AGENDA ITEM 10 MPS-MOPAC JOINT AUDIT PANEL 11 July 2018 Met Business Plan Quarter 4 Progress Report Report by: The Director of Strategy and Governance Report Summary This is a standing item to the Panel. The Met published its first Business Plan in June 2017. This set out priorities, objectives and initiatives taking place in 2017-18. In support of this, we committed to publish quarterly updates which report on implementation. The fourth quarter report is attached (Appendix 1). It provides further context and monitors the implementation of the Met’s transformation agenda as well as the most salient policing activities, operations and improvements that have taken place in the most recent quarter of the financial year (in line with the Business Plan milestones). The paper is to be read in conjunction with MOPAC’s quarterly report which details London crime data, workforce numbers and financial expenditure. Recommendations The Audit Panel to note progress made on the implementation of the Met Business Plan. 1. Supporting Information 1.1. Together with MOPAC’s Quarterly report (attached as Appendix 2), this report is part of a wider exercise to bring together hitherto existing but separately reported information on a number of areas (Quarterly financial updates, Workforce data, London crime performance data) and complement it with new public-facing material which relates in a very direct way to the Met performance itself, namely the implementation of the OMM portfolio, new policing initiatives and improved processes, and how these changes benefit Londoners and help keep London safe for everyone. 1.2. The Met Business Plan includes milestones for each quarter, covering some of the most important areas of change taking place across the organisation (within Business Groups, HQ and in Transformation). 289 AGENDA ITEM 10 1.3. Five of the 37 Q4 milestones are delayed from their original target Business Plan date. Discussion took place at Performance Group and Oversight Board on some of the salient areas: shortfall in detective numbers, local improvement on Child Protection response, estate delays, and the current scoping of the Information Futures programme. 1.4. On DARA’s recommendation, the report also includes a review of earlier milestones which were not delivered at the time in Q2 and Q3 to ensure any issue retains visibility. Where implementation has slipped, the area will be picked up in the refreshed business plan which is expected to be published shortly, building on the Force Management Statement sent to HMICFRS in June. 2. Equality and Diversity Impact The report includes updates on the improvements the Met is implementing in areas such as safeguarding vulnerable people, hate crime, accessibility which aim to have a positive impact on groups with protected characteristics. 3. Financial Implications There are no financial implications from the monitoring and reporting itself. Quarterly financial information is included in the complementary MOPAC report. 4. Legal Implications There are no legal implications arising from this report. 5. Risk Implications Putting in place this quarterly reporting process ensures visibility of progress and accountability for senior Met leaders, MOPAC and the public on the initiatives and programmes set out in the business plan. In doing so, it enhances coordination between change and business-as-usual policing activity, anchors business planning and strategic priorities across the organisation and minimises the risks of the Business Planning process being detached from the operational activities it sets out. 6. Contact Details Report author: Pierre Coinde / [email protected] 7. Appendices and Background Papers Appendix 1 – Met Business Plan 2017-18, Quarter 4 update (January to March 2018). Appendix 2 – MOPAC Quarter 4 Performance Report 290 Metropolitan Police Service Met Business Plan 2017-18, Quarter 4 update (January to March 2018) 1- INTRODUCTION 2 Quarter 4 overview 2 2- OUR FOCUSED PRIORITIES 3 Keeping children and young people safe 3 Tackling violence against women and girls 4 Tackling hate crime 5 Making London safer 6 3- A SAFER CITY FOR EVERYONE 8 A visible presence 8 An accessible force 9 An effective response 10 Local and specialist investigations 11 Improving outcomes 12 4- A TRANSFORMED, MODERN, EFFICIENT MET 12 And finally 16 291 Page 1 1- Introduction Quarter 4 overview At the beginning of last year, the incoming Operational policing in London is the responsibility Commissioner set four priorities for the Met in 2017- of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Cressida 18. These are set out in the contiguous column. Dick. Substantial progress has been made on all four priorities – as set within this report and in previous The Met’s 2017-18 priorities were to: quarters – but this has not diminished the size of the • Tackle violent crime and especially knife crime continuing challenge. which affects young people across London • Counter terrorism and review our strategy, tactics In 2017-18, we invested and deployed significant and resources in light of the threat additional resources to tackle the serious violence • Protect children and develop a robust approach that affects young people. We intensified Operation to tackling child sexual exploitation Sceptre, seizing record numbers of knives and guns • Transform the Met to become a modern police and arresting people for possession of knives. force using technology, data, skills and engagement to fight crime more effectively There have been some initial signs of impact: scooter-enabled crime, which rose steeply since This update reports on our progress in 2014, is starting to abate; knife crime injuries among implementing our Business Plan and the actions the under 25s have levelled off. However, these taken to bear down on crime and violence and to provide no reason for letting up: on an average week, support delivery of the Mayor’s Police and Crime still, 40 young people are stabbed in London, and we Plan. It complements the Mayor’s Office for are seeing a rise in group attacks and fights. The number of homicides, 46 in Quarter 4, is a huge Policing and Crime (MOPAC) quarterly data pack. concern. We are upping our enforcement activity with more presence of uniformed officers on the street. Some of our Business Plan quarterly milestones We are multiplying pro-active operations. And of focus on the implementation of our transformation course, our homicide investigators are working hard, portfolio (the One Met Model), whilst others relate with arrests in 39 investigations and charges in 30 to operational policing London (both “business as (as at end March). usual” and how we improve policies, processes and outcomes for Londoners). The update is But to tackle the roots of the issue requires a whole provided here as at end of March 2018. community response. In Quarter 4 we’ve worked with social media companies to take down gang videos. We supported community weapon sweeps, such as Milestone reporting across Croydon town centre with local churches and volunteers. We have worked with analysts from the Our Met Business Plan milestones are in Home Office, ONS, MOPAC and London boroughs to blue. Our progress against them is in black. delve into millions of records and data for additional insight into the drivers of violence and its prevention. Quarter 4 milestones are set against a green The Home Office Serious Violence Strategy renewed focus onto the drugs market and on County Lines. background The Mayor launched the Young Londoners Fund investing £15million a year to help young Londoners at risk of getting caught up in crime, and he is We are also using this quarter to go back to Q1, providing us further funding towards a new Violent 2 or 3 milestones that were experiencing delay Crime Taskforce focusing on hotspots. at the time of reporting. Boxes in blue provide an update on these. Tackling violence will remain our number one priority in the coming year, but if we are to reverse, rather than stem, the trend, we need all Londoners to make Status is assessed as follows: it their priority too, in their communities, families, schools, and in their neighbourhoods. And our impact ✓ delivered will be strengthened by continued pro-activity from boroughs, media, health services, youth services, on track public and private sector partners. some delay 292 2 2- Our focused Q4 milestone: “Demonstrate robust progress on Child Protection processes, performance management priorities and through cases audit based on HMICFRS methodology” Keeping children and We have demonstrated a robust progress but more improvements are required. The Dedicated Inspection young people safe Team (DIT) continues to support the work of the Child Protection and Vulnerability Board, where it presents its In March, we co-hosted the annual London Child findings. Persistent main challenges Sexual Exploitation (CSE) conference with (such as front line supervision) affecting Barnardo’s as part of a week of activity to raise the delivery of service improvement are awareness of the issue, coinciding with National identified in monthly audits. These are CSE Awareness Day on 18 March. The key reviewed by the board and shared with themes covered included online abuse, the Lead Responsible Officers so they understanding children’s risk of harm outside of can be addressed. their families, and the importance of early intervention and partnership working between the The size of the team means its capacity police, the public and private sector and the wider is limited: in order