Issue - meetings

ES 18006

The MOPAC update report was written and presented by Rob Vale (Head of Trading Standards and Community Safety). The report was presented to update the Public Protection and Safety Policy Development and Scrutiny Committee on the London Crime Prevention Fund (LCPF) granted by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), in particular the impact the reduction in the grant would have on each service.

Members of the Committee were asked to note and comment on the report.

Members noted the table in section 3.2 of the report which detailed how the LCPF funding had been allocated over 4 project areas between 2017/2018 and 2018/2019. The 4 funding areas were:

·  VAWG

·  IOM

·  Mentoring Young People

·  ASB and Noise

The total funding allocation over the two years was £643,430.

The funding for VAWG had remained more or less constant for 2018/19, and so this service would continue as normal for the next financial year. However there was no guarantee that MOPAC would provide the same level of funding for years 3 and 4, which could put the services at risk. Alternate sources of funding should be considered going forward.

There was no change in services or funding for year 2 with respect to IOM, and so this service would continue as normal for the next financial year.

It was anticipated that there would be a funding shortfall with respect to year 2 for the mentoring of young people. The funding shortfall was £17,536 and alternative sources of funding were being explored. In year 2 there would be a shortfall in funding of £5k for the ASB Co-ordinator post. This would be met from the Community Safety budget for 2018/19.

Mr Vale stated that officers were waiting for further information from MOPAC to see how these services would be funded for years three and four. A report would be drafted for a future meeting in either June or July 2018 when an update on the budget would be provided. It may also be the case that at the end of years 3-4, the funding could reduce further, and so long term resolutions to the funding issues should be considered. 

The Chairman acknowledged the importance of all of the various projects, and hoped that funding could be sourced so that all of the projects could be fully maintained.

RESOLVED that an updated MOPAC funding report be presented to the Committee in July 2018.