Update Policing London Business Plan 2009/12

Report: 7
Date: 5 February 2009
By: Director of Resources on behalf of the Acting Commissioner

An update report will be circulated prior to the meeting detailing targets.

Summary

This report provides members with a revised draft of the Policing London Business Plan 2009-12, details areas to be updated for the next (final) draft, and outlines the timetable.

A. Recommendation

That members

1. note progress on the development of the draft Policing London Business Plan 2009-12
2. comment on the draft Policing London Business Plan 2009-12
3. comment on revised 2009/10 measures and targets, in particular the Critical Performance Area KPI’s, and note the variable target setting (VTS) timetable

B. Supporting information

Policing plan

1. The draft Policing London Business Plan 2009/12 is developed in six broad sections:

• Section 1 - is a short introduction and outline of the MPS’ Strategic Outcomes and Values
• Section 2 - outlines the MPA/MPS’ service environment, Government and Mayoral priorities, Public consultation and the MPS’ strategic and financial planning framework
• Section 3 - develops MPS corporate objectives and planned activity to deliver these, including key activities
• Section 4 - expands on the ‘Lead and Manage’ MPS corporate objective, and overviews the MPA/MPS budget
• Section 5 - outlines governance and business group responsibilities, including funding to support the planned activities and business group establishment
• Section 6 - develops Capital budgets.

The Appendices offer further detail around stakeholder priorities for policing, the MPS’ policing pledge, and performance measures and targets. The draft Policing London Business Plan 2009-12 is shown at Appendix 1.

2. The draft Policing London Business Plan 2009-12 has been amended from the submission considered by the Full Authority on 27 November 2008 and the Strategic and Operational Policing Committee on 8 January 2009 in the following ways:

• Corporate objectives have been re-ordered to highlight ‘Accessible Services’, the Policing Pledge and the Confidence and Satisfaction agenda
• The key activities for ‘Accessible Services’ have been re-written, and those for ‘Major events and Olympics’ amended
• Text throughout has been edited to sharpen the document and clarify meaning
• A draft Commissioner’s and Mayor’s foreword has been introduced
• Clarification has been provided regarding officer numbers and the impact of ILDLP (the Police Officer recruit training programme)
• Measures and targets have been amended in consultation with Corporate Objective and Business Group leads. A number remain unpopulated due to the variable target setting (VTS) process
• To meet statutory obligations, draft text has been introduced around:
  • HMIC and Audit and Inspections
  • Joint working and Collaboration
  • Protective Services
  • LAA measures selected by LSPs

Further work will be carried on in these areas in finalising the plan

3. Several significant areas of the draft Policing London Business Plan 2009-12 have not yet been amended. These will be revised for the final draft due to be considered by the Strategic and Operational Policing Committee on 5 March 2009:

• All Budget elements of the Plan will be updated to reflect the final decisions by the Mayor on the GLA Group budget
• Additional targets produced from the VTS process will be added.
• To meet statutory obligations:
  • Out-turn for APACS and (where possible) NI for 2008/09
  • LAA targets for 2009/10
• Organisational changes approved since the November budget submission

4. MPA and MPS officers are currently reviewing and mapping the Metforward framework against the draft Policing London Business Plan 2009-12. The outcome of this exercise will be reflected in the final plan submitted in March.

5. The iterative process of drafting and producing the final public version of the Policing London Plan will continue through February and March 2009. It will be published on 27 March 2009 on the Internet and Intranet. There are no plans to publish a hard copy (disabilities and reasonable requests excepted).

6. A 25 page summary version of the Policing London Business Plan 2009-12, and a four page executive brief, will be produced during February.

Corporate planning

7. Business Group Business Plans are being prepared for 2009/10 for all nine MPS Business Groups to a standard format, with a proposed monthly update of performance MMRs and financial MMRs during 2009/10.
Timetable

8. The key forthcoming meetings and dates in relation to the development of the Policing London Business Plan 2009-12 are:

• To February 2009 - London Assembly Budget and Performance Committee scrutiny of Mayor’s budget proposals
• 28 January – London Assembly to consider draft consolidated budget
• 29 January – MPA Full Authority consider interim draft Policing London Plan (late request)
• 5 February 2009 – MPA SOP consider interim draft Policing London Plan 2009-12
• 11 February – London Assembly final consideration of consolidated budget
• 18 February - MPS MB SMT consider final draft Policing London Plan 2009-12
• 26 February – MPA FA consider interim draft Policing London Plan 2009-12
• Before 28 February – GLA issue Capital Spending Plan
• 5 March 2009 – MPA SOP consider final draft of Policing London Plan 2009-12
• 26 March – MPA FA approve final draft of Policing London Plan 2009-12
• 27 March – Policing London Business Plan 2009-12 published
• Before 31 March – GLA Authorised Limits for Borrowing agreed.
• April – MPS TP VTS final targets (proposed)

Glossary of terms

APACS

Assessments of Policing and Community Safety

FA

Full Authority

GLA

Greater London Authority

HMIC

Her Majesty Inspectorate Constabulary

IPLDP

Initial Police Learning Development Programme

KPI

Key Performance Indicator

LAA

Local Area Agreements

MMR

Monthly Monitoring Report

MB

Management Board

NI

National Indicator

SMT

Senior Management Team

SOP

Strategic and Operational Policing Committee

VTS

Variable target Setting

C. Legal implications

Local Government & Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.

D. Race and equality impact

There are no equality or diversity implications arising directly from this proposal. Equality Impact Assessments are undertaken on the Corporate Planning process and on Corporate Objectives.

E. Financial implications

The budget envelope for the MPA will not be known until mid-February. The Policing Plan considered by MPS SMT and the MPA in March will reflect the budget limit agreed by the Mayor and actions required to deal with financial issues which have emerged since the budget submission was made in November 2008.

F. Background papers

• Draft Policing London Business Plan 2009-12
• 2009-12 Budget Submission

G. Contact details

Report author(s): Paul Clarke, Strategy and Improvement department, MPA

For more information contact:

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

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