Headline Performance Report for 2011/12

Report: 6
Date: 16 June 2011
By: Deputy Commissioner on behalf of the Commissioner

Summary

This paper describes current performance in the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and in other corporate measures.

A. Recommendation

That Members note the performance in the indicators compared with their targets and the MPS’s activity underway to improve outcomes further.

B. Supporting information

1. This is the first report on MPS performance against the 2011/12 KPIs and their targets as set out in the MPA/MPS Policing London Business Plan 2011-14. The Plan sets targets not only for 2011/12 but also for the coming three years to encourage planning over the long term as well as the short term in the current difficult financial environment.

Report Structure

2. The number of KPIs has been reduced to nine from over 30 last year. This has been achieved partly by having two comprehensive KPIs on criminal offences - the violence portfolio and the property portfolio. This approach enables the MPS to form a view across a large number of linked offences where the motivation is similar. The portfolios only include crimes where there is a victim as opposed to state based crimes that are uncovered as a result of police action to enforce the law or prevent disorder - for example drug and public order offences.

3. The body of the report focuses on how the KPIs are performing against targets, the current trend and other relevant factors. There is one appendix (Appendix 1) which lists the KPIs, their targets and current and past performance.

4. The indicators are graded red, amber or green in Appendix 1 as follows:

• Red - performance off target and worse than at the same time last year
• Amber - performance off target but better than at the same time last year
• Green - performance is on or better than target.

5. All the non-KPI corporate measures featured in the 2010-13 Policing Plan are set out in Appendix 2.

6. Percentage figures are rounded to the nearest ‘whole’ number if over 20% i.e. 25% not 24.7% or 25.2%, unless a decimal place is necessary to support the point being made.

7. Because only one month has elapsed in the 2011/12 financial year the comparisons over time below are between the three months February to April 2011and the same three months in 2010. Three months gives a more robust view of trends than just one month, however it remains a fairly short time scale for ascertaining how likely a target for a year is to be achieved.

Current performance focus

Summary

8. The general trend in 2010/11 of decreasing violence but increasing property crime is continuing in 2011/12.

9. The main points are;

• There were four fewer homicides in the period February to April 2011 compared with the same months in 2010.
• There were more than 2,700 (7.5%) fewer violence offences including 1,005 (6.1%) fewer victims of violent assaults in the period compared to the same time last year.
• Reported domestic violence offences account for around a third of the violence portfolio and there have been 212 (2.2%) fewer of those offences. While victims of racist and religious crime in the portfolio decreased by 272 offences (17.2%) those of homophobic crime increased by 34 crimes (18.3%).
• There were 5% (7) fewer times when a gun was discharged in the property portfolio offences and 16 (9%) fewer times when a knife was used to injure.
• In the violence portfolio there were the same number of crimes when a gun was fired but 9% (74) more crimes when a knife was used to injure.
• Property crime went up slightly by 0.5% or 632 more offences. Some crime types including residential burglary and personal robbery and theft of a motor vehicle went up by between 7 and 11%. However others such as theft from shops, theft from an MV, business robbery, and criminal damage are between 5 and 22% below the level at this time last year.
• In 2010/11 the proportion of people thinking their local police are doing a good job rose by 4% points to 66%.

Violence Portfolio

10. This portfolio contains violence with injury (including homicide) and also common assault and harassment where the victim is pushed/shoved or verbally abused etc. but not physically injured. We have grouped these crime types together because they form an ascending ladder of seriousness between harassment and homicide.

11. The target for 2011/12 is for a 2% reduction in violence on 2010/11 with a 5% reduction by 2013/14. As there were 144,883 offences in 2010/11 that means the 2011/12 target is 142,000 and the 2013/14 target is 137,500 offences (target rounded to the nearest 500). These offences in the three month period to April 2011 are 7.5% (2,756) below the total for the three months to April 2010.

12. There have been 4 fewer victims of homicide in the three months to April 2011 when there were 33 compared to 37 in the same period last year.

13. Violence with injury offences is 6.1% lower than for the same period last year with 1,005 fewer assaults. It accounts for around 45% of the crime in the portfolio. Common assault, which accounts for about 30% of the portfolio, is 2.2% or 236 offences below last year. The other major component of the portfolio is harassment and it is 16% (1,337) below the same period last year.

