Chief Constable David Thompson West Midlands Police Chief Constables’ Council – 12/13 July 2017 NPCC Finance Coordination Committee Update
Big ticket items • Police Core Grant Formula. • Efficiencies Review 2017. • ROCU grant. • National Commercial Board. • Pensions. • 2017 pay settlement.
Autumn Budget • A recalibration not a full CSR. • An opportunity to restate policing’s case. • Process is unclear but there is a need for pace. • Joint NPCC and APCC submission. • Consultancy support and client side lead. • Gold and Silver group to oversee the work. • Early Ministerial Meeting. • Initial submission July.
What is the policing narrative. • Connected story: APCC/NPCC, NCA, NPCHQ. • Context: What has changed since 2015? The value of the police £ (economist outlook) The international comparison of police spending v UK. • Flat cash to real term. The limitations of flat cash. The use of reserve. Pressures and service resilience. Cliff edge items. What policing activity is being spent on ( Activity analysis)
What is the policing narrative. • Real terms means: Baseline point. Real terms defined.
The efficiency deal….. The first hard bit? • How do we project a service wide efficiency narrative and targets? – Vision 2025 and the programmes. – £350m back office and procurement. – Case studies of local. – Commitments to re-investment. • Coordination Committees need to start examination of where there are efficiency areas.
The investment ……….. potential for tensions. • Investment requests need to afford government choice set against a clear service offer. It may need to connect to efficiency. • Which areas are we asking for investment in? – Local? Firearms? Cyber? Counter terrorism? • How are we creating a choice?
Recommendations. • A. To note the report. • B. Agree financial request of £160k apportioned on net budget. • C. Endorse the Gold and Silver Group Membership. • D. Endorse the current focus of the submission. • E. Endorse the decision to convene Coordination Committee Chairs and Chief Constables telecons. • F. Agree a delegation to the Finance Committee Chair to progress this work as detailed in this report.
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