Agenda and minutes
Police and Crime Committee - Thursday 9 October 2014 2.00 pm

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

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Jenny Jones AM, Deputy Chair, for whom Darren Johnson AM substituted, Jennette Arnold OBE AM and Victoria Borwick AM.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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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 to note 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 meetings of the Police and Crime Committee held on 4 September 2014 and 18 September 2014 to be signed by the Chair as correct records.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the Police and Crime Committee meetings held on 4 September 2014 and 18 September 2014 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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

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

4.2  Resolved:

That the outstanding and completed actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee, and the additional correspondence as listed in the report, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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The first part of the question and answer session will be with invited guests on changes to the probation service.  The second part of the question and answer session will be with the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime and the Metropolitan Police Service.

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note, as background to the question and answer session with the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), the monthly report from the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime as attached at Appendix 1 to the report; and

(b)  Note the answers given by the invited guests for the question and answer session on changes to the probation service and by the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime and the MPS to the questions asked by Members.

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions to invited guests on changes to the Probation Service.

5.2  The Chair welcomed the following guests to the meeting:

·  Lucy Bogue, Deputy Director, Rehabilitation Services, National Offender Management Service (NOMS);

·  Nick Smart, Chief Executive Officer, London Community Rehabilitation Company;

·  Sara Robinson, Deputy Director, National Probation Service – London;

·  Craig Mackey, Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service; and

·  Helen Bailey, Chief Operating Officer, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC).

5.3  A transcript of the discussion of the question and answer session is attached at Appendix 1.

5.4  During the course of the discussion Lucy Bogue agreed to provide the Committee with confirmation of when the payment by results part of the contracts for probation and offender management services, which would be monitored by the NOMS, would come into effect.

5.5  The Chair thanked the guests for attending and for their contributions to the discussion.  The Chair stated that the Committee would revisit the topic later during the 2014/15 Assembly year.

5.6  At this point in the proceedings, in accordance with Standing Order 2.2D and with the consent of the Committee, the Chair stated  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

The discussion on Agenda Item 5 was continued after Agenda Items 6 and 7 and is set out in Minute 8 below.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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The Committee is recommended to

(a)  Agree to establish an investigation into online crime, with the terms of reference as set out in paragraph 4.4 of the report, and to agree the scoping report, attached as Appendix 1 to the report;

(b)  Agree to establish an Online Crime Working Group to gather evidence on behalf of the Committee, with the terms of reference set out in paragraph 4.2 of the report, and the size, membership and chairing arrangements as set out in paragraph 4.5 of the report;

(c)  Agree to convene meetings of the Online Crime Working Group on 21 October and 27 November 2014, in place of the scheduled full Police and Crime Committee meetings on those dates.

(d)  Agree to disestablish the Online Crime Working Group once it has concluded its investigation and reported its findings to the Police and Crime Committee;

(e)  Agree to delegate authority to the Chair of the Police and Crime Committee, in consultation with the Deputy Chairs and lead party Group Members, to evaluate the results of the initial scoping research; and

(f)  Agree to request the GLA  ...  view the full agenda text for item 6.

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

6.2  Resolved:

(a)  That an investigation into online crime be established, with the terms of reference as set out in paragraph 4.4 of the report, and to agree the scoping report, attached as Appendix 1 to the report;

(b)  That an Online Crime Working Group be established to gather evidence on behalf of the Committee, with the terms of reference set out in paragraph 4.2 of the report, and the size, membership and chairing arrangements, set out in paragraph 4.5 of the report;

(c)  That meetings of the Online Crime Working Group be convened on 21 October and 27 November 2014, in place of the scheduled full Police and Crime Committee meetings on those dates.

(d)  That the Online Crime Working Group be disestablished once it has concluded its investigation and reported its findings to the Police and Crime Committee;

(e)  That authority be delegated to the Chair of the Police and Crime Committee, in consultation with the Deputy Chairs and lead party Group Members, to evaluate the results of the initial scoping research; and

(f)  That the GLA Oversight Committee be requested to approve expenditure up to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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The Committee is recommended to note its work programme, as set out at paragraph 4.1 of the report.

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

7.2  The Chair proposed an additional recommendation that delegated authority be granted to her in consultation with the Group Lead Members, to agree the terms of reference and scoping for the Committee’s proposed investigation into Youth Re-offending and Rehabilitation.

7.3  Resolved:

(a)  That the work programme as set out in the report be noted; and

(b)  That authority be delegated to the Chair, in consultation with the Group Lead Members, to agree the terms of reference and scoping for the Committee’s investigation into Youth Re-offending and Rehabilitation.

8.1  The Chair welcomed the following guests to the meeting:

·  Stephen Greenhalgh, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime; and

·  Craig Mackey, Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service.

8.2  A transcript of the discussion of the question and answer session is attached at Appendix 2.

8.3  During the discussion the Chair suggested that MOPAC’s Ethics Panel could examine a sample of some of the occasions on which the MPS had used the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) to assist its criminal investigations in order to inform policy on the use of RIPA.  The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime responded that it was a helpful suggestion and that he would raise it with the Chair of the Ethics Panel, noting that it was for the Ethics Panel to determine its own work programme.

8.4  During the course of the discussion the guests agreed to provide the information set out below.

·  The Deputy Commissioner, MPS, agreed to provide the Committee with further details of how the review of the Local Policing Model by Assistant Commissioner Helen King had been undertaken;

·  The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime agreed to provide the Committee with a copy of the Local Policing  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Thursday, 13 November 2014 at 10.00 am in the Chamber, City Hall, subject to decisions concerning the meeting dates of the proposed Online Crime Working Group at Agenda Item 6.

9.1  The date of the next meeting was scheduled for 13 November 2014 at 10.00am in the Chamber, City Hall.  The Online Crime Working Group would meet on 21 October 2014 at 10.00am in Committee Room 5, City Hall.

10.1  There was no other business the Chair considered urgent.

11.1  The meeting ended at 4.21pm.