MOPAC decisions

• Date signed: Tuesday 1 July 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1867

Executive Summary:
The Violence Reduction Unit’s (VRU) parenting and families programme is central to its ‘whole family approach’ to reducing violence. Through building stronger, more resourceful family relationships and enhancing collaboration between agencies, the VRU aims to better support young people and families.
In 2024, the VRU invested £349,591 (CEOD 29/2023) into the 18 month Strengthening Fathers Pilot, a pioneering initiative designed to support young men and fathers in developing healthy relationships, reducing familial conflict and harm, and improving systemic practice across services. The pilot, due to conclude in August 2025, has successfully engaged 410 fathers through culturally sensitive workshops, one-to-one support, and family activities, with a strong focus on working with marginalised communities.
This decision seeks approval from the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime to extend the pilot by 12 months, with additional funding of up to £174,796. The extension would build on the pilot’s early successes, enhance the reach and quality of the evaluation, and support the longer-term sustainability of the programme. It would also enable continued support for fathers currently engaged, allow sufficient time for the development of a sustainable exit strategy, and strengthen partnerships with probation services, local authorities, and prisons — potentially unlocking future funding opportunities.
Moreover, the extension would bolster capacity-building efforts, embed promising practices across services, and leave a stronger legacy, ensuring the benefits of the Strengthening Fathers Pilot endure well beyond the life of the project.
This decision requests the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime to approve an extension to the 18 month pilot, funded through £349,591, for a further 12 months, of up to £174,796 for both lots to build on the impact, improve the reach and efficacy of the evaluation, and enable longer term sustainability.

• Date signed: Wednesday 26 February 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1767

Executive Summary: 
The Mayor is determined to see that victims of crime in London are better supported as a result of the steps set out in his Police and Crime Plan 2022-25. He is clear that the police, justice agencies and other partner organisations must work together if support is to be improved for victims pursuing their case through the justice process and for those who choose not to report. 
MOPAC receives funding from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to contribute to victim and witness support services MOPAC commissions in London. This funding previously came to MOPAC via two multi-year grant agreements from the MoJ (known as Core and General) covering financial years 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25.   
On 2 December 2024, the MoJ confirmed the allocation of funding to MOPAC for 2025/26, extending these grant agreements until 31 March 2026. This now enables MOPAC to formally extend funding where applicable for relevant organisations providing services supporting victims and witnesses in London until 31 March 2025. This includes those grants managed by the UK Community Foundation through MOPAC’s Grant Administration Services contract (PCD 1196 refers).
This decision seeks approval to accept the confirmed grant funding, sign the MoJ grant agreement/addendums, and manage the onward distribution of the funding to victim and witness services.

• Date signed: Monday 6 January 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1778

This decision is to determine whether an application should be submitted to the Home Secretary for certificates of forfeiture in respect of the former officer’s pension. At this first stage of the process a decision must be made whether the offence(s) committed by the former officer was or were committed in connection with his or her service as a member of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

• Date signed: Monday 6 January 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1777

Executive Summary: 

This decision is to determine whether an application should be submitted to the Home Secretary for certificates of forfeiture in respect of the former officer’s pension. At this first stage of the process a decision must be made whether the offence(s) committed by the former officer was or were committed in connection with his or her service as a member of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

• Date signed: Monday 17 March 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1760

Executive Summary: 

This Decision sets out the proposed funding and delivery of Call 6 of the Shared Endeavour Fund (SEF) for the financial year 2025/26.
The delivery of Call 6 of the SEF will fulfil the Mayoral Manifesto (2024) commitment that “Through the Shared Endeavour Fund, we will continue to invest in community projects that help tackle hate, counter violent extremism and build understanding, tolerance and community cohesion. In particular, we will work to bear down on both antisemitism and Islamophobia, which have tragically flared up following the conflict in the Middle East”.
This Decision seeks approval from the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (DMPC) to allocate up to £875,000 of the CT & CE Hub budget to deliver Call 6 of the Mayor’s Shared Endeavour Fund. This funding will be used to support projects counter hate intolerance and extremism with individual projects to be confirmed following a competitive application process.
This Decision also seeks approval to issue a contract to appoint Groundwork London as the Grant Fund Manager (GFM) to the Shared Endeavour Fund following an open and competitive tender process. Groundwork London will be appointed at a competitive cost and scored highly on quality as per the scoring criteria.
The contract term is for 15 months with a value of £55,117 and an option to award a contract extension for a potential further two calls (Call 7 and 8) ending in May 2028 and a maximum value of £170,376.
The decision to fund and procure a Grant Fund Manager to the SEF was approved as per Decision CEOD 35 - 2024. This Decision committed up to £60,000 of the Counter Terrorism and Counter Extremism Hub 2025/26 budget to run a full tender process to appoint a Grant Fund Manager to Call 6 of the SEF.
Groundwork London will be responsible for administering the Shared Endeavour Fund and supporting organisations to deliver projects that counter racism, hate, intolerance, extremism and radicalisation across London.
Groundwork London will administer the grant of £875,000 for civil society organisations to deliver projects which meet the strategic objectives of the Shared Endeavour Fund.
They will administer the application process and day to day management of Call 6 of the Shared Endeavour Fund on behalf of MOPAC and work with MOPAC and the Independent Fund Evaluator – The Science of P/CVE to agree eligibility criteria and tiering of grants. Groundwork London will also carry out due diligence checks and act as the first point of contact for funded organisations.
Call 6 of the SEF is expected to launch in March 2025 and the Grant Fund Manager will disseminate the funding in September 2025 to civil society groups who have been successful in their application to the Shared Endeavour Fund, following an open and competitive process which includes a rigorous moderation process.

