MOPAC decisions

• 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.

• Date signed: Monday 3 March 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1813

Executive Summary:

This Business Justification concerns the upgrade of the Microsoft Windows 2012 servers supporting the Command and Control system used by the Met. It is necessary to reduce risk of extended unplanned outages posed by legacy technologies, ensure vendor support and reduce cyber risk by being able to security patch the servers.

• Date signed: Wednesday 26 February 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1807

Executive Summary: 

This paper seeks approval for the attached schedule of Fees and Charges, the revised charges for Special Police Services (SPS) and the implementation of any revised rates set or advised by other agencies or determined by statute or legislation.

• Date signed: Monday 14 April 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1823

Executive Summary:

A New Met for London (NMfL) is a cultural reform plan. Successful delivery of a New Met for London has notable dependencies on the capability of our workforce. As such, it makes a number of commitments in relation to giving our officers and staff the training and development needed to equip them with the capabilities to deliver for London.

Complementing significant work delivered over the last two years to mobilise new leadership development programmes at all levels of the organisation, in September last year, ExCo approved that a consolidated NMfL training package (‘A NMfL For Everyone’) would be rolled out for the wider organisation. It was agreed that this would be delivered in two phases - Phase 1 focusing on embedding the values and principles within a range of operational contexts and Phase 2 themed on Public Protection.

‘A NMfL For Everyone’ Phase 1 training launched on 30th September with a deliberately ambitious six month delivery window underlining the importance placed on this training as part of the Met’s overall cultural reform programme. As at 28th February, over 22,500 officers and staff have completed the 2.5 days of face to face training under Phase 1 and we remain on-track for c95% of the 34,300 in-scope group to have completed the training by the end of April.

Phase 2 of ‘A NMfL For Everyone’ training will launch on 7th April and run through until August. This training centres on Public Protection and will consist of a further 2.5 days of face to face training plus 0.5 day of protected learning time for linked digital training. The target audience for Phase 2 training will focus on those officers and staff performing frontline practitioner roles. This group is sized at c23,000.

• Date signed: Friday 21 February 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1816

Executive Summary: 
The VRU are seeking permission to novate the current Redthread grant (MOPAC 882) and contract (MOPAC 878) to Catch 22 from 1st April 2025. This is due to Redthread merging with Catch 22 as of 1st August 2024.
VRU officers have worked closely with both Redthread and Catch 22 throughout the merger process and are confident in Catch 22’s abilities to deliver the hospital based youth work programme and deliver a service that reduces risk and keeps children and young people safe who present at hospital after an injury caused by violence or exploitation.

• Date signed: Monday 14 April 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1824

This paper seeks approval to implement the required contractual changes to the current 2015- 2025 and new 2025-2027 contracts with SSCL.

• Date signed: Monday 14 April 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1825

Executive Summary: 
This paper seeks approval for MPS to initiate procurement for the re-provision of the two PSD Construction Frameworks (MPS Building Works Framework and MPS Construction Professional Services Framework).
The paper also seeks approval to extend the existing frameworks for up to 12 months with an uplift of their contract spend threshold to provide resilience and continuity to deliver the 2025/26 capital plan.

• Date signed: Monday 14 April 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1826

Executive Summary: 

This paper seeks approval for the replacement of the life-expired and obsolescent CCTV system across the Estate over a five-year period. The programme of replacement will reestablish effective monitored surveillance security at the perimeter of sites across the estate which will improve the safety of personnel and better monitoring of accessible assets.
A rolling five-year replacement programme has been developed that will offer a front-line focused programme of work, supporting the New Met for London (NMFL) plan. The programme aligns with the draft 2024-2034 Estates Strategy and supports the Fixing our Foundations strand by delivering safe and secure facilities for people, property and assets.
The programme will cost up to £24.5m in capital from 2025/26 to 2029/30 and ongoing annual revenue of £5.0m thereafter. These costs are included in the capital budget in the 2025/26 budget submission.

• Date signed: Monday 14 April 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1827

Executive Summary: 

This paper seeks approval to enter into a lease for space in the Canary Wharf area at a nil rent for a proposed neighbourhood police base. The proposal is at a net nil initial cost to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), with the ongoing costs to be funded from within existing budgets.

• Date signed: Monday 14 April 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1828

Executive Summary:

ServiceNow, the core MPS business application for Information Technology, more commonly known as ‘My IT Service Desk’ is increasingly difficult and costly to run due to historical customisation of the application.
The ServiceNow Fit for Future programme has been set up to re-implement the ServiceNow in a standard configuration which allows MPS to leverage improved features and simplifies future upgrades.
This paper seeks approval for funding to carry out the re-implementation and appoint a Supplier to carry out the works.

