MOPAC decisions

• Date signed: 26/06/23
• Date published: 27/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1465

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (DMPC) is recommended to approve the settlement of a claim for damages causing personal injury.
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: 01/06/23
• Date published: 27/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1451

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (DMPC) is asked to consider a request to settle claims.
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: 22/05/23
• Date published: 27/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1443

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (DMPC) is asked to approve the settlement three claims for damages against the MPS up to £81,000.
The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime has the discretion to authorise the settlement of civil claims where it would be conducive to the maintenance of an efficient and effective police force.

• Date signed: 06/07/23
• Date published: 27/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1441

The Mayor is determined to see that victims of crime in London are better supported as a result of the steps set out in his Police and Crime Plan 2022-25. He is clear that the police, justice agencies and other partner organisations must work together if service is to be improved for victims pursuing their case through the justice process and for those who choose not to report.
In March 2022 MOPAC were notified of ongoing Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) investigation where additional specialist support is required for the victims identified. MOPAC currently commission Galop to provide a range of support victims of crime, and PCD1167 approved additional funding to increase their capacity to support those affected.
In March 2023, MOPAC were notified of charges made in relation to the investigation and these are progressing through the criminal justice system. The need for specialist support for the victims identified will continue throughout and beyond this process, and it is anticipated that additional funding may be required to support any new victims that may be identified and/or impacted.
This decision seeks approval to award Galop up to £200,000 additional funding in 2023/24 for the provision of this support.

• Date signed: 25/04/23
• Date published: 27/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1434

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (DMPC) is asked to approve the settlement of a claim for damages 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: 16/06/23
• Date published: 27/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1415

This decision is to determine whether an application should be submitted to the Home Secretary for certificates of forfeiture in respect of the ex-officer’s pension. At this first stage of the process a decision must be made whether the offence(s) committed by the ex-officer was or were committed in connection with his or her service as a member of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

• Date signed: 29/09/23
• Date published: 27/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1392

In February 2023, the Mayor announced an £8.5m package of funding to tackle violence and support victims in London, and to further strengthen the work of the London Violence Reduction Unit. This announcement included £1.5m for an expansion of the IRIS programme to new London boroughs, meaning all London boroughs would have the opportunity to deliver the IRiS programme within their primary healthcare systems in recent years.
IRISi are a social enterprise established to improve the healthcare response to gender-based violence. Their flagship programme- ‘Identification and Referral to Improve Safety’ -provides primary care practitioners with training on the dynamics of domestic abuse, and co-location of domestic abuse ‘advocate educators’ within primary healthcare settings. This unique model means that survivors who are identified as requiring support by their GP, are provided with a direct referral route into specialist third sector support co-located within primary health settings.
This additional investment will further expand the IRIS programme, enabling a further 6 boroughs to adopt the model over a 26-month period;
Sutton- in partnership with Sutton’s Women’s Centre
Havering- in partnership with Aanchal
Merton - in partnership with Refuge
Wandsworth- in partnership with Refuge
Harrow - in partnership with Advance and Asian Women’s Resource Centre
Hillingdon- in partnership with Advance and Asian Women’s Resource Centre
This decision is seeking approval to vary the VRU grant agreement held with IRiSi to enable a further expansion of the programme. The cost of this variation is £1,500,000.

• Date signed: 02/03/23
• Date published: 27/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1397

This decision is to determine whether an application should be submitted to the Home Secretary for a certificate 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 committed by the former officer was committed in connection with his or her service as a member of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

• Date signed: 13/03/23
• Date published: 22/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1413

This decision seeks approval for the funding required to extend the Covert Policing Management Platform (CPMP) project to complete the delivery of the outstanding software required to support the centralised authorisation of covert activity and the management of assets involved, together with the necessary contract extension to support this.
Covert Policing Management Platform (CPMP) is a project delivering the Met Police Covert Authorities (MPCA) software application to centrally manage the authorisation processes and assets involved in covert activity to ensure compliance with current and future legislation. This corporate IT system will help maintain standards, evidence legality and improve trust in covert operations.
The purchase of this software solution was approved in April 2018 (PCD 364), but delays to the project now require additional funding and extensions to the contract to enable completion.

• Date signed: 13/02/23
• Date published: 22/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1386

This decision requests approval to award the next MPS Value Added Reseller (VAR) contract to Computacenter (UK) Ltd following a mini-competition process.
The VAR contract is an essential route to market in maintaining an efficient, effective and compliant route to market to source a wide variety of IT hardware and software requirements that do not fall within the scope of the MPS Pegasus contract. This is a recognised legally compliant route to market.
The contract duration is for an initial two years, with two optional one year extensions (this term is based on the current MPS VAR contract).
The blanket value for the VAR contract based on current spend is up to a maximum of £150,000,000.
This decision is not requesting financial approval - each purchase order raised against the VAR will require the relevant level of financial authority sign off.

 

• Date signed: 17/02/23
• Date published: 22/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1378

MOPAC commissions a large number of victim-survivor support services in London, including specialist and/or grassroots services supporting Black and minoritized groups in the capital. Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic continues, with the level of demand for support services increasing and the need to support victims-survivors more intensely and over longer periods growing.
Simultaneously, the cost of living has been increasing across the UK since early 2021. Our services are reporting an increased need for financial support for basic items such as food and travel, as well as rising costs of household bills and accommodation. There are also increasing reports of victims-survivors advising of financial-related barriers preventing them from being able to leave abusive relationships and/or households, resulting in them continuing to be at risk of harm.
This decision requests approval to establish a Cost of Living Grant Fund (the Fund) with a value of up to £1m, to ensure victims-survivors can gain access to the financial assistance they and their families need to seek safety.
This decision also requests approval to issue a contract variation to the London Community Foundation (LCF) via the Grant Administration Services contract (awarded under PCD 1196), for which the maximum fee payable is £62,500.

• Date signed: 23/02/23
• Date published: 22/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1373

MOPAC hosts the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and the National Police Coordination Centre (NPoCC) . They currently occupy a MPS site which is being vacated. This paper seeks approval for a 6-month extension of their current occupation, the take on of a new lease at a new location and the fit out costs of the new accommodation. All of the costs are to be funded by the NPCC and NPoCC with no liability to MOPAC.

• Date signed: 20/12/22
• Date published: 22/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1309

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, 2022/23, to expand drug testing on arrest. The Metropolitan Police Service propose to spend in the highest need areas, to increase testing 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 £60,000 in grant funding, for delivery from 1st December 2022 to 31st March 2023.

• Date signed: 28/02/23
• Date published: 22/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1367

This paper seeks approval to accept Home Office grant funding of upto £5,200,000 for 2022/23 in respect of the National Policing Chiefs Council (NPCC) Science, Technology, Analysis and, Research (STAR) function; to approve the granting of funds to successful STAR projects in police forces £2,517,581, and to approve the acceptance by MPS of STAR funding £514,818 for their successful STAR projects. There is no financial exposure to MOPAC.

• Date signed: 02/03/23
• Date published: 22/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1376

As stated in his Police and Crime Plan for London 2022-25, the Mayor is committed to improving the support provided to all victims of crime. This includes those bereaved and seriously injured victims of road traffic collisions in London.
MOPAC and Transport for London (TfL) are working together to develop and commission specialist support services for victims of road traffic collisions in London. TfL will directly commission this 12-month pilot project, the value of which is up to £250,000, and MOPAC have offered to contribute funding towards it.
This Decision seeks approval to transfer a one-off contribution of up to £100,000 to TfL. It also seeks approval to enter into a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with TfL, to ensure MOPAC is involved in the management and continued development of the project, as well as supporting achieving successful outcomes and monitoring progress against the Mayor’s PCP priorities.

• Date signed: 17/02/23
• Date published: 22/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1366

Since Spring 2022, the VRU has been undertaking scoping work, working with stakeholders including consulting young people to understand the current needs and updated picture of young people in the criminal justice system with hidden unaddressed Special Educational Needs. The VRU has devised a Primary schools’ flagship programme called ‘Education Matters’ which encompasses 2 strands of activity: Talk Matters, and Difference Matters. The total amount of funding allocated to this programme is £4 million across 23/24, 24/25, and 25/26 FYs. This funding decision is looking to:
Award direct funding for the Primary Programme ‘Talk Matters’ to up to 7 potential boroughs identified across London where the need is greatest in terms of Key Stage 1/2 data and where there is also a correlation with poor outcomes for young people (at the end of Key Stage 4) when they leave statutory education. This direct funding will support the work of the VRU’s Primary schools’ Talk Matters programme, which will specifically look at addressing the correlation between children and young people in the criminal justice system and those that have significant speech and language communication difficulties as well as social, emotional, and mental health needs. This includes 7 direct awards within the 23/24 and 24/25 financial years and uplift in financial year 25/26 as the programme rolls off enabling local authorities to take the helm and address local needs for their local children and families. This allocation has been approved to begin in Financial Year 22/23 in PCD1149, however the work will now begin from financial year 23/24.
Procure the Primary Schools’ ‘Difference Matters’ Programme to be delivered in the same identified 7 boroughs as Talk Matters, across Financial Years 24/25 and 25/26, allowing for the delivery to be phased, with 23/24 to be used to fully scope the programmes approach. Difference Matters will enable school leaders to be aware and equipped to work with children and young people with neurodiversity. Data informs us that there is a correlation of young people with ADHD and/or other neurodiverse needs being disproportionately affected by school exclusions, and the number of those within PRUs (Pupil Referral Units) and in the CJS.
The allocation of the remaining £200,000 (PCD 1149) to be spent on procuring a holistic multi-year evaluation of both strands ‘Talk Matters’ and ‘Difference Matters’.
Both strands of Education Matters align with many of the VRU’s objectives in relation to the Outcomes Focused Performance Framework. This includes but is not limited to improving wellbeing, increasing engagement and achievement in education, supporting stronger families, improving understanding of different needs, improving inclusive practice, and giving young people every chance to succeed.