14. Around a third of the violence portfolio crimes were against domestic violence victims. Those offences fell by 212 or 2.2% in the three month period. The number of violence portfolio offences with racist and religious hate crime victims fell by 17.2% / 272. However the violence offences where there were victims of homophobic crimes increased in the three month period by 34 or 18.3%. Racist and religious hate crime and homophobic crime account for just under 4% and 0.6% respectively of this portfolio.

15. Guns were discharged in 114 of these offences, the same number as last year. Offences in the portfolio where knives were used to injure increased by 74 or 9% above last year for the period.

16. Over the three month period 25 boroughs showed a decrease on the same period last year with 2 others about the same. Westminster, Camden and Islington had increases of between 11% and 6%. Westminster, Ealing and Lambeth had the most offences in the period. Westminster usually has a high number of offences because it covers the entertainment venues in the West End.

17. Centrally, the MPS has adopted a number of operations and initiatives to reduce the incidents of violence in London. Islington, for example, is taking a number of steps to deal with violence in the borough. The three key drivers being tackled are:

• Alcohol - there is the Alcohol Violence Strategy Group (with partners) that tackles problem premises, repeat victims and repeat offenders.
  • Licensees of premises where there have been problems are interviewed by a superintendent.
  • The Licensing Committee is briefed on the strategic impact of alcohol on violence.
  • There is now more in depth scrutiny of new licence applications
  • The borough deploys an Alcohol Task Force.
• Gangs - action includes oversight by a group of senior officers of action against the gangs in the particular part of the borough where gang criminality is a problem and Operation Townsend (a set of measures such as partnership working, enforcement, 'Parent call in', weapons sweep, Youth Engagement team home visits, dedicated investigators, warrants, and dispersal zones against gang activity.
• Repeat victims and perpetrators - a range of tactics are used including drug testing, referrals for drug treatment, Drug Treatment Orders at court and work with partners.

18. In the case of Westminster, one factor is the number of violent offences that followed the TUC march. Westminster continues to target the night time economy as a priority with the local authority and takes a very proactive approach to licensing to reduce alcohol fuelled violence. Repeat venues are visited and problem solving initiatives conducted. Vulnerable people, sometimes affected by alcohol, can be the victims of violence as well as sexual offences and 'hugger mugger' robberies and initiatives focus on these.

19. Camden has a long standing problem of violence stemming from gangs and young people partly due to the strong local night time economy. Operation Curve lead by the Partnership Superintendent has been introduced to focus on gangs, and serious youth violence in general. Additionally the enhanced Town Centre Teams will tackle not only property crime (see below) but also night time economy related violence. People who have suffered domestic violence will continue to receive an enhanced response with positive action and robust secondary investigation with support from partners.

20. Operation Connect is a centrally directed operation that is aimed at tackling young people involved with or at risk from becoming involved with gang activity. The other major operation is Blunt 2 which has been ongoing for several years. It concentrates on the response to violence and now its resources are tasked and deployed through the MPS’s five area commanders to whom the boroughs report, to give greater local control and flexibility to respond to changing intelligence.

21. The Blunt 2 devolvement to the Areas fits in with the extensive performance monitoring of boroughs - much of which is now also devolved to the area commanders. The monitoring includes a hierarchy of monthly and quarterly meetings leading up to a quarterly meeting chaired by the Assistant Commissioner for Territorial Policing. Dealing with violence is an integral component of that performance monitoring system.

22. Of particular concern are repeat offences because of the possibility that they will escalate and the potential for police action to solve the problem. Regular reports are produced on repeat victims, suspects and anti-social behaviour (ASB) callers so that boroughs can be fully aware of these problems and deal with them appropriately.