• Date signed: Monday 31 March 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1829

Executive Summary:
This Business Justification Paper seeks commercial approval for all business-as-usual MPS technology requirements from 1st April 2025 to 30th September 2026. The majority of requirements are owned by the Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Business Group but there are also other business units of the MPS that have locally owned technology requirements which have been included. All such requirements have been reviewed by the MPS Grey Estate Working Group to ensure compliance to relevant data and cyber security requirements.
This approval will streamline the number of submissions made to MOPAC for services that are already in place, required for the running of the MPS, and part of the relevant business areas MOPAC-approved budgets.

• Date signed: Thursday 27 March 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1776

Executive Summary: 
MOPAC’s GPS tagging programme has been running since 2017 focused on reduced reoffending, improving the enforcement of sentences and better protection for victims and the public. Since 2019 the GPS Knife Crime programme has been in place to reduce the risk of violence by those in the programme and the benefits of this programme have been supported by two positive evaluation reports.
PCD 1604 agreed to extend the GPS knife crime programme until March 2026 and agreed the budget allocation for 2025/26. This decision also included approval to start a new pilot for non-domestic abuse Stalkers, which was successfully launched in December 2024. This decision also approved the use of the Government Digital Marketplace for a new procurement of the GPS tagging and monitoring provider for 2025/26. This procurement process has now taken place, and we have identified the chosen provider, Buddi Ltd.
This decision seeks approval to award the 2025/26 GPS monitoring contract to Buddi Ltd to the maximum value of £1,170,000 for the initial 12-month term. This contract will include an optional 12-month extension period.

• Date signed: Tuesday 8 April 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1832

Executive Summary: 
The Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) has been funding RISE Mutual CIC (RISE) in partnership with Waythrough to deliver The Bambu Project since August 2022. To date, the programme has demonstrated positive outcomes, including the development of emotional resilience in children and young people (aged 11-24) and improved confidence in accessing further support in the future. The programme has also received a highly positive evaluation report, highlighting the significant impact it has had on participants.
This decision seeks permission to directly award the CYPIDA services to RISE Mutual, enabling the continuation of the Bambu Project for a further 8 months from 31st July 2025 to 31st March 2026. The cost of this direct award is reflected in VRU’s 2025/26 budget.
The intention behind the direct award is to ensure the continuity of existing services, including the new provision introduced on 1st August 2024. This provision aims to support the victim/survivor parent of children and young people participating in the Bambu programme, facilitating a more holistic, family-wide approach to support.
The original contract, which was effective from August 2022 to July 2024, included a provision allowing for a one-year extension. This extension was exercised in accordance with the clause in the original agreement, which stipulates that any extension may not exceed 50% of the original contract value. As we have already utilised the option to extend the initial two-year contract last year, we are unable to exercise this option again. Therefore, we are now requesting a new contract via a direct award.
The direct award will provide the VRU with additional time to undertake a thorough procurement process for the recommissioning of services for children and young people affected by domestic abuse, which we are hoping to start Summer 2025. Due to the uncertainty surrounding the VRU's total funding, we were unable to commit to the future commissioning of this programme in time for the current contract's end date.
Following thorough consultation with the Victims-Programmes and Projects team, we have agreed that this work, providing targeted therapeutic support to child victims of domestic abuse, is distinct from the team’s broader offer for child victims of violence. Given its specialised nature, we will ensure further consultation during the commissioning process to prevent duplication.

• Date signed: Tuesday 8 April 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1834

Executive Summary: 
The Cyber Resilience Centre for London (CRCL) was established to focus on cyber-crime prevention activity for micro, supporting small and medium sized companies across London. This is a National Police Chiefs Council led programme, funded by the Home Office, with money routed through the City of London Corporation.
London’s Cyber Resilience Centre operates through a private company limited by guarantee, established for such purpose and known as Cyber Resilience Centre for London Limited (‘the CRCL Company’).
MOPAC owns this company directly, and MOPAC acts as the police body through which Home Office funding for London’s Cyber Resilience Centre is facilitated. MOPAC will own this company for the until changes set out below come into effect. MOPAC is the sole member, no costs will be borne by MOPAC, with all money for operating costs refunded to MOPAC (via the City of London Police) from a Home Office grant for Regional Cyber Resilience Centres.
In the forthcoming year the activity carried out by the CRCL will transfer to a police led national body. However, pending this transfer funding will still be required by the CRCL. As an interim measure, the Home Office has agreed to an extension of the CRC funding for cyber specific personnel for the first quarter of the new financial year, from 1 April to the end of June 2025. It is likely that this staged approach will continue.

• Date signed: Wednesday 16 April 2025
• Reference code: PCD 1836

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).