• Date signed: 22/05/23
• Date published: 22/12/23

This paper seek approval to initiate procurement for the supply of creative advertising services. The service covers a range of creative design services such as print, radio, TV and online content to support recruitment, and strategic crime prevention and internal campaigns The proposed contract is for an initial term of 2 years with two 1-year optional extensions. The estimated 4-year contract value is £8,000,000. The proposed contract is a call-off contract, which does not commit the MPS to expenditure with the supplier in any particular year, and costs will be met from within existing or to be approved MPS budgets.

• Date signed: 07/02/23
• Date published: 21/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1372

This paper seeks approval for a collaboration agreement between the MPS and the NCA in order to support the continued provision of MPS services to the to-be merged international crime fighting function. There are no financial implications.

• Date signed: 02/03/23
• Date published: 21/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1393

This decision seeks approval to replace the MPS non-emergency desktop phone system, principally with Microsoft Teams based telephony and leveraging its already commissioned Mission Critical Voice Platform (MCVP) in areas where a physical phone or call-centre capability is required.
Outside of its 999/101 systems the MPS also has legacy phone systems which provide personal, role, fixed and contact centre telephony. The MPS would like to consolidate its non-mobile telephony onto Microsoft Teams for general use and the new MCVP where physical phones or call-centre capability is required. This programme will decommission legacy non 999/101 phone systems providing improved capability by taking advantage of the investments already made in Microsoft Teams (for personal only) and MCVP (for role, fixed, contact centre and 999/101). The project will deliver:
Migration of all current business contact centres to MCVP
A Microsoft Teams extended capability, with inbound and outbound telephony services
Migration of all current business telephony (Cisco and Mitel) to future voice services (MCVP and Teams phone systems)
Removal of all legacy voice platforms
All voice services delivered from modern supported infrastructure.

• Date signed: 10/03/23
• Date published: 21/12/23
• Reference code: PCD 1409

The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC), with a view to furthering road safety, encourages Police Forces to provide National Driver Offender Retraining Schemes (NDORS) as a voluntary alternative to court and prosecution to offending motorists who would benefit from improving their driving skills and road awareness following police intervention.
The NPCC via UK Road Offender Education (UKREOd Ltd) have established a UK National Model Programme which the service provider must deliver and conform to at all times, ensuing that the Schemes operated on behalf of all Police Forces of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland conform to one common standard.
A number of forces, including the MPS currently utilise the Bedfordshire Police Framework for Driver Offender Retraining and this is due to expire in December 2023. This is currently delivered by one provider who have registered interest in the next procurement.
The Metropolitan Police Service will take the lead on retendering the Framework agreement on the behalf of the Police Forces of Derbyshire Constabulary, Northumbria Police, Surrey & Sussex Police, Thames Valley Police, City of London Police and Bedfordshire Police Cambridgeshire Constabulary and TfL.
The courses provided under the framework:
National Speed Awareness Course (classroom NSAC and digital iNSAC).
National Motorway Awareness Course (NMAC – classroom and digital iNMAC)
RiDE likely to be replaced by National Rider Risk Awareness Course (NRAC) in early 2023.
Safe and Considerate Driving (SCD)
What’s Driving Us? Course.
Safe and Considerate Cycling Course (SCCC)
Your Belt Your Life (YBYL)
The MPS seeks to award a single supplier framework, whereby all the forces named can create their own contract under the framework via the direct award of a call off contract, once the framework is live.
Because of the unique partnership arrangement for improving Driver Standards in London between the MPS and TfL it is essential that in order to maximise financial return this framework will require an opportunity for TfL to align contracts. An opportunity for TfL to call off this Framework will be made available should they wish to.