Minutes

Minutes of the Co-ordination and Policing Committee held on 19 April 2004 at 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY.

Present

Members

• Toby Harris (Chair)
• Richard Barnes (Deputy Chair)
• Reshard Auladin
• Jennette Arnold
• Sir John Quinton
• Richard Sumray
• Graham Tope
• Rachel Whittaker
• Cecile Wright

MPA officers

• Catherine Crawford (Clerk)
• David Riddle (Deputy Clerk)
• Nick Baker (Head of Committee Services)

MPS officers

• Sir Ian Blair (Deputy Commissioner)
• Mike Shurety (Director, Pay and Benefits)

Also present: Anthony Arbour.

Part 1

85. Apologies for absence

(Agenda item 1)

Apologies for absence were received from Elizabeth Howlett, R David Muir (Deputy Chair) and Cindy Butts.

86. Declarations of interest

(Agenda item 2)

No interests were declared.

87. Minutes (Part 1)

(Agenda item 3)

Resolved – That the minutes (Part 1) of the meeting of the Co-ordination and Policing Committee held on 15 March 2004 be confirmed and signed as a correct record.

88. MPS secondments policy for police officers and police staff

(Agenda item 4)

The Committee received a report that outlined a proposed new procedure to enable the Metropolitan Police Authority to meet its obligation under Section 97 of the Police Act 1996, for the approval for staff to be seconded to duties overseas.

Members highlighted the need for there to be a clear policy for secondments and in producing such a policy members highlighted a number issues that would need to be taken account of. These included financial implications; public relations/perceptions of secondments; terms and conditions issues; open and transparent selection procedures; and diversity issues.

It was agreed that these issues should be considered and developed by the Human Resources Committee. It was noted that the final policy should be approved by this Committee and that subsequent future secondment requests either approved by Co-ordination and Policing Committee or by the Clerk’s urgency powers as given in standing orders (or any subsequent provision).

It was also noted that NCS/NCIS secondments could be reviewed on an annual basis.

Resolved – That

1. members note the proposed secondment policy; and
2. the Human Resources Committee consider the comments made by members, and a final policy, including a description of the MPA decision process, be submitted to the Co-ordination and Policing Committee for approval.

89. Conference attendance

(Agenda item 5)

The Committee were asked to consider members attendance at three conferences: the third annual assembly of the Standards Board; the APA/ACPO conference; and the seventh biennial conference on ‘international perspectives on crime, justice and public order.’

Resolved - That

1. approval be given to Ms Stephanie Caplan attendance at the third Annual Assembly of the Standards Committees and to attendance by the second Independent Member if he wished to go;
2. approval be given to five members attendance at the APA\ACPO Conference, and that the Clerk be authorised, in consultation with the Chair, to agree which members should attend and for how long; and
3. a member be invited to attend the Seventh Biennial Conference on International Perspectives on Crime, Justice and Public Order and that the Clerk be authorised, in consultation with the Chair, to agree which member should attend.

90. Any urgent items

(Agenda item 6)

There were no urgent items.

Resolved –

91. Exclusion of press and public

(Agenda item 7)

Resolved – That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items as exempt information as described in paragraph 1 of Schedule 12(a) (1) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) is likely to be made known.

Part 2

Summary of exempt items

92. Minutes

(Agenda item 8)

The Committee considered the minutes (Part 2) of the meeting held on 15 March 2004.

93. Settlement case

(Agenda item 9)

The Committee considered a report that discussed a settlement case.

The meeting ended at 12.15 p.m.

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