MOPAC decisions

• Date signed: Monday 9 December 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1746

In order to support the delivery of the Mayor’s Police and Crime Plan and Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy 2022-25, MOPAC commissions a range of services for Londoners. Work is on-going to improve the collection of data from these services, so that MOPAC can make better-informed decisions and have a better understanding of intersectionality and disproportionality across service users. The next step in this work is to scope the requirements and solutions for a Data Management System.
In addition, as outlined in the Mayor’s Tackling VAWG Strategy, the prevention of VAWG before it occurs is a key priority to its long-term eradication. He committed to developing a long-term prevention plan for ending VAWG in London. The first step was to develop and agree a set of principles for VAWG prevention which was delivered in mid-2024. The next phase of work is the development of a short-term delivery plan that will then support the long-term Prevention Plan.
MOPAC is seeking additional resource and capability, with the right technical skills, to deliver these priorities at pace. In August 2023, MOPAC procured consultancy services from Ernst &Young (EY) and the contract was designed to have opportunities for variations to meet with demands. Previous variations were made under Contract Variation Letters (reference: MOPAC 937-01, MOPAC 937-02 and MOPAC 937-03) and committed through decisions papers CEOD 24-2023 and PCD 1587.
This decision seeks approval to vary the consultancy services contract with EY to add additional work packages to the contract, to be delivered by April 2025. The total value of this variation is £204,200 (broken down by £84,200 for VAWG Prevention Delivery and up to £120,000 for DMS business case), bringing the total contract value to £802,865.

• Date signed: Tuesday 26 November 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1716

This paper seeks approval for an existing contract uplift in value, and for the re-procurement of that and two other contracts which support the MPS Property Service Directorate in providing buildings and accommodation for operational and other policing functions.

• Date signed: Tuesday 26 November 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1750

This paper seeks approval to initiate procurement and award a contract for the supply of facilities management services at the newly completed Live Fire Skills House (LFSH) at the MPS Specialist Training Centre at Gravesend. The estimated contract value is £1,574,000 over a three year term.

• Date signed: Tuesday 26 November 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1737

This paper seeks approval to accept Home Office grant funding of £4,317,000 for 2024/25 to support the delivery of the NPCC Serious and Organised Crime portfolio objectives. There is no financial exposure to MOPAC.

• Date signed: Tuesday 15 October 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1741

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: Tuesday 26 November 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1747

This paper seeks approval for the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), on behalf of the NPCC, to receive upto £4,981,108 of grant funding for 2024/25 provided by the Home Office to continue the NPCC Reform programme.

• Date signed: Friday 18 October 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1700

Operation Northleigh is the MPS investigation into the Grenfell Tower Fire tragedy. This paper seeks the approval to award a contract for a new e-Discovery system to enable the efficient and effective management of the estimated 152 million items of digital material being considered. The estimated cost of implementing and running the new system is estimated at £12,431,000 which will be funded from a combination of Home Office special grant and existing MPS budgets. Specifically this decision seeks approval to award the contract for a new e-Discovery system at a cost of upto £8,768,697.

• Date signed: Thursday 5 December 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1759

Since April 2022, the London Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) have received funding from the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) for the delivery of the Your Choice programme. Your Choice provides high intensity CBT-informed interventions to young people who have been assessed as medium to high risk of contextual harms within a Local Authority context.
Since August 2023, Your Choice has been evaluated as part of a randomised control trial (RCT). An RCT is a gold-standard evaluation that assesses the effects of an intervention by randomly assigning participants to distinct groups (‘control’ or ‘treatment’ groups). The RCT will enable the VRU to strengthen our understanding of the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions for children and young people at risk of harm. 31 local authorities are participating in this final phase of the programme with the aim of supporting 1200-1500 children and young people across London.
This decision seeks permission to vary a grant agreement held with London Councils for the ongoing programme management, clinical oversight, and quality assurance of the Your Choice programme until the end of the study. The variation will also enable London Councils to deliver training to ‘control’ practitioners following the conclusion of the study.
The cost of the variation is £79,066. The variation is part funded by the Youth Endowment Fund (£39,066) and part funding via VRU core budget (£40,000).

