Selection Processes For The Commissioner

Report: 7
Date: 10 September 2004
By: Clerk

Summary

This report updates members on the selection process for Commissioner.

A. Recommendations

That the report be noted.

B. Supporting information

Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

1. This is the first appointment under Section 315 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999. For the first time, the selection arrangements involve the MPA and Mayor of London.

2. A joint MPA/Home Office advertisement for the post was placed on 30 July 2004. The following are the other key dates for this selection exercise:

• · Closing Date - 20 August 2004
• · Short listing -1 September 2004
• · Short listing interviews by a joint Home Office and MPA panel - 23 September
• · Interview by MPA member panel - 6 October 2004

3. The MPA will make written recommendations to the Home Secretary following the interviews on 6 October 2004.

4. The Mayor will consider the short listed candidates and make separate written representations.

5. The Home Secretary will consider the MPA recommendations and take any representations into account, along with any interviews or meetings he may wish to conduct himself, before deciding whom to recommend to the Queen for appointment.

6. The membership of the interviewing panel for the new commissioner is currently under discussion and members will receive an oral update at the meeting

C. Race and equality impact

There is no race or equality impact at this stage. Throughout the selection exercise the Authority is conscious of the need to ensure its processes and actions are transparent and fair. The panel members will be chosen to be as representative as possible and no member of the Authority will be eligible to take part in the selection process unless they have undertaken the training for ACPO selection, which encompasses diversity good practice.

D. Financial implications

The Home Office is meeting the direct costs of the selection process for the Commissioner.

E. Background papers

None

F. Contact details

Report author: Pamela Standley, HR,  MPA

For more information contact:

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

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