• Date signed: Wednesday 4 June 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1762

Executive Summary: 
The establishment of a shared-service arrangement between the Greater London Authority (GLA) and four of the five functional bodies: the London Fire Commissioner (LFC), the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) and Transport for London (TfL) to provide independent health advice and support services through a shared GLA Group Public Health Function, hosted by the GLA, was approved by the Mayor in March 2022 (MD2940).
This decision seeks DMPC approval for MOPAC and VRU to agree to both the GLA Group Public Health Unit Shared Services Agreement and also an amendment to the original Shared Services Agreement. The purpose of the amendment is to clarify the principle that annual increases are included within the SSA budget arrangements and is included at Appendix 1.

• Date signed: Monday 17 February 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1768

Executive Summary:
Across London, the response to cuckooing varies both inside the MPS and across all the Local Authorities. A London Assembly Report from 2023 notes that recorded cuckooing cases have quadrupled in recent years. There has also been a rise in property closures and vulnerable adults needing to be relocated. This report made 10 recommendations to the Mayor, MOPAC and MPS.
An investment of £392,000 over 12 months will allow the MPS to build on existing good practice to tackle cuckooing under Project ADDER, addressing many of the challenges identified and developing a sustainable best-practice model, with the intention of rolling this out as business as usual in the future.
An additional maximum budget allocation of £80,000 will enable the procurement of an evaluation to run alongside the cuckooing project and identifying best practice.

• Date signed: Wednesday 10 December 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1950

Executive Summary:
This paper seeks approval for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to implement a series of Leadership Interventions designed to ensure that its leadership cadre possesses the capability to deliver both the cultural reform and performance ambitions required to support the commitments set out in New Met for London 2 (NMfL2). The two principal interventions are:
A Voluntary Exit Scheme
A Development Centre
These initiatives are targeted at the ranks of Chief Inspector, Superintendent, and Chief Superintendent, and both activities require investment that exceeds the MPS delegated authority.

• Date signed: Monday 17 February 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1779

Executive Summary: 
This decision is to determine whether an application should be submitted to the Home Secretary for a certificate of forfeiture in respect of the former officer’s pension. At this first stage of the process a decision must be made whether the offence(s) committed by the former officer was or were committed in connection with his or her service as a member of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

• Date signed: Thursday 13 March 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1781

Executive Summary: 

This decision is to determine whether an application should be submitted to the Home Secretary for a certificate of forfeiture in respect of the former officer’s pension. At this first stage of the process a decision must be made whether the offence(s) committed by the former officer was or were committed in connection with his or her service as a member of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

• Date signed: Monday 17 February 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1786

Executive Summary: 

This decision is to determine whether an application should be submitted to the Home Secretary for certificates of forfeiture in respect of the former officer’s pension. At this first stage of the process a decision must be made whether the offence(s) committed by the former officer was or were committed in connection with his or her service as a member of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

• Date signed: Thursday 13 March 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1787

Executive Summary:
At the heart of the Mayor’s approach to reducing violence, as committed in the 2022-25 Police and Crime Plan for London, is prevention – and as outlined in the Mayor’s Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy 2022-2025, prevention of VAWG is a core tenet of his plan to make London safer for all women and girls. VAWG remains a Mayoral priority and will feature in the new Police and Crime Plan for London, followed by the refreshed VAWG strategy.
From 2022-23, as part of the Mayor’s programming on VAWG prevention, the Mayor championed communications campaigns Have a Word and Maaate, which focussed on encouraging Londoners to challenge public harassment and misogyny. As part of this approach, the Mayor committed to providing support that promotes healthy relationships in schools across London. Since 2022, he has invested over £1 million into the design, development and rollout of schools’ toolkits that support promoting healthy relationships to young people.
In 2022, MOPAC commissioned Tender Education and Arts to develop VAWG Prevention toolkits and run training sessions for primary and secondary school teachers across London. Grant funding of £920,089 was awarded to Tender for this activity from October 2022 to March 2025 (PCD 1297 relates).
Following the successful rollout and training for secondary school teachers in March 2023 and primary school teachers in September 2024, the Mayor is increasing his investment to develop the programme and expand access to more schools across London.
This decision is seeking approval to modify MOPAC’s existing grant agreement with Tender Education and Arts by up to £250,000, bringing the total grant value to £1,170,089, and to extend the grant agreement to near the end of the 2025/26 school year (31 July 2026).