23. The sanction detection rate is 27.7% for the violence portfolio slightly below that for the period last year when it was 28.4%

24. The Anti-Violence Strategy 2011-14 has been refreshed for 2011-12. Activity is divided into five areas:

• Reassurance - MPS crime prevention campaigns (such as Blunt or Trident) will be coordinated by the Anti-Violence Board to ensure that those sections of society most at risk of offending or being victimised are effectively engaged.
• Intelligence - Better intelligence databases have been developed to ensure that the most dangerous offenders can be swiftly targeted. This also helps the MPS to prevent escalation of harm and offending. The intelligence is already being actioned and will become even more comprehensive in 2011-12.
• Prevention - Project Heart is up and running, targeting violence against women and girls. The various prevention and diversion schemes targeting young people are being coordinated to ensure maximum value for money and that effective schemes retain funding. This work is being undertaken in partnership with the GLA.
• Enforcement - Operations Connect and Blunt 2 have been mentioned above. Further pan-London initiatives are being explored and developed with a view to putting proposals to the MPS's Anti-Violence Board in early summer.
• Partnership -The London Anti-Violence Partnership has been created. Multi Agency Safeguarding Hubs (MASH) will be piloted in the MPS this year, to support to multi-agency interventions in transport hubs. 14 Boroughs are already involved.

The Number of Sanction Detections (SDs) For Rape

25. Because rape is very under-reported, monitoring the number of SDs is more meaningful in assessing the MPS’s performance in dealing with these traumatic offences than the percentage of sanction detections (SDs) of reported rapes. There were 616 SDs for rape in 2010/11 and the target is for a 4% increase in 2011/12 and 10% increase by 2013/14 on 2010/11. Therefore the numerical target for 2011/12 is 640 and 680 for 2013/14.

26. In the three months from February 2011 to April 2011 there were 153 SDs which was 10 more than in the same period in 2010 or a rise of 7%. There have been 51 more rapes in the period which equates to an increase of 6%. The SD rate consequently is almost unchanged at 17.5% for the three month period this year vs. 17.3% in 2010. Reported rapes went up by 16.7% (465) in 2010/11 which suggests that the rate of increase is slowing. That is consistent with the recent review of rapes which identified that the largest single reason for the increased numbers has been attributable to the improved services being delivered by the new Sapphire Command and their dedicated crime management unit. The prediction is for a continuing increase in reported rapes in 2011/12, but at a reduced rate than during 2010/11.

27. We continue to focus resources and operations on those areas that pose the greatest risk through ongoing partnership work with both the CPS, which has led to a new CPS rape charging centre being formed, and with the Havens through the Havens Strategic Board. A new contract is being developed with the NHS to focus Haven services on the changing victim and reporting profile and to ensure specialist services are accessible for children.

28. There is an ongoing review of rape and serious sexual offences. The outcome of the review will be to drive multi agency actions; address victim satisfaction levels, attrition rates, effective engagement and treatment of different victim groups, and changing patterns of victimisation or offending; and identify and progress related crime prevention initiatives. This will be reported to the MPA in due course.

The Change in Number of People Killed or Seriously Injured (KSIs) In Road Traffic Collisions

29. KSI data is produced in collaboration with Transport for London. Because they are concentrating on finalising the 2010 figures they have not been able to validate the figures for January and so there is no update on the situation in last month’s report to this committee.

30. There have been 16 more fatal road traffic collisions in the 3 month period (February to April) compared to the same period last year although there was only 1 more than the same period two years ago. Members asked for information on child fatalities in 2010/11. There were 15 that year compared to 6 the year before 10 in 2008/09, 15 in 2007/08 and 14 in 2006/07.

31. Over 65,000 traffic offenders were prosecuted during 2010/11, up 17% on 2009/10 data. These cases all relate to dangerous use of the roads by vehicle drivers and riders. A review of our specialised traffic gateway courts is currently being conducted and as part of this the MPS is looking to increase court spaces for camera cases. Standardised practices in the MPS and improved judiciary processes designed with the CPS and courts have resulted in a reduced attrition rate as cases appropriate for court action are being processed accordingly. As mentioned previously there was an 8% rise in disqualifications in 2010/11 over 2009/2010. During April 2011, 333 drivers were disqualified from driving as a result of an MPS prosecution which is on a par with the 332 in April 2010.

