Agenda and minutes
Police and Crime Committee - Thursday 19 December 2013 10.00 am

1.1  An apology for absence was received from Len Duvall AM.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

Contact:  John Johnson/Camelia Thomas, [email protected] / [email protected], 020 7983 4926 / 4795

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda item 2, as disclosable pecuniary interests;

(b)   Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any disclosable pecuniary interests in specific items listed on the agenda and the necessary action taken by the Member(s) regarding withdrawal following such declaration(s); and

(c)   Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any other interests deemed to be relevant (including any interests arising from gifts and hospitality received which are not at the time of the meeting reflected on the Authority’s register of gifts and hospitality, and noting also the advice from the GLA’s Monitoring Officer set out at Agenda Item 2) and any necessary action taken by the Member(s) following such declaration(s).

2.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

2.2  Resolved:

That the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda Item 2, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests.

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Police and Crime Committee held on 21 November 2013 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting of the Police and Crime Committee held on 21 November 2013 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Claire Hamilton, [email protected] 0207 983 5845

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Notes, as background to the question and answer session with the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, the Police Commissioner and the Deputy Police Commissioner, the monthly report from MOPAC as attached at Appendix 1 to the report; and

(b)  Notes the answers given by the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, the Police Commissioner and the Deputy Police Commissioner to the questions asked by Members.

4.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat, as background to putting questions to the following guests:

·  Stephen Greenhalgh, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime;

·  Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Police Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Commission (MPS); and

·  Craig Mackey, Deputy Commissioner, MPS.

4.2  A copy of the transcript is attached at Appendix 1.

4.3  During the discussion, the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime agreed to provide the Committee with:

·  Details of the headline results and proposed actions following DARA’s audit review of the recording of crime statistics;

·  A copy of the ‘commissioning strategy’ that is assisting MOPAC and the MPS in its commissioning process, including details of which police services can be outsourced; and

·  An update on the work being carried out by the Violence against Women and Girls Panel to identify young women and girls who might be at risk of sexual exploitation.

4.4  The Commissioner and the Deputy Commissioner also agreed to provide the Committee with:

·  Details of the resources dedicated to the recording and classification of crime statistics;

·  Confirmation of the number and percentage of on-the-spot fines to cyclists – issued during the recent Met initiative ‘Operation Safeway’- that have since been cancelled;  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Claire Hamilton, [email protected] 0207 983 5845

The Committee is recommended to note its work programme as set out in the report.

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

5.2  Resolved:

  That the work programme as set out in the report be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  John Johnson, [email protected] 0207 983 4926

The Committee is recommended to note the ongoing, outstanding and completed actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee and its Working Groups, as listed in the report.

6.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

6.2  Resolved:

That the ongoing, outstanding and completed actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee and its Working Groups, as listed in the report, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Claire Hamilton, [email protected] 0207 983 5845

The Committee is recommended to: 

(a)  Note the publication of the Mayoral Strategy on Violence Against Women and Girls (2013-2017); and

(b)  Note the summary table evaluating the impact of the Committee’s recommendations on the final Strategy (attached as Appendix 1 to the report).

7.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

7.2  Resolved:

(a)    That the publication of the Mayoral Strategy on Violence Against Women and Girls (2013-2017) be noted; and

(b)  That the summary table evaluating the impact of the Committee’s recommendations on the final Strategy (attached as Appendix 1 to the report) be noted.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for 16 January 2014 at 10.00am in the Chamber, City Hall.

8.1  The next meeting of the Police and Crime Committee is scheduled for 16 January 2014 at 10.00am in the Chamber, City Hall.

9.1  There was no other business the Chair considered urgent.

10.1  The meeting ended at 12.25pm.