Joint MPA/MPS annual report

Report: 8
Date: 29 June 2006
By: Chief Executive and Clerk

Summary

The MPA/MPS have a statutory duty to publish their joint annual report for 2005/06 by 30 June 2006.A copy of the draft annual report is circulated with this agenda for members, as a separate document. Additional copies are available form the MPA Secretariat on request or from the MPA website.

A. Recommendation

That the annual report be approved.

B. Supporting information

1. There is a statutory duty to publish an annual report and the MPA and MPS publish a joint report each year.

2. The annual report will be published on the MPA and MPS websites on 30 June. Printed versions will be available later and sent to libraries and stakeholders.

3. The annual report is a detailed and comprehensive document . A flavour of the achievements and challenges of 2005/2006 may be gleaned from the joint foreword by the Chair and the Commissioner, attached as to this report at Appendix 1.

C. Race and equality impact

Equality and diversity issues are addressed in the annual report.

D. Financial implications

There are no financial implications for the MPA.

E. Background papers

None

F. Contact details

Report author: Philip Powell, MPA

For more information contact:

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

Appendix 1

The past year has been a momentous one for both the Metropolitan Police Authority and the Metropolitan Police Service. The Met’s performance has continued to improve despite the challenges posed by the changing nature of criminality in London. The total number of crimes reported in London dropped by over 3% and is now at a five year low. Other performance achievements over the past year include:

• The reduction of road casualties by 12% over the 2005 calendar year;
• Detection rate for homicide stands at over 90%; and
• Our sanction detection rate across all crime has increased to 18%.

Without doubt the single biggest event over the past year for our organisations were the terrorist attacks in July of last year. The attacks represented unprecedented challenges on both our organisations. We are both extremely proud of the way that our staff responded to these events and their efforts and determination led to the award of the highest number of Commissioner’s commendations ever in a year.

However, the attacks did not stop us from undertaking business as usual. During the past twelve months the MPS – under the scrutiny of the MPA – has developed the Policing London Strategy that sets out seven priorities for the police service. The Met Modernisation Programme has also been created to implement the findings of the Service Review conducted last year.
One of the strands of the Met Modernisation Programme is the rollout of Safer Neighbourhoods teams to all 624 electoral wards by the end of April 2006 and bringing all of them up to their full complement by the end of the year. This is a significant shift of resources to what we know Londoners want – a locally based, familiar policing team for your neighbourhood. The teams will consult you about your priorities, engage with the public and work with you to solve the issues you identify as important. By using problem-solving approaches we will then develop long-term solutions and report our progress back to you so you can hold us to account.

Another strand of the Met Modernisation Programme is Citizen Focus – working with communities to deliver the kind of services and responses required by individual citizens. By November 2006, we will have implemented the Quality of Service Commitment. This will state the minimum expectations that you, as a member of the public, can have of the police service and we will strive to exceed these.

There was a positive shift last year in the satisfaction of Londoners who had contact with the police with 79% of people satisfied with the service received. A MORI poll conducted for the Greater London Authority reports that 82% of people have seen more police in their neighbourhood and 53% felt satisfied with local policing in London. However, whilst these show increases in the year ahead we will seek further improvements.

We are always happy to hear the views of Londoners to ensure that we are meeting your expectations. To contact us, you could get in contact with your local Safer Neighbourhoods team. Details can be found at your local police station or by looking at www.met.police.uk/saferneighbourhoods/.

Together, we will make London the safest major city in the world.

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