Minutes

Minutes of the inquorate Human Resources and Remuneration Sub-committee of the Metropolitan Police Authority held on 30 April 2009 at 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY.

Present

Members

• Faith Boardman (Chair)
• Reshard Auladin

MPA officers

• Catherine Crawford (Chief Executive)
• Chris Benson (Committee Services)

MPS officers

• Martin Tiplady (Director, Human Resources)
• Kevin Courtney (Head of Pay & Benefits)
• Paul Madge (Director, Human Resources Operations)
• Christine Mc Donagh (Acting Director of Leadership)

1. Apologies for absence

(Agenda item 1)

Apologies for absence were received from Cindy Butts, Jenny Jones and Deborah Regal.

2. Declarations of interest

(Agenda item 2)

Faith Boardman declared that she worked as a consultant for senior executives although she had no connection with Transforming Human Resources and the Leadership Development programmes.

3. Minutes of the meeting held on 19 March 2009

(Agenda item 3)

 The minutes of the meetings held on 19 March were agreed as a correct record.

4. Transforming HR (THR) status report

(Agenda item 4)

 Martin Tiplady, Director of Human Resources and Paul Madge Director, Human Resources Operations, introduced the report. The Sub-committee noted that the purpose of the Transforming HR (THR) Programme was to provide a more efficient HR service. It will realise total savings of £68.39m over the seven year life of the Programme for reinvestment in line with corporate priorities. Any delays to the implementation of the programme will result in £1m of lost benefits per month.

The Sub-committee was advised that the programme was 20% systemic change and 80% people change. It would go live in 27 weeks time. The programme was on target within estimated costs (+10%) and would not incur any penalties as all the key milestones had been met.

It was anticipated that there would be 40/50 redundancies however this number may reduce if staff leave before the go live date. The numbers of redundancies had been carefully managed by the use of fixed term contracts to fill vacancies and was broadly in line with the original estimates.

Although significantly different, a number of lessons were learnt from the C3i change programme, and the move to a new environment would not be under estimated. It was recognised that whilst the financial benefits or the programme were understood by the organisation, it was not the most popular of changes.

 The results of the system testing will be reported to the Strategic and Operational Policing Committee on completion.

Resolved to note the report.

5. Leadership development

(Agenda item 5)

Martin Tiplady Director, Human Resources and Christine Mc Donagh Assistant Director of Leadership introduced the report

The Sub-committee noted the development of the MPS Leadership Academy, including how it fits within the Policing London Business Plan 2009/12 and the four work streams that are building MPS leadership capability and capacity, namely:

1. Investing in, and setting the standard for, a culture of ‘Values Based Leadership’
2. Building leadership capability through the programmes of the MPS Leadership Academy
3. Building Capability through Operational Services from the MPS Leadership Academy
4. Building Capability through Hydra Operations from the MPS Leadership Academy

 Members were invited to attend and to take part in a Hydra exercise. A critical event simulation conducted by real teams over a3 day period, and to view the 10kv de-briefing tool in use.

 It was recognised that changing the culture of an organisation the size of MPS would not happen quickly, but would be achieved in the longer term by implementing a number of small incremental changes. The Sub-committee was aware of the finical pressures upon the MPS but agreed that it would be a false economy and detrimental to the reputation to the Service if the budget for the Leadership Academy was to be reduced.

6. Exclusion of press and public

(Agenda item 7)

A resolution was put to exclude the press and public from the meeting during remaining items on the agenda as they were likely to disclose exempt information as described in Schedule 12(a) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

Resolved - That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during discussion of the remaining items on the agenda.

8. Summary of items considered on part 2 of the agenda

1. Minutes of the meetings held on 19 March 2009.
   The minutes of the meeting held on 19 March were agreed as a correct record.
2. Pay and Reward
   Agreed to hold a workshop to agree a Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) approach to pay and reward
3. Association of Chief Police Officer (ACPO) Ranks – Pay on Temporary Promotion
   Agreed to regularise the level of remuneration for ACPO rank officers who are temporarily promoted
4. Senior National Co-Coordinator (Counter Terrorism) – Payment of Allowance
   Agreed the payment of an allowance.
5. Accommodation for Association of Chief Police Officer (ACPO) Ranks
   Agreed to revise the basis on which accommodation was provided for certain ACPO rank police officers.
6. Support Provided To Association of Chief Police Officer (ACPO) Ranks & Senior Police Staff
   Agreed to note the levels of support available for ACPO officers and senior police staff.
7. Contract of employment issue
   Agreed to recommendation

Send an e-mail linking to this page

Feedback