Best Value Review on consultation progress report

Report: 7
Date: 24 October 2000
By: Clerk and Commissioner

Summary

This report provides an update on the review. Members are asked to note the report.

A. Supporting information

Background

1. The Best Value Review of Consultation is being undertaken by a joint team from the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) and Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). The review has completed the analytical stage and the first draft best value review report has been completed. This report includes the findings, options and recommendations for the future of consultation for the authority and MPA in London.

Current status

2. The best value review report has been circulated to officers and the Project Board for initial comments and feedback.

3. Work has started on the draft consultation strategy, which draws on the findings from the review.

Future development of the Best Value Report and strategy

4. The project is on course as stipulated in the July meeting to produce the strategy at the next CDO meeting in November. During the interim period there will be continued challenge from the Independent Challenge Panel, with internal and external feedback from members and key partners on the review and its proposals.

Members involvement

5. Members are currently involved in the review in the following ways. The CDO chair and a nominated deputy are members of the project board. One CDO member chairs the Key Partners Group and a non CDO member chairs the Independent Challenge Panel.

6. A member’s workshop has been scheduled on 26 October 2000 (1.00-3.00pm), where members will be given an opportunity to discuss the findings, options and proposals. A further workshop is planned in November to discuss any resultant revisions, the emerging strategy, and high-level implementation and communication issues such as the launch and consultation with key partners on the strategy, and it is envisaged that the CDO Committee will make decisions on the strategy at the November Meeting.

B. Recommendation

That the report be noted.

C. Financial implications

There will be financial implications from the draft strategy to be discussed at the next meeting.

D. Review arrangements

Further monitoring of the project will be undertaken by future meetings of this committee.

E. Background papers

The following is a statutory list of background papers (under the Local Government Act 1972 S.100 D) which disclose facts or matters on which the report is based and which have been relied on to a material extent in preparing this report. They are available on request to either the contact officer listed above or to the Clerk to the Police Authority at the address indicated on the agenda.

F. Contact details

The authors of this report are Anne Wheeler, MPS Project Manager, and Sultan Taylor, MPA Consultation, Diversity and Outreach Team.

For information contact:

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

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