PCD 1452 NPCC HO Reform Grant Acceptance

PCD 1452 NPCC HO Reform Grant Acceptance 

A decision is required from Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) on behalf of the NPCC, to receive upto £4,420,000 2023/24 funding provided by the Home Office to continue the NPCC Reform started in 2020-21, including funding of £1,000,000 to support the Review into the Operational Productivity of Policing.  

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime is recommended to:   

1. Approve MOPAC entering into a Grant Agreement with the Home Office (HO), on behalf of the NPCC, to receive the NPCC Reform Grant Award for up to £4,420,000 in 2023-24  

1. Introduction and background  

1. The NPCC, via MOPAC as host, has been in receipt of HO grant funding since 2020-21 to improve the co-ordination, communication and collaboration of NPCC work for the benefit of the whole policing system. 

2. Issues for consideration  

1. This grant award is provided to NPCC to deliver three functions – an Operating Model, national VAWG lead, and the Policing Productivity Review.  

2. The NPCC Operating Model is made up of the following components:  

• A Strategic Hub that acts as the ‘central coordinating brain’ for NPCC and UK operational police leadership, enabling quicker, more informed decisions to be made and providing a capability uplift in areas such as strategy, workforce, finance, data, and innovation. This will provide Chief Officers with the dedicated support they require to progress important national policing business, whilst releasing capacity to focus on crime reduction and other priorities. 

• An improved governance structure that enables NPCC policing leadership to respond to priorities at pace in a more coordinated and collaborative way. This will simplify and strengthen interactions with key stakeholders (e.g. Home Office, the College of Policing, the National Crime Agency, and APCC) and delegate authority to the right levels to drive progress, manage risks and opportunities, and empower the next generation of Chief Officers.  

• A capability influenced approach to create a sustainable basis for policing to respond in a more coordinated and integrated way to current and emerging threats and vulnerabilities. Aligned with any wider law enforcement capability strategy, this will make better collective use of the operational and enabling capabilities at its disposal to meet the need for crime reduction at a local, regional and national level. It will harvest efficiency by removing duplication and influence the ability of law enforcement to exploit cross –cutting economies of scale. 

3. It will further provide a full-time National Policing Lead for Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). The role will act as the point of contact for every police force. Furthermore, a VAWG performance framework will be developed to support the monitoring of policing performance and will help drive forward an improved policing approach to these crimes.  

4. The grant will also provide £1,000,000 for the policing productivity review. 

3. Financial Comments  

1. The acceptance of the £4,420,000 grant funding for 2023-24 is designed to support the development and delivery of the NPCC operational model, Violence Against Women and Girls leadership and the policing productivity review 

2. These funds will be managed by Tracy Holyer, Head of Organisational Development and Change, NPCC Strategic Hub, DCC Maggie Blyth, National Policing lead for VAWG, and Alan Pughsley, Policing Productivity Review Lead. This will be overseen by Gavin Stephens, Chair of NPCC. Additional reporting and assurance processes are outlined in the Grant Agreement to address oversight and transparency. 

3. The grant will fund all the expected costs of the Reform Programme and if there is any overspend the NPCC will meet the cost from within its own resources.  

4. Legal Comments  

1. This grant will be paid to the MOPAC, as the host organisation for the NPCC, in exercise of the power conferred upon the Secretary of State for the Home Department under Section 57 of the Police Act 1996. 

2. Under paragraph 4.8 of the MOPAC Scheme of Consent and Delegation the DMPC has delegated authority to approve “Bids for grant funding made and all offers made of grant funding; and/or where appropriate a strategy for grant giving”. 

3. The Grant Agreement will be published under the Elected Policing Bodies (Specified Information) Order 2011 

5. GDPR and Data Privacy  

1. The receipt of HO funding does not involve the use of personally identifiable data of members of the public, so there are no GDPR issues to be considered. 

6. Equality Comments  

1. No issues have been identified relating to equality or diversity. Metropolitan Police Service and their processes are followed in relation to recruitment and promotion of NPCC staff. 

7. Background/supporting papers 

1. NPCC Report