In the 2019 Spending Round, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced funding for an additional 20,000 police officers across England and Wales but it is unclear how many officers will be recruited for London and confirmation of this will not be received before January 2020.
The London Assembly Budget and Performance Committee will tomorrow review MOPAC’s Budget for 2020-21 with questions on police numbers, funding gaps and effectiveness of MOPAC spend.
The guests are:
• Sophie Linden, Deputy Mayor Policing and Crime
• Peter Lewis, Chief Finance Officer, MOPAC
• Robin Wilkinson OBE, Chief of Corporate Services, Metropolitan Police Service
• Ian Percival, Finance Director, Metropolitan Police Service
• David Gallie, Assistant Director of Finance, GLA
The meetings will take place on Wednesday, 18 December at 1:30pm in The Chamber, at City Hall (The Queen’s Walk, London SE1).
Media and members of the public are invited to attend
The meeting can also be viewed LIVE via webcast or on our YouTube channel.
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Notes to editors
- Read the agenda papers.
- Gareth Bacon AM, Chairman of the Budget and Performance Committee is available for interview.
- Find out more about the London Assembly Budget and Performance Committee.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
For media enquiries, please contact Aoife Nolan on 020 7983 4067. For out of hours media enquiries, call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the London Assembly duty press officer. Non-media enquiries should be directed to the Public Liaison Unit on 020 7983 4100.