’ through failure to take appropriate action through the provision of timely intelligence and predictive analysis supporting effective and efficient on-road enforcement and finite resources.

Over 775,000 letters have been issued, with 78% (over 606,000) of all letter recipients going on to reinsure their vehicle.

Independent evaluation concluded…. ‘people receiving a Tutelage letter are 4.4 times more likely to reinsure their vehicle than those who didn’t receive a letter’.

The new three-year strategy (2024 to 2026) for Tutelage focusses on several key themes including: further business process automation, predictive analysis, community intelligence and wider intelligence enrichment.

Derek Roberts, National Programme Lead – Operation Tutelage, National Roads Policing Operations, Intelligence & Investigation (NRPOII)

With over 38 years’ law enforcement experience, Derek Roberts completed 30 years service with Staffordshire Police in mainly specialist operations, including 10 years as Strategic Development lead for the Central Motorway Policing Group (CMPG).

He has also been involved in the national police ANPR programme for over 25 years, as Staff Officer to the portfolio lead, member of the Portfolio Change Team and Lead SME, representing UK policing in numerous forums nationally and internationally. In his current role, Derek has been responsible for establishing Tutelage as a national policing capability with overall responsibility for programme deliver and continued development.