GEM (Global E Mail) No.	188/2009

To:	Police Authorities Chairs Police Authorities Chief Executives Coordination and Assurance group Members

Cc:	APA Board APA Secretariat

No of attachments:	3
Brief:	HMIC Report Getting Together identifies potential funding and procurement savings through collaboration
Contact:	hannah.sharp@lga.gov.uk

Colleagues

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) has said in a new report on police funding and procurement, Getting Together: a better deal for the public through joint working June 09, that through collaboration significant police service savings can be realised.

The report, Getting together: a better deal for the public through joint working, is HMIC’s review of police spending.

Please find attached to this GEM a copy of the HMIC report, and the associated press release.

Significant variation in the cost and effectiveness of the police service was encountered by HMIC, which it claimed could be resolved by collaboration.

In 2008/09 the police service spent £2.5 billion on procurement. HMIC says that £833 million of this is suitable for collaboration. By taking part in a multi-force forensic collaboration, one force managed to save £144,000 a year on submissions of DNA samples and got results twice as quickly

HMIC proposes the Informed Choice Model (ICM) could promote collaboration by providing police forces and authorities with all the facts and figures; they will be able to more objectively select a collaborative approach that will reduce both cost and risk compared to a non-collaborative approach.

The report makes a total of four proposals, based on four months of research, between November 2008 and March 2009, and 720 joint ventures already in existence. The proposals are:

1.The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), in consultation with the Organised Crime and Partnership Board, should establish an agreed coordination function for the police response to serious organised crime.
2.ACPO should agree the preferred regional delivery model (subject to consideration of functionality, performance and costs) for tackling OCGs across force boundaries, or to agree an alternative approach.
3.The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) should scope the potential [investment/savings] of shared services across the police service.
4.The NPIA should monitor and support existing collaborative procurement work (Wave plan, national or regional frameworks and contracts to ensure the delivery of efficiencies).

Finally, I also attach in this GEM a copy of the HMI Treasury Final Report, Operational Efficiency Programme, April 09, which supports HMIC findings, that collaborative procurement across the public sector has significant savings potential.

Regards

Hannah Sharp

Association of Police Authorities

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