32. The number of outstanding traffic warrants reduced by 90% between 2005/06 when there were 3,653 and 2010/11 when there were 370. This was because the MPS worked closely with HM Court Service so that offenders are now sentenced in their absence when they fail to reply to summonses or appear at court. This practice has also resulted in a reduction in adjourned cases and an increase of serial and serious traffic offenders being disqualified from driving. During 2010/11 and In spite of a 17% increase in total cases between 2009/10 and 2010/11 (55,531 to 65,207) being laid before the court, there were 208 (15%) fewer relevant fail to appear warrants issued in 2010/11 than in 2009/10.

Property Portfolio

33. This portfolio contains most of the major types of property crime including robbery, motor vehicle crime, burglary, shoplifting and criminal damage. It does not include fraud and forgery because of the recording issues surrounding those offences nationally. The portfolio approach enables the MPS to look at property crime in a more holistic and victim and offender focussed way. It militates against over concentrating on some types of property crime but not devoting sufficient attention to others because they are not priorities.

34. The portfolio target for 2011/12 is for 1% fewer crimes than in 2010/11 and 3% less by 2013/14. Given the 531,927 offences in 2010/11, the numerical targets for 2011/12 and 2013/14 are 526,608 and 515,969 offences.

35. These offences in the three month period to April 2011 are 0.5% (632) above the total for the three months to April 2010. Behind that slight increase, the component offence types are showing different trends. Residential burglary, personal robbery, theft person and theft of a motor vehicle are between 7 and 11% up on the period last year. On the other hand, theft from shops, theft from a MV, business robbery, and criminal damage are between 5 and 22% below last year’s figures with a very slight decrease of -0.6% (51) in non-residential burglary.

36. Knives or guns were only involved in around 2% (2,659) of property portfolio crime. In only about 1 out of a 1,000 property crimes were guns fired or knives used to injure and there were 23 fewer of them than last year. All property gun crime was 40% or 195 offences down on last February to April 2010 but knife crime was 16% above the level at that time last year with 330 more offences.

37. Hate crime forms between 1 and 2% of property crime - a much lower proportion than for violent crime. DV, racist and religious hate crime and homophobic crime in the property portfolio are all showing decreases on 2010.

38. 13 boroughs had fewer property crimes than in the period a year ago. Haringey, Bexley and Harrow had decreases of between 14% and 16%. Tower Hamlets, Barking and Dagenham and Camden had increases of between 10% and 13%. Westminster, Camden and Lambeth had the most property offences in the period. Again the presence of shopping and entertainment areas particularly those in the night time economy are significant factors in the level of crime in these boroughs.

39. Barking & Dagenham are currently utilising a raft of measures to curb both acquisitive and knife related property crime. Among them:

• Operation Granbik is an operation that has been running for 3 weeks against knife crime, robbery and serious youth violence. It targets high visibility and plain clothes patrols in crime hotspots, complemented by activity from the local authority, trading standards and other partners. Other tactics are overt filming of groups of youths to dissuade them from engaging in ASB, targeted crime prevention advice, mobile phone registration, days of action on people wanted on warrant and action under several pieces of legislation to remove and disperse groups / individuals who may be involved in criminal/anti-social activities.
• The borough is also drawing on officers from Operation Verano, Operation Blunt 2 and from the North East Area Task Force to help with tackling serious youth violence, knife crime and acquisitive crime hotspots particularly burglary, robbery and motor vehicle.

40. At the forefront of Camden’s response is a radical change to the partnership structure where even within the current financial climate the borough has significantly enhanced the existing Town Centre Teams. As well as having an inspector to lead on property crime performance, there is a new crime reduction unit to specifically target property crime through proactive operations, long term problem solving activity and partnership work. The unit has already had success with the arrest of a prolific bike thief who was also wanted for burglary during a proactive operation.

