Agenda and minutes
Police and Crime Committee - Thursday 16 January 2014 10.00 am

To receive any apologies for absence and any announcements from the Chair.

1.1  An apology for absence was received from Victoria Borwick AM.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

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The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  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;

(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  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 Committee held on 5 December 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 5 December 2013 be signed by the Chair as a correct record of that meeting.

3.2  In accordance with Standing Order 2.2D, the Chair took Agenda items 4 and 5 in a different order from that set out on the agenda.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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

Dan Maton, [email protected], 0207 983 4681.

The Committee is recommended to note the report and put questions on MOPAC and police spending, performance and governance to the invited guests.

4.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat, as background to putting questions on the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and the Metropolitan Police’s (Met) spending performance and governance to the following invited guests:

·  Stephen Otter, Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary for National and the London Region;

·  Craig Mackey, Deputy Commissioner, Met;

·  Ian Percival, Director of Group Finance, Met;

·  Annabel Cowell, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, MOPAC;

·  Lynda McMullen, Director of Police Resources, MOPAC.

·  Helen Bailey, Chief Operating Officer, MOPAC;

·  Rebecca Lawrence, Director of Strategy, MOPAC;

·  Marie Snelling, Director of Integrated Offender Management, Programme and Neighbourhoods, MOPAC; and

·  Julie Norgrove, Director of Audit, Risk and Assurance, MOPAC.

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

4.3  During the discussion the following commitments were made:

Stephen Otter committed to provide:

·  Details of whether the spending by the Met on front line policing, as reported in the HMIC 2013 survey, had changed compared to the previous year’s survey results.

Craig Mackey committed to provide:

·  Details on how MOPAC would spend its £62 million over the next financial year to improve public access;

·  Details on officer recruitment, including  the number of police officers  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Camelia Thomas; [email protected]; 020 7983 4795.

The Committee is recommended to note the outstanding and completed actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee and its Working Groups, and correspondence entered into by the Chair in accordance with the Standing Delegation to the Chair, as listed in the report.

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

5.2  Resolved:

That the outstanding and completed actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee and its Working Groups, and correspondence entered into by the Chair in accordance with the Standing Delegation to the Chair, 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 note its work programme as set out in the report.

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

6.2  Resolved:

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

6.3  In accordance with Standing Order 2.2D, the Chair took Agenda items 7 and 8 in a different order from that set out on the agenda.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for 30 January 2014 in the Chamber, City Hall.

7.1  The next meeting of the Committee was scheduled for Wednesday 29 January 2014 in the Chamber, City Hall in accordance with the decision above.  The Committee noted that meetings were scheduled to take place at 10.00am on Thursday 30 January in the Chamber at City Hall and 10.00am on Tuesday 4 February in Committee Room 3 at City Hall.

8.1  The Committee noted that there had been a recent announcement by the Mayor to make an application for water cannon procurement in London.

8.2  The Committee agreed to schedule additional meetings of the Police and Crime Committee and invite the Mayor to attend to discuss the water cannon issue.

8.3  Resolved:

(a)  That an additional meeting of the Police and Crime Committee be scheduled for Thursday 29 January 2014, during the adjournment of the Mayor’s Question Time Budget meeting, with the Mayor in attendance to answer questions on his proposals to make funding available to the Metropolitan Police Service to procure water cannon.

(b)  That a further additional meeting of the Police and Crime Committee be held on 4 February 2014 to discuss water cannon with invited guests.

9.1  The meeting ended at 1.06pm.