Issue - meetings

ES 16064

The report was presented to update the Public Protection and Safety Policy Development and Scrutiny Committee on the annual submission to the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC).

The Committee were briefed that 2015/16 was the third year of a four year grant from the Local Crime Prevention Fund (LCPF) released by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime. The grant agreement will end in March 2017.

A condition of the MOPAC funding was that quarterly monitoring of outcomes and outputs should be collected and submitted to MOPAC, with a final end of year return. Annual dialogue meetings with MOPAC had resulted in minor amendments to the agreement.

MOPAC had agreed that the LCPF would continue in April 2017 for an additional four years funding and LBB, together with partners, were preparing a new plan which would be submitted to MOPAC at the end of 2016.

The funding allocation for LBB was:

Ø  2017/18  £401,731

Ø  2018/19  £241,699

This meant that the combined 2 year allocation was £643,430

The 2018/19 funding was indicative of the level of funding LBB could expect in 2019/20 and 2020/21. This figure included a 30% top slice for co-commissioned services, details of which would be made clear in 2017.

The Chairman stated that it was still important to achieve value for money. She referred the Committee to page 104 of the agenda papers that provided some data on the Safer Bromley Van. It was noted that in Q4, the project had only achieved 54% of its referral targets, and this represented a 23% decrease in referrals from previous quarters. The Chairman expressed concern at the decreased level of activity and the delay in employing a new locksmith.

The Committee was happy to accept the recommendations of the report.

RESOLVED that

(1)  The Portfolio Holder agree to continue the current projects in year one, subject to a review of those existing projects to ensure they continue to offer value for money and are fit for purpose.

(2)  The Portfolio Holder agree to delegate the decision making in respect of any variations to those projects to the Executive Director for Environmental and Community Services, who will consult with the Portfolio Holder and Partners.

(3)  The Portfolio Holder agree to receive a further report in due course to report on year two funding when further detail is available.