This meeting took place on 22 October 2015. Read the transcript here.
- Last week Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said the safety of London is at risk because of funding cuts[1].
- Up to 8,000 police officers could be lost in the capital - 25 per cent of the current workforce [1].
- The Minister for Policing has called for changes to the funding formula which could result in cuts of £184 million[2].
- This is on top of £800 million worth of savings having to be made over the next four years[3].
- The Met is also forecasting to overspend by £40 million during 2015-16[4].
The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee will tomorrow ask the Deputy Commissioner how the Met will cope if the latest £184 million cut goes ahead. It will also ask why the Met is forecasting to overspend by £40 million in 2015-16 and how it intends to address this.
The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (DMPC) indicated that he is taking legal advice on the possibility of judicially reviewing the Home Office’s decision to change the police funding formula[5]. The Committee will ask if he has taken legal advice yet and what the next steps are.
There will also be questions about the Met’s plans to carry out more stop and searches to address the rise in knife crime, the Committee’s report into online crime,[6] and healthcare arrangements for detainees in police custody.
The guests are;
- Craig Mackey QPM, Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service
- A representative from the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC)
The meeting will take place on Thursday 22 October from 10.00am in the Chamber at City Hall (The Queen’s Walk, London SE1).
Media and members of the public are invited to attend.
The meeting can also be viewed via webcast.
Notes to editors
- Met chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe: London at risk as Scotland Yard faces £1bn budget cuts, Evening Standