London Community Safety Partnership

Report: 13
Date: 28 September 2006
By: Chief Executive and Clerk

Summary

The London Community Safety Partnership (LCSP) is the new regional crime reduction partnership built on the former London Crime Reduction Delivery Board. The Partnership comprises representation from local, regional and national agencies that have a key influence and contribution to make towards crime reduction and community safety work across London. It will foster more effective partnership working and co-ordination at the London-wide level, to improve regional support given to local partnerships and to consider London’s position and responses to relevant central government initiatives. The MPS chairs the Partnership, and the MPA is a member of the Partnership and its Executive.

The Authority is asked to note and endorse the proposed priority themes for 2006/7; and to appoint one MPA member and the Deputy Chief Executive as representatives on LCSP

A. Recommendation

That

1. the priority themes for 2006/7 be endorsed; and
2. appoint one MPA member and the Deputy Chief Executive as representatives on LCSP

B. Supporting information

1. The London Crime Reduction Delivery Board (LCDRB) evolved from the strategic board which had oversight of the implementation of the street crime initiative between 2002 and 2005.

2. At the start of 2006 it carried out a critical self-review, which embraced its role, purpose and value, membership, and method of operation. The outcome was a multi agency commitment to build a new, strengthened, regional partnership mechanism.

3. The reshaped London Community Safety Partnership (LCSP) has the potential to introduce a new dynamic in multi agency partnership working at a regional level in London, to sharpen the focus of regional joint working, to reduce duplication and overlap, and to improve relationships and working arrangements between the key partners.

4. The LCSP will deliver its intentions through a strategic framework that will, over time, develop into a Community Safety Plan for London.

5. The LCSP will adopt an intelligence-led approach in order to:

• Represent a collective view of London agencies and articulate this in discussions with central & local government and Londoners, as well as interpreting issues for delivery at neighbourhood level.
• Consider performance trends from a pan-London perspective, compare these with public confidence in crime reduction and agree joint actions for improvement. Reference will be made to PSA targets, Local Area Agreements, MPA and Mayoral plans and other strategies as appropriate.
• Recognise the needs of vulnerable groups and champion solutions to identified issues.
• Respond to the priorities identified by Londoners (those who visit, live and work in the capital) and react to these issues at a national and local level.
• Support CDRPs and other delivery agencies by sharing good practice and recognising barriers to effective delivery; cooperating to remove them.

6. The membership of LCSP includes representation from the MPS, MPA, local authorities (including the Association of London Government, the London Chief Executives Committee and community safety practitioners), GOL, the Mayor’s Office, London Probation, the London Criminal Justice Board, the London Youth Justice Board, the National (Drugs) Treatment Agency, London Fire and Emergency planning Authority, Transport for London, British Transport Police and the Strategic Health Authority.

7. There is an Executive made up of MPS, GLA, ALG, MPA, GOL and London CEOs, which will drive the work of the Partnership.

8. The LCSP will meet every two months.

9. The Deputy Commissioner will chair the Partnership, and the Assistant Commissioner TP chairs the Executive.

10. The MPA had two members sitting on the former LCRDB (Richard Barnes and Lord Tope), and an officer (Deputy Chief Executive) on the Partnership. The Partnership is encouraging all agencies to limit representation to two people.

11. The Partnership has approved a community safety work programme for 2006/7, reflecting priorities indicated in consultation exercises. The main themes are:

• Robbery.
• Youth crime and victimisation.
• Anti-social behaviour and the ‘respect agenda’, including the impact of Safer Neighbourhood Teams and the effectiveness of local partnership working at neighbourhood level on this problem.
• Implementation of the Home Office CDRP review across London.

12. To support the LCSP as an effective motor for multi agency working, a small secretariat has been established from seconded officers from the MPS, MPA and GOL. The GLA and ALG are also actively supporting the working groups for each of the priority themes.

C. Race and equality impact

The LCSB is committed to ensure that full consideration is given to the impact of disproportionality across all the priority themes for 2006/7 and to measures that may reduce disproportionality.

D. Financial implications

There are no additional expenditure requirements as a result of the formation of LCSP. The secondment of an MPA officer part time to the Secretariat represents a contribution in kind by the MPA of the order of £25,000 per annum.

E. Background papers

None

F. Contact details

Report author: David Riddle, MPA

For more information contact:

MPA general: 020 7202 0202
Media enquiries: 020 7202 0217/18

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