• Date signed: Thursday 21 November 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1765

The DMPC agree a request to settle claims 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: Tuesday 15 October 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1740

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (DMPC) is asked to consider an application for a Cap increase to financial assistance of the sum of £46,231.00 (exclusive of VAT) made by the Applicant for legal representation at a public inquiry. The sum of £46,231.00 (exclusive of VAT) is an increase to cap of £38,450.00 (+VAT) approved in 2022.

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime has the discretion to authorise financial assistance for police officers and staff where it would be conducive to the maintenance of an efficient and effective police force.

• Date signed: Friday 4 October 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1739

This paper seeks approval to initiate procurement of circa 500 alarm modules and associated connectivity services to replace the current BT Redcare modules and associated analogue phone lines.

• Date signed: Tuesday 26 November 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1749

This paper seeks approval for the insurance strategy for the period from 2025-2030 and its subsequent procurements. It sets out the rationale for requirements for insurance and those risks which the MPS seeks insurance for to mitigate losses.

• Date signed: Wednesday 21 August 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1682

This paper seeks approval to accept Home Office (HO) grant funding of up to £2,755,000 for an additional 12 months, to continue to fund SMH with the aim of reducing serious youth violence and exploitation.

• Date signed: Tuesday 13 August 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1701

This paper seeks the establishment of an automation capability within the MPS. Automation refers to ‘Robotics Process Automation’ technology that removes time-consuming manual processes from officers and staff across the MPS, enabling them to spend more time on more valuable work and decision-making.

A decision is requested in July 2024 to enable the MPS to set up the automation capability in time to support savings and efficiencies for 2025-26.

• Date signed: Friday 6 September 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1707

MOPAC manages and co funds the Youth to Adult Hub, a pilot project which aims to reduce reoffending and improve outcomes for young adults on probation in Newham.
This decision seeks approval to accept £38,000 in funding awarded by Barrow Cadbury Trust to enable the delivery of specialist staff training to multi-agency staff within the hub at a maximum cost of £15,000, and a user engagement service to ensure continued iteration of the model informed by user engagement at a cost of £23,000. Both of these services will be funded for six months from Barrow Cadbury Trust grant funding.  

• Date signed: Thursday 12 December 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1752

This paper seeks approval to award a grant for the provision of professional indemnity insurance for MPS Superintendent and Chief Superintendent ranks. The insurance is sourced via the Police Superintendents Association (PSA).

• Date signed: Thursday 12 December 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1755

This paper seeks approval for a direct award to the College of Policing to provide services of the legal knowledge exam for Sergeant and Inspector ranks under the National Police Promotions Framework (NPPF) under regulation 32 PCR 2015 for 5 years.

• Date signed: Thursday 29 August 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1127

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: Tuesday 30 July 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1665

Decision 1653 accepted £480,000 of funding from NHS England to expand delivery of the Stalking Support Service in 2024/25 and 2025/26, by primarily uplifting the Stalking Advocacy support to Victims. This Decision seeks to amend PCD1653 by confirming a new Grant Agreement be awarded to Suzy Lamplugh Trusts (SLT) in place of a variation to an existing grant agreement.

• Date signed: Monday 24 June 2024
• Reference code: PCD 1448

Former PC (‘FPC’) Mahmood was convicted of an offence committed in connection with his service as a member of the Metropolitan Police Service (“MPS”). The Home Office has granted a certificate of forfeiture on the basis that the conviction was liable to lead to serious loss of confidence in the public service. The next stage is for the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (‘DMPC’) to determine whether FPC Mahmood’s pension should be forfeited in whole or in part, permanently or temporarily, or at all.