MOPAC decisions

• Date signed: 22/11/23
• Reference code: PCD 1546

This paper seeks MOPAC approval for continuation of existing support and governance arrangements for MetBOF with the incumbent providers (i15 and Mason Advisory) and adding in further infrastructure support with Capgemini until such time as it is decommissioned (anticipated to be August 2024). In addition it seeks financial approval for expansion of the current storage provision to provide capacity for the remaining period of MetBOF operation.
This ensures that the knowledge and support regime already in place is maintained and enhanced, reducing several current key support risks.

• Date signed: 30/11/23
• Reference code: PCD 1549

This paper seeks approval for the investment in and procurement of consultancy support for the Firearms Culture Programme. The services sought relate to project initiation, scoping and option development. The procurement will be via a call off from the existing Bloom consultancy contract. The cost of upto £800,000 will be funded from New Met for London funding.

• Date signed: 09/11/23
• Reference code: PCD 1551

This paper seeks approval to the revised rent for Jubilee House, 230-232 Putney Bridge Road, Putney, London, SW15 2PD following the 5-yearly rent review. The cost will be met from within the existing budget.

• Date signed: 09/11/23
• Reference code: PCD 1552

This paper seeks approval to renew the lease at Greenwich Patrol Base for a period of up to fifteen years. The lease expired in June 2022.The site is required to meet operational needs and the New Met for London plan. The costs of the proposed lease renewal will be met from within existing MPS resources.

• Date signed: 22/11/23
• Reference code: PCD 1555

This paper seeks approval to initiate a project to replace to replace the current tablets with laptops with a capital spend of £15,158m in 23/24 and £1,149m in 24/25.

• Date signed: 17/11/23
• Reference code: PCD 1558

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (DMPC) is asked to approve the settlement of a civil claim against the MPS.

There is an open and exempt report as some of the information relates to data protection, is commercially sensitive and is legal professional privileged.

• Date signed: 12/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1565

The Metropolitan Police Service deliver drug testing in Police custody and procure drug testing equipment and laboratory services for contested orders, funded by MOPAC. This funding enables the identification and referral to treatment of drug using offenders, which plays an important role in reducing reoffending and improving health outcomes.
The Home Office have offered additional funding for this financial year, 2023/24, to continue the delivery of and expand drug testing on arrest. The Metropolitan Police Service proposes to continue their current programme of testing, and continue to expand the use of Inspector’s Authority to test for offences committed in the night-time economy, football-related offences, and violence against women and girls including domestic abuse offences. This decision requests the acceptance of £150,000 in grant funding, for delivery from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024.

• Date signed: 20/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1567

This paper seeks approval for the replacement of buildings at Denmark Hill due to the poor condition of the existing 1980’s pre-fabrication structures and the need to re-provide the facility to meet existing and increasing demand in operational policing. The costs of £3,000,000 will be met from within the existing approved capital programme.

• Date signed: 19/01/24
• Reference code: PCD 1568

This paper seeks approval for investment of £1,930,000 to refurbish Cobalt Square. This will enable the relocation of elements of the Directorate of Professional Standards to vacate Empress State Building, move initially to the third floor at Cobalt Square and then to have a permanent move to the ground floor at Cobalt Square. The cost will be met from the MPS Capital Plan.

• Date signed: 19/01/24
• Reference code: PCD 1569

This paper seeks approval for uplifts in the value of existing awarded contracts for the front of house, grounds maintenance and pest control services. The total contracts value uplift is £2,928,890. The reasons for the uplifts are inflation, and additional demand driven by the retention of more buildings than expected and the police officer uplift. The paper also seeks approval to initiate the re-procurement of these services at a total estimated contract value of £85,200,000 over upto 7 years.

• Date signed: 20/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1574

This paper seeks approval to accept Home Office funding in arrears of £79,100 for Tri- Service Training during 2022/23 and, acceptance of potential Home Office funding to continue the Tri-Service Training exercises for 24/25 and future years

• Date signed: 19/01/24
• Reference code: PCD 1578

This decision is to approve the continued funding by MOPAC of Regional Manager for Crimestoppers.  The current agreement, which ran for three years expires on 31st March 2024. 

• Date signed: 20/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1576

This paper seeks approval to novate the CARM Application Contract from NEC Software Solutions UK Ltd to Zetron Ltd.

• Date signed: 19/01/24
• Reference code: PCD 1581

This paper seeks approval to accept grant funding of £382,590 from the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to fund the continued operation of the Multi-Agency Response to Serious Organised Crime (MARSOC) Hub as well as up to £500,000 per year to fund the continued work of the dedicated team investigating Corruption within His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS).