41. Tower Hamlets has adopted a number of actions to tackle property crime and they include:

• The introduction recently of a burglary reporting car with a detective and a uniformed officer to do the initial investigation as soon as possible to maximise the forensic/evidential opportunities.
• A specific intelligence report that identifies opportunities to task resources to tackle/reduce property crime in conjunction with partners with outcomes monitored.
• Cases of repeat victims brought to the daily managers’ meeting to insure an appropriate unit is tasked to problem solve and reduce the opportunities for further offences.
• Improved recording of allegations and new investigation plans are in place to insure accurate recording of crime details to provide as much useful information as possible to catch offenders.
• The robust use of immigration legislation is used to remove burglary/robbery and knife offenders from UK where possible.
• A dedicated test purchase unit funded by the local authority is deployed within high crime/ASB locations to arrest/disrupt offenders committing property crime.

42. The five most acute robbery hotspots in the MPS are the subject of specific action plans which are based on the victim, offender, location and time analysis (VOLT) and the problem-solving model. Those boroughs (Haringey, Lewisham, Westminster, Lambeth and Southwark) are being monitored centrally,

43. Blunt 2 has increased its focus on robbery, and as with violence a strong performance regime is in place for property crime.

44. The property portfolio sanction detection rate has fallen from 11.7% at this time last year to 11.0% for the period this year.

Anti-social behaviour (ASB) incidents

45. An amended definition for ASB incidents is being introduced, and data under this definition is not expected to be available until September. Consequently 2011/12 will be a base line year for setting future targets.

46. Using the current ASB categories, there were just over 124,000 calls relating to anti-social behaviour [1] over the three months Feb to Apr 2011. It is difficult however to make a direct comparison with previous levels due to the introduction of a new method of classifying calls in the summer of 2010 - which has assisted in defining ASB.

47. ASB is however monitored through a weekly ASB Repeat Callers Report. It identifies members of the public who have made two or more calls to the MPS in the last six months about anti-social behaviour and gives details of the calls. Boroughs then use that report to take appropriate problem solving action where needed to reduce harm and risk.

48. The new national definition of ASB is due to be introduced in August 2011. This will mean a move away from the current list of ASB categories (see footnote below), and will group calls by three qualifiers - as either personal, nuisance, or environmental.

People who think the local police are doing a good job

49. Public confidence remains a priority for the MPS even though there is no Government target for it. 66% of Londoners thought their local police were doing a good job in 2010/11. That is a 4% point increase on the 62% result for 2009/10. The target for 2011/12 will be 67%. The result for quarter 4 (Jan - March 2011) (Q4) of 2010/11 was particularly encouraging with 70% approving of the local police - the figure for Q4 in 2009/10 was 64%. This may indicate that the attention the MPS devotes to public confidence is increasing public reassurance.

50. This KPI covers a different question from the one last year because it looks at just public confidence in the police. The indicator question last year was slightly different because it asked about views on the police and local authorities tackling crime together a potentially confusing mix. Moreover this year’s KPI is derived from the MPS’s own Public Attitude Survey (PAS) rather than the British Crime Survey (BCS) as we have used in the past. The PAS allows borough level performance to be assessed which is not possible with the BCS.

51. There is a wide variation in borough performance with the maximum being 86% and the lowest 43%. 27 boroughs achieved 60% or better. The top performing boroughs in order are Sutton, Merton and Brent with more challenged boroughs in ascending order being Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley.

52. In Bexley confidence has risen by 11% points from a low base. Bexley is reviewing partnership structures and processes to prioritise improving confidence. It is also visiting neighbouring boroughs such as Sutton to identify best practice.

53. Lewisham again has improved its performance (+6%) from a low base. During Q4 all four PAS questions (engagement, fair treatment, effectiveness and perceptions of ASB) that lie behind performance in the question on local police doing a good job improved with three above the MPS average. That improvement reflects the efforts that the borough has devoted to public confidence in the last 18 months including a new action plan, bespoke local surveys, monthly meetings where the topic is discussed with the boroughs’ supervisory staff and clear on-going senior management lead on the importance of bolstering public confidence.

