MOPAC decisions

• Date signed: Friday 4 August 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1508

The purpose of this document is to seek approval of interim funding for the Command and Control (C&C) programme up to 31st December 2023 while a Full Business Case (FBC) refresh is conducted and submitted through the governance process.

• Date signed: Wednesday 20 September 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1513

MOPAC has been awarded funding from the Home Office under the DA perpetrator scheme for a pan London service which delivers perpetrator interventions to high risk and serial perpetrators, both male and females aged 16 and over who commit domestic violence harm in their relationships (intimate or family). MOPAC has commissioned a provider to deliver the perpetrators interventions as part of the Drive Programme. The programme is coordinated by the Drive Partnership and the victim’s advocacy element is delivered by Victim Support, who will work alongside the new provider.
A tender process was undertaken, to award an 18-month contract to deliver the Drive London provision and offer a whole system approach, intensive case management interventions and a coordinated multi agency approach that challenge service users to change and works with partner agencies to disrupt abuse. The key objectives of the project are to reduce the:

number of serial perpetrators of domestic abuse

number of repeat and new victims

harm caused to victims and children
Following the award of the grant by the Home Office, MOPAC invited providers to bid. A full evaluation process was held and Rise Mutual were the successful bidder. This decision is required to approve the contract award value of up £1,013,030, with service delivery beginning on 01 Oct 2023.

• Date signed: Wednesday 25 October 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1514

Integrated Offender Management (IOM) is the national multi-agency partnership that manages the most persistent, repeat offenders. In 2021 a specific IOM framework for London was launched by MOPAC, MPS, London Probation and partners which, focuses partners on persistent offenders most likely to reoffend violently. In recognition of the importance of this work, Mayoral funding has been allocated to deliver IOM interventions as part of work to address serious violence.
This decision seeks approval to co-commission with London Probation two new services to support IOM work across London. These two new interventions, one for Neurodiversity support and one for community Mentoring, will support current activity to reduce the reoffending of this group. MOPAC will lead the procurement, which will involve accepting up to £300,000 from London Probation as well as committing £773,000 of MOPAC funding for spend between March 2024 and December 2025. This will be the second phase of co-commissioning for London IOM, with PCD 1291 previously agreeing the arrangements for the mental health and service user engagement service.
This decision also seeks approval for the procurement strategy and delegated authority for contract awards.

• Date signed: Friday 8 September 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1498

This paper seeks approval to tender via a mini completion through Bloom for Graduate resource support, for a period of 18 months. This contract aims to build on the talented resources already implemented, providing excellent value for money.

• Date signed: Friday 29 September 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1520

This Decision sets out a proposal to extend the Prison Violence Reduction Coordinator funding to HMPPS (London Prisons Group) to cover the period to the end of March 2025. The role provides strategic leadership to reduce violence within London Prisons and through the gate. The funding and rationale for this role was originally agreed in PCD 1197 ‘Funding for Prisons Violence Reduction Lead’.
HMPPS and MOPAC have collaborated to put in place a London Prisons Violence Reduction Strategy, which focuses on information sharing, custodial practices and commissioned services. In order to fully implement this, a coordinator is required with strong links within HMPPS and MOPAC.
This Decision requests £112,500 is granted to HMPPS to extend the post to March 2025.

• Date signed: Friday 29 September 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1510

As outlined in the Mayor’s refreshed Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy 2022 – 2025, specialist ‘by and for’ organisations in the VAWG sector, which support women and girls with different protected characteristics and from all marginalised groups, must be part of the effort to prevent VAWG through a public health approach. Since 2020, the Mayor has invested £6m in establishing his VAWG Grassroots Fund 1 and 2, aimed at supporting the resilience of these specialist organisations in London who focus on ending VAWG for those from marginalised groups.
Earlier this year the government, through the Home Office (HO), announced new funding for VAWG Support and Specialist Services for 2023-25. MOPAC supported the London Community Foundation (LCF), the Grassroots Funds’ managers, in their bid to the ‘By and For’ Services element of the funding. Should the bid be successful, CEOD 12/2023 authorised MOPAC to provide match funding of up to £57,000 in 2023/24 and 2024/25, to contribute to the learning and development programme for grantees. LCF’s bid was initially unsuccessful. However, in June 2023 the HO confirmed that the application had been reconsidered and was successful, following the withdrawal of some of the original applicants.
At the time CEO 12/2023 was approved, MOPAC’s intention was to issue a contract variation to LCF via the Grant Administration Services contract (PCD 1190 related). However, since this date MOPAC has launched the VAWG Cost of Living Fund and VAWG Grassroots 2 Fund, both of which are being managed by LCF, and the contract has therefore effectively reached its maximum value.
In order to honour the original match funding commitment made and ensure ‘By and For’ organisations in London benefit from this funding, this Decision is seeking approval to issue a Grant Award to LCF for up to £57,000 in 2023/24.

