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PCCs and Community Safety. Chris Williams July 2011. Police and Crime Commissioners - Community Safety. Police and Crime Panel. Scrutinise. Police and Crime Commissioner. Community Safety Partnerships. Duty to cooperate and have regard to each other’s priorities. 1.
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PCCs and Community Safety Chris Williams July 2011
Police and Crime Commissioners - Community Safety Police and Crime Panel Scrutinise Police and Crime Commissioner Community Safety Partnerships Duty to cooperate and have regard to each other’s priorities 1 Power to call CSPs to a meeting to discuss force-wide issues 2 Power to request a report 3 Power to approve Request merger 4 5 Grant making powers
What do we know already?* • PCCs will be elected in May 2012 for a four-year term • Police Authorities abolished on 10 May 2012. All staff will be transferred to the PCC who will decide about their future employment • PA Chief Exec becomes interim PCC Chief Exec • PCC can appoint a Deputy PCC • Every force will have one, other than the Met (the Mayor will act) and the City of London • PCCs will have to produce a five-year Police and Crime Plan • PCCs set the force budget and determine the precept • PCCs have a reciprocal duty to co-operate with community safety partners and will have to establish local co-operative arrangements with the CJS – not a Responsible Authority on a CSP • PCC and CSPs must have due regard to each other’s priorities – those set out in Police and Crime Plans and those in CSP strategic assessments/partnership plans • PCCs will be scrutinised by Police and Crime Panel. They will increase the level of transparency around actions and decisions taken by the PCC. *as it stands – things can change!
Establishing panels • Local Authorities across the force area are responsible for forming the police and crime panel. They might wish to appoint a lead authority for this purpose. • Local authorities must work together to establish panel arrangements, i.e. how the panel will look • Given £30k funding pa to administer to use on administrative and support functions for the panel, plus c.£920 per panel member • Each LA will get a minimum of one seat on the panel. Elected mayors will automatically take a seat for their LA. • There will be a minimum of 12 members and maximum of 20 on the panel • Funding will only be available for 12 members. Panels will have to find additional funding for any extra co-optees. • The panel will advertise and recruit a minimum of two co-opted independent members. • The panel can veto selection or removal of CC and precept by a majority vote of 2/3 • Panels can recruit more co-optees (either LA or independent) up to a maximum of 20 members • This can be, as far as it is practicable, to address political, population or demographic balance • Local Authorities must work together to decide how the Panel should look • Home Secretary retains backstop power to appoint a panel in a force area where local authorities do not.
Future Challenges: Funding • 2011-12 – 20% reduction in Community Safety Fund, paid to unitaries and counties • 2012-13 – further 40% reduction, paid to unitaries and counties • 6 May 2012 – election day. • 1 April 2013 – all Community Safety grant funding paid to PCC (happened from 1 April 2011 in London) • Ministers would like this to happen from 6 May 2012 – but more likely is some early control of funding, e.g. a six-month review of CSP spending or a half-year funding settlement in April with the PCC allocating funds for second half
What might be different? • PCCs may choose to commission ALL CS services – or just focus on policing. Ringfences undecided but likely to be removed (e.g. DIP – though H&WBB DIP monies may continue to be ring-fenced). • If so, services will need to be evidenced for delivery and quality – evaluations must be of a high standard • You may be in competition with third/private sector providers. Is it worth competing, or do you withdraw from delivering some services? • If you do compete, do you need to merge services for efficiency across boundaries? • Can you create a single commissioning framework across the force area to realise efficiencies?
Winning the Argument • How can you demonstrate to a new PCC that CSPs are effective? • Evaluation • Self-promotion • How can you make a PCC’s life easier? • Deliver on their promises • Take the work from them – single commissioning framework
Joint Commissioning Framework • Strategic Needs Assessment • Deciding Priorities and Outcomes • Planning and Designing Services • Options Appraisal • Sourcing or Purchasing of Services • Delivery of Services • Monitoring and Review
CSPs Rotherham PACP Sheffield Doncaster Barnsley
Devon & Cornwall: Getting Ready • CSP Managers have been meeting monthly since January • Exploring options for collaborative working, including joint Strategic Assessment • Preparing options for composition and hosting of Police and Crime Panel • Hosting both CSP Chairs and Leader’s events • Looking at a single commissioning framework • Linking with other key stakeholders across the force area
Keep up to date: http://www.tinyurl.com/SaferCommsCoP
Chris Williams Community.safety@local.gov.uk 0772 575 7796