• Date signed: 08/01/24
• Reference code: PCD 1582

The MOPAC/MPS budget was approved in March 2023, revisions to the MOPAC budget were subsequently approved in June reflecting the proposed use of carry forwards from the 2022/23 budget, changes in grant assumptions and a minor adjustment between the MOPAC and MPS budget. Net expenditure remains the same at £3,281.5m.
As at the end of Quarter Two MOPAC/MPS are forecasting an overspend of £39.7m of which £40.1m relates to MPS budgets offset by an underspend of £0.4m on the MOPAC budgets.
The Capital Expenditure Forecast for 2023/24 is £335.6m. This represents a forecast overspend of £49.0m against the revised budget of £286.6m. The budget has been revised to take account of a property transaction which is planned for future years. As in previous years, it is planned that the Quarter Two forecasts will become the revised capital budget for Quarter Three and year-end.
The forecast position on reserves is also set out in the report and shows that earmarked reserves are forecast to reduce from £448.7m at the end of 2022/23 to £211.1m by the end of 2023/24. The reduction in reserves is £17.4m more than anticipated when the budget was set due a number of reasons including, reprofiling of projects into future financial years requiring funds to be carried forward from both 2022/23 into 2023/24 and also 2023/24 into 2024/25, and changes in planned usage of reserves.

• Date signed: 19/01/24
• Reference code: PCD 1583

This decision sets out to advise that the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime notes the proposed changes to decision PCD 1436 where MOPAC was awarded funding from the Home Office under the DA perpetrator scheme to provide interventions for domestic abuse and stalking perpetrators across three projects: Drive, Culturally Integrated Family Approach and Prevent & Change to be delivered over two years (1st April 2023 – 31st March 2025), with all delivery partners providing match funding.
Within the decision a breakdown of expenditure by programme was listed and in regard to the Drive allocation it was agreed that £150,000 would be allocated to procuring an evaluator and £48,144 would be allocated to the University of Bristol.
Following a review it was evident that the monies for these elements would be best suited for MOPAC to fund SafeLives directly, to develop the evaluation (see OCGOB paper for rationale) and sub-grant to University of Bristol, as SafeLives have an existing grant agreement in place within University of Bristol, as the evaluation is being pulled together collaboratively by The Drive Partnership, University of Bristol, MOPAC, OPCC South Wales and OPCC West Mercia and work is already underway.
The £150,000 allocation/element was provisionally approved by PCGOB on 20 November and there is no change to the University of Bristol’s evaluation plan for the £48,144, but will raise as a note at the next PCGOB on 19 December for information, as per advice from HR, Private Office and Secretariat Directorate and Corporate Services Directorate
This decision (PCD 1583) is required to approve that MOPAC will award funding directly to SafeLives and not as stated below (extract from decision PCD 1436)

• Date signed: 19/01/24
• Reference code: PCD 1587

The Mayor’s Action Plan for Transparency, Accountability and Trust in Policing made a commitment to overhaul community scrutiny structures in London to ensure they are more transparent, accountable and representative.
Black Thrive were commissioned to undertake an extensive consultation exercise on the future for a more representative and effective framework of community-led scrutiny of policing.
The Black Thrive report makes a series of recommendations and MOPAC must now consider how best to take them forward.
This work will enable delivery of a Mayoral commitment and support the Met’s delivery of the Casey Review recommendations and priorities set out by the Commissioner in the New Met for London strategy.
This decision seeks approval to vary an existing contract for the provision of additional capabilities across a number of areas, including user-led service design; demand and capacity modelling and commissioning and target operating model (TOM) design and delivery, to develop costed options for the future target operating model for community scrutiny.  

• Date signed: 20/12/23

The DMPC agree a request to settle a claim 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: 19/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1588

Police Medical Appeals are provided via a contract provided by the Home Office. Under the Police Pension Regulations of 1987; 2006 and 2015 and the Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006, officers and ex-officers are entitled to appeal any medical decision of the Selected Medical Practitioner (SMP).  All appeals are managed and heard by Duradiamond Healthcare. The MPS is satisfied that there remains a corporate responsibility on the organisation to pick up the costs of the appeals based on the regulatory requirements. The MPS is also satisfied that the correct procurement activity has been conducted by the Home Office in order to appoint the preferred supplier.

• Date signed: 20/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1548

This paper seeks approval for funding a total of £3,852,000 to fund the recruitment of additional staff within the HR department to increase capacity and capability to support the delivery of NMfL programmes, fulfil specific NMfL commitments to fix the foundations of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), and deliver and transform current MPS services in line with NMfL ambitions. Actual expenditure will be allocated only within the available budget.