Agenda and draft minutes
Police and Crime Committee - Wednesday 21 February 2024 10.00 am

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

1.1  No apologies for absence were received.

Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat

Contact:  Lauren Harvey, [email protected]

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 Assembly 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 held on 24 January 2024 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 24 January 2024 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat

Contact:  Lauren Harvey, [email protected]

The Committee is recommended to note the completed, ongoing and closed actions arising from its previous meetings.

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

4.2  Resolved:

That the completed, ongoing and closed actions arising from previous meetings be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat

Contact: Janette Roker, [email protected]

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the report as background to the question and answer session and note the subsequent discussion;

(b)  Note the monthly report from the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, as attached at Appendix 1; and

(c)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree any output arising from the discussion.

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat as background to the question and answer session with the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

5.2  The Chair welcomed the following guests to the meeting:

·  Sophie Linden, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime; and

·  Sir Mark Rowley QPM, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.

5.3  A transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 1.

5.4  During the course of the discussion, Members requested the following additional information from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis:

·  The size of the team that is working on the review of the MPS’s finances;

·  The number of new Police Community Support Officers recruited to the MPS this year;

·  Confirmation of how much the MPS will invest to deliver A New Met for London;

·  Further details and a timeline relating to the recruitment of police officers to the MPS;

·  Confirmation of the number of MPS officers currently undertaking back-office staff duties;

·  Details relating to the responsibilities of new officers working in public protection, particularly whether any officers are solely responsible for child protection issues or whether they cover different areas;

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Report of the Executive Director of Assembly Secretariat 

Contact: Janette Roker, [email protected]

The Committee is recommended to note its work programme for the 2023/24 Assembly year.

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

6.2  Resolved:

That the Committee’s work programme for the 2023/24 Assembly year be noted.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for 6 March 2024 at 10.00am in the Chamber, City Hall.

7.1  The next meeting of the Committee was scheduled for 6 March 2024 at 10.00am in the Chamber, City Hall.

8.1  There were no items of business that the Chair considered to be urgent.

9.1  The meeting ended at 12.33pm.