54. Greenwich also is devoting a lot of effort to improving confidence in the local police.

• The borough is totally committed to dealing with the issues that the community say are important. An example of listening to those concerns is the continuing campaign against prostitution in a ward where this is an issue which has generated a large number of letters of support from the public.
• Community confidence & user satisfaction performance is discussed & actioned at every senior management team meeting and is fully supported by every portfolio lead.
• The quality of the newsletters, press releases, leaflets etc - has increased significantly in the last 12 months with Greenwich’s newsletters referred to as "best practice" internally in the MPS.
• Community confidence/press matters are a standing agenda item & tasking at the daily managers’ meeting.
• There is a joint police/council community confidence panel - where the previous survey results are discussed, previous press releases/actions are reviewed and joint priorities designed to improve partner & police confidence agreed.
• There is currently a review of the effectiveness of the Safer Neighbourhood Panels with the involvement of the community to improve their representation and identify best practice from within them.
• Other measures to drive up confidence are better public front office notice boards with "Welcome to the police station" in 10 different languages, bespoke and professionally printed victim packs, and meaningful police contact with every caller complaining about anti-social behaviour.

55. The following actions taken by Sutton lie behind its good performance:

• targeting activity onto locations of public concern identified through sophisticated public surveys followed up with a "You said......we did " local communication programme;
• prolific use of media to publicise policing successes and explanatory detailed media articles with 305 press releases and 368 press enquiries last year;
• highly successful police station open days with attendance of 1800 and 3500 in the last two years;
• speeding up the administration of justice so that victims see a quick result i.e. faster arrests, reduced investigation times and use of virtual courts;
• officers repeatedly briefed by the senior management to "surprise and delight the public whilst being robust and relentless with the criminals" and they do.

56. Merton‘s good performance in confidence is a reflection of the attention that the borough brings to this area with focus on the following:

• improving service to ensure increased confidence;
• bringing the service to the customer;
• better external communication of positive messages of police activity;
• emphasizing Merton police’s local focus at every opportunity;
• encouraging stop and talk - one to one engagement between staff and public;
• ensuring confidence is a key driver for problem solving activities;
• constantly reinforcing ‘confidence’ within performance monitoring;
• keeping politicians informed of the good work the police are doing.

57. Brent raised its performance from 38% last year to 81% this year with similar action which includes:

• visible justice and coordinated media initiatives: being proactive in our successes - publishing & leafleting information about local criminals who have been convicted;
• community meetings, surgeries, street briefings are held at least twice a month;
• follow-ups to warrant execution - informing neighbouring houses of police action and results;
• follow-up visits to ALL victims of crime;
• setting up Dispersal Zones (currently 5) across the Borough throughout the year, with increased visible policing activity to combat ASB;

58. The BCS also has a question on the police doing a good job locally. In the year to 31 December 2010, the MPS was 16th out of the 42 forces in England & Wales (E&W). It was second in E & W in the BCS question about “the police can be relied upon to be there when you need them” for the same period.

User Satisfaction & Satisfaction Of White & BME Users With The Overall Service

59. This indicator is unchanged from last year. The overall satisfaction rate for all users for 2010/11 was 78.6%. This year’s target is for a 1% point rise on last year and so the target satisfaction rate for 2011/12 will be 79.6%.

60. Although missing the 80% target for 2010/11, the 78.6% represents a small improvement on 2009/10 when it was 78.1%. Victims of burglaries and road collisions were much more satisfied (83.5% and 85.2%) than those of vehicle crime and violence (73.2% and 72.6%) but that is consistent with previous findings.

61. At borough level the range is much smaller than was the case with confidence. The best performing borough’s satisfaction rate was 84% and 74% was the lowest borough rate.

62. The satisfaction of white users with the overall service rose from 78.8% in 2009/10 to 80.1% in 2010/11 while that of BME users stayed more or less the same - 73.9% vs 73.8% over the same period. Differences of 5% points or more between BME and white users apply to the four crime categories covered (violence, burglary, racist and vehicle crime). However the satisfaction rates for road traffic victims are much closer at 84.7% for those who are BME and 85.8% for white users.

London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games - Olympic Safety & Security Programme

63. In this KPI 5 pan-Olympics programmes and 3 London centric venue programme plans are graded red, red/amber, amber, amber/green, green (RAG) in terms of achieving the outcomes set out for them in the Olympic Safety and Security Strategy and being in conformity with the Strategy. The KPI as a whole uses the same grades depending on the grades in the components. Amber/green for the KPI means the most common grade applied to the component programmes is amber and the second most common grade was green.