• Date signed: Thursday 9 November 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1521

This paper seeks approval for the investment of £3,682,000 over the next 5 years to implement a digital tool to support the implementation of the changes needed to address the change in out-of-court disposals (OOCD). The paper seeks approval for the direct award of a contract to a supplier for the provision of the software and support services. The costs will be funded from reserves.

• Date signed: Thursday 26 October 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1522

This paper seeks approval for changes to the existing Private Finance Initiative (PFI) arrangement at Gravesend to reflect the development and operation of the Live Fire and Skills House training facility. The costs are contained within the existing MPS budgets.

• Date signed: Thursday 7 December 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1531

This paper seeks additional funding of £3.2M for the RFR Project across 2023/24. The additional funds are required to enable full delivery of RFR – a new Cloud hosted solution that will allow the MPS to more effectively use its image libraries to identify persons of interest and thereby enable the more effective prioritisation of work when dealing with image and video material.

• Date signed: Monday 23 October 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1532

This paper seeks approval to accept £570,567 per year for an additional two years of Home Office grant funding to continue to support the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) sponsored County Line Social Media Intelligence Network (CLSMIN) in tackling county line offending and associated serious youth violence and exploitation from 2023/24 to 2024/25, as well as approval for an agreement in principle to accept future Home Office grant funding per year of up to £1,000,000 for two years from 2025/26 to 2026/27 to support CLSMIN including potential expansion of the project.

• Date signed: Wednesday 25 October 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1534

This paper seeks approval for the early termination of one of the contractors on the National Legal Services Framework (NLSF) (Lot 2 - Civil Litigation and Personal Injury) on basis of administration status.

• Date signed: Thursday 9 November 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1535

This paper seeks the approval to proceed with the procurement of an IT solution to deliver an end-to-end digital workflow for crime scene fingermarks. This includes the upload, transfer, analysis, search, comparison, verification, docket management, closure and deletion of fingerprint submissions to the Fingerprint Bureau.

• Date signed: Thursday 9 November 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1536

The pan-London Prison Violence Reduction Strategy, which was agreed with partners at the London Crime Reduction Board in July, seeks to reduce violence in prison and in the community following release by addressing the key factors and individuals linked to violence. The strategy targets three priority areas: Information Sharing; Custodial Considerations; and Commissioned Interventions.
Violence reduction interventions will be commissioned in three pilot prisons: HMP Feltham B, HMP Pentonville, and HMP Wandsworth. These prisons were identified as having some of the highest levels of violence across the country, and all are in a position to deliver new violence reduction interventions. Effectively tackling violence in prison can significantly reduce an individual’s propensity to commit violence after release, making communities safer and reducing the likelihood of serious further offending by prison-leavers.
This decision seeks approval to begin the procurement of violence reduction interventions in three phases.
Total funding of £2,175,000 is proposed to commission violence reduction interventions across the three pilot prison sites between March 2024 and March 2026. A further £75,000 will be used to fund the Prison Violence Reduction Co-ordinator from March 2025 to March 2026, with £300,000 being used to evaluate all aspects of the strategy.

• Date signed: Monday 9 October 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1527

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (DMPC) is asked to consider a request to settle a claim for disability discrimination.
The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime has the discretion to authorise financial settlement of claims where it would be conducive to the maintenance of an efficient and effective police force.