• Date signed: Monday 17 February 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1804

Executive Summary:

The Mayor’s offices have been successful in bidding for funding from the Partnership for Healthy Cities, which supports cities in the planning and implementation of a policy intervention to strengthen noncommunicable disease and injury prevention.

This funding will be used for the procurement of consultancy experts to improve London’s resilience against the rising threat of synthetic opioids, through quality-assuring local plans, clarifying city-wide roles and responsibilities, and ensuring that needle and syringe programmes are fit-for-purpose.

This will support the work of the London Drugs Forum and is the result of collaboration between the GLA Group Public Health Unit, OHID London and MOPAC.

This decision requests the acceptance of £39,000 funding, for delivery from April to December 2025.

• Date signed: Monday 3 March 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1814

Executive Summary:

This Business Justification seeks additional funding to replace the MetCC Voice Platforms with a supportable and resilient alternative.

• Date signed: Friday 14 February 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1772

Executive Summary: 
This paper seeks approval for a series of actions to address and improve the estate in the North-East Basic Command Unit which covers the London boroughs of Waltham Forest and Newham. The proposals include the acquisition of a plot of land adjacent to Forest Gate Police Station and its development into an annex with parking, works at Chingford Police Station, a new Neighbourhood Base in Walthamstow, and the disposal of Stratford Police Station. The proposed costs are funded from within existing budgets.

• Date signed: Friday 21 February 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1792

Executive Summary: 
The Violence Reduction Unit’s (VRU) budget enables the VRU to fund a range of ambitious and crucial measures to support families, keep young people in education and safe after-school through activities and opportunities, targeted interventions to support girls and young women, the vital role played by youth workers and mentors, and support and resources for communities to tackle the issues affecting their neighbourhoods.
On 10 February 2025, the Home Office confirmed that they will be funding all 20 VRUs the same amount for one year using the same allocation formula as they had done for 2024-2025. This would include £9,397,400 grant allocation for London VRU for 2025-2026, with full delivery in 2025-2026 once a VRU application was agreed and grant agreements signed.
Careful consideration has already been made in assessing and reviewing Home Office proposed commissioned activity in line with MTFP, assuming Home Office grant funding at the level now confirmed for 2025-2026.
As already planned via MTFP, the VRU are looking to allocate all the £9,397,400 of the Home Office funding to a range of programmes as detailed in this decision which prioritise funding into local neighbourhoods via local authorities, youth practitioner support to young people in hospitals and custody suits and enhancing positive opportunity via short programmes for young people.
Further to the above, on 12 February 2025, the Home Office confirmed that they will be funding VRUs grant funding for the Serious Violence Duty for 2025-2026, the same allocation as 2024-2025 of £932,764. The VRU are looking to allocate this to the 32 local authorities equally, to spend in-year to support their delivery of violence reduction strategies locally.
This decision also sets out the proposed VRU allocation of London Crime Prevention Funding (LCPF) to local authorities over the period 2025-26 to 2027-2028 of £14,145,000 which equates to an annual spend of £4,715,000.
Budget assumptions for 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 will need to be reviewed once grant funding for those years is confirmed as part of future Comprehensive Spending Review.

• Date signed: Wednesday 26 February 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1788

Executive Summary: 
The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) is responsible for making arrangements for
obtaining the views of communities and victims of crime on matters concerning policing in London and
for overseeing the delivery of policing by the Metropolitan Police Service.
These functions are currently discharged through a variety of mechanisms, including the Community Monitoring Groups (CMGs) and Safer Neighbourhood Boards (SNBs), which are established mechanisms for delivering local police accountability and engagement, and through targeted engagement on specific
areas of work. This decision seeks approval of the 2025/26 funding for the community engagement work programme referenced above up to a maximum of £700,000.

• Date signed: Monday 14 April 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1822

Executive Summary: 

This paper seeks approval to accept grant funding from the Home Office (HO) for 2024/25 to fund the detective inspector costs to so that they continue to support the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) National Policing Chiefs Council (NPCC) lead on Knife Crime.

• Date signed: Monday 17 February 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1810

Executive Summary:
The DMPC agree a request to settle claims against the MPS, as set out in the part 2 report.

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime has the discretion to authorise the settlement of legal proceedings where it would be conducive to the maintenance of an efficient and effective police force.

• Date signed: Monday 3 March 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1812

Executive Summary:

This paper requests approval for a number of contract uplifts as well as the start of procurement activity for various business-as-usual (BAU) contracts. All activity incorporated within existing approved budgets.