64. The target for the KPI is amber/green and performance is amber. Amber is acceptable because some parts of the programme are not scheduled to be green until closer to the date of the Games. Three of the pan-Olympic programmes are amber, and the other two are amber/green. The three London venue programmes are amber.

Deliver a Balanced Budget for 2011/12 as per the Policing Plan 2011/14

65. This is a new indicator for 2011-14 and reflects the need for the Service to make the best use of its resources in delivering an effective and efficient policing service and maintaining a balanced policing model within a reducing budget.

66. In line with our strategy our budget reductions have been focused on inanimate and support service spend.

67. Major change programmes are being implemented to facilitate the delivery of better services with less resource. In addition, controls are being put in place and monitoring reports are being revised to ensure overall expenditure and major change programmes are being managed within the available budget. The first monthly report on spend against budget, in the new format, will be for the period 1 April to 31 May 2011.

68. It is, however, clear that additional pressures are materialising this year for which no specific provision has been made in the approved budget. These pressures include increased public order and protection events and legislation changes to governance arrangements. Spend will be closely monitored to ensure appropriate action is taken to manage spend within budget.

69. Given the level of change being implemented and the pressures on the budget, the status of this KPI is currently judged to be amber.

Other organisational and community implications

Race and Equality Impact

1. The regular review of the statistics provided enables the MPS to highlight areas for diversity and equality consideration and address them accordingly.

Consideration of MET Forward

2. The KPIs and other corporate measures covered in this report reflect performance against the key outcomes of Met Forward: fighting crime and reducing criminality, increasing confidence in policing, and providing better value for money.

Financial Implications

3. The Service has during 2010/11 had to manage the Government’s ‘in year’ reduction in policing grant and the resulting cuts of £28m in general expenditure and £5m in counter terrorism funding, which was on top of the £124m reductions that were part of the 2010/11 budget.

4. The Policing London Business Plan 2011-14 was approved by the MPA Full Authority on 31 March 2011, with a balanced budget position for 2011/12. More work is required to close budget gaps of £92.8m in 2012/13 and £174.3m in 2013/14.

5. A report detailing the provisional revenue and capital outturn position for 2010/11 will be presented to the MPA Finance and Resources Committee on 23 June.

Legal Implications

6. There are no direct legal implications arising, as this is a performance monitoring report.

7. The MPA has a duty to secure the maintenance of an efficient and effective police force for its area and a duty to hold the chief officer of police of the force to account for the exercise of his functions and those persons under his direction and control, under s6 of the Police Act 1996.

8. The MPA also have a specific duty to monitor the MPS’s performance against the Policing Plan under s6ZA of the Police Act 1996, as inserted by paragraph 8, Schedule 2 of the Police & Justice Act 2006 and the Police Authorities (Particular Functions & Transitional Provisions) Order 2008.

9. The Strategic Operational Committee is the relevant committee to receive the report as its terms of reference set out it is responsible for considering and maintaining police performance against the Policing Plan targets and any performance indicators set locally or by external organisations.

Environmental Implications

10. This report contains no direct environmental implications. The MPS has included an indicator relating to the percentage change in total tonnes of CO2 emissions (from buildings, vehicles, operational air travel) which is reported annually within Appendix 2.

Risk Implications

11. Risks and opportunities identified in related to performance against the KPIs are reflected in the content of this report.

D. Background papers

None.

D. Contact details

Report author: Worth Houghton, MPS Strategy and Improvement Department

For information contact:

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

Acronym List

ASB

Anti-social behaviour

BCS

British Crime Survey

BME

Black and Minority Ethnic

CPS

Crown prosecution service

DV

Domestic Violence

KPIs

Key Performance Indicators

KSI

Killed or Seriously Injured

MPA

Metropolitan Police Authority

MPS

Metropolitan Police Service

MASH

Multi Agency Safeguarding Hubs

MV

Motor Vehicle

NCA

National Crime Agency

OPC

Olympic Policing Coordination team

PAS

Public Attitude Survey

SD

Sanction Detections

TfL

Transport for London>

TPHQ

Territorial Police Head Quarters

VWI

Violence With Injury

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