• Date signed: Thursday 12 October 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1517

Improving the service and support that victims receive is a key priority in London’s Police and Crime Plan (PCP) 2022-25. MOPAC is delivering on this commitment by continuously improving the support that victims receive and working to ensure victims receive a better criminal justice response and outcome. This decision seeks approval to commission pan-London services for victims of crime that will replace existing provisions, the contractual arrangements for which are due to expire on 30th September 2024. This is necessary to enable MOPAC to deliver on its commitments in the PCP and to discharge MOPAC’s devolved responsibility for arranging the provision of victim services in London.
This decision seeks approval to initiate the procurement processes to identify providers to deliver support services for victims of crime for a period of 42 months (3.5 years), with the option to extend for up to a further 24 months (2 years). The contracts will also include a mobilisation period of 3 to 6 months, meaning the initial contract term will be up to a maximum of 48 months (4 years).
The decision also seeks approval to award the contracts in line with the outcome of the procurement processes, subject to the Director of Commissioning and Partnerships receiving assurance that these have been conducted in line with national procurement rules and MOPAC’s Contract Regulations, and MOPAC Board confirming the commitment of the funding for the initial contract term. The decision requests a total funding amount up to £37,450,000 across financial years 2024/25 to 2027/28, for the initial contract period. Any extensions or budget uplift will require further DMPC approval.

• Date signed: Wednesday 25 October 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1539

The Violence Reduction Unit intends to make a grant extension award to Missing People to continue their successful and innovative online support service for young Londoners pan-London. The ‘Is This OK?’ (ITOK) service is aimed at children and young people in the 11-17 age group who have concerns about exploitation & would like to speak with someone using a digital safe space that is completely anonymous and confidential. The service includes a 24/7 chatbot, online information resources, and, for those wanting to disclose their concerns to someone confidentially and anonymously, access to a direct one-to-one chat delivered by a skilled and expert team at Missing People.
The service pilot was evaluated previously, and with the current 12-month VRU-funded project coming to an end, there is evidence supporting the need to continue the service from October 2023 until June 2024 to continue positively supporting young people in London.

• Date signed: Wednesday 11 October 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1529

This paper seeks approval for funding to provide post ‘go live’ support for the Right Care Right Project (RCRP) for 6 months to be fully funded by the MetCC Improvement Programme.

• Date signed: Monday 23 October 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1533

This paper seeks approval to accept HO funding of £750,000 for 2023/24 and, provisional £500,000 for 2024/25 to continue supporting the Addiction, Disruption, Diversion, Enforcement, and Recovery (ADDER) project which has now been extended to 2025.

• Date signed: Wednesday 22 November 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1542

We know that children and young people are safer in school. That is why tackling exclusions and driving up attendance is at the heart of the London Violence Reduction Unit’s (VRU) prevention work.
The London-wide Inclusion Charter is a partnership approach. It’s built on the voices of young people and informed by parents and carers, schools, education specialists and local authorities.
London’s Inclusion Charter will galvanise, promote, and invest in inclusive practices. It will tackle stark disproportionalities and seek to embed anti-racism across education. Children’s rights and the experience of teachers will be at its heart.
The VRU’s vision for safe and inclusive school’s places children’s rights at the centre, as one of the foundations, to achieving its aim to promote healthy relationships and inclusive practices to reduce exclusions and disengagement with education. That is why the VRU will be investing in a service that provides training, resources, tailored support, and an accreditation to schools, providing a framework to embed children’s rights strategically and practically into a school context.
UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting Schools Award is a well-evidenced approach that supports schools to embed children’s rights in all aspects of the life of the school, including the curriculum. As the only organisation to provide such services nationally, the VRU are seeking permission to directly award UNICEF UK a £1,400,000 contract to provide the Rights Respecting Schools Award free to all schools in London from 2024-2028.

• Date signed: Wednesday 25 October 2023
• Reference code: PCD 1543

This decision sets out to advise that the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime notes the tiered approach to funding allocation the VRU has in place relating. This relates to Decision paper PCD 1407 for the transitional funding provided by the London VRU to Local Authorities for the delivery of the Your Choice Programme.  
The overall funding envelop for the programme has not changed and the funding allocated to each borough remains the same as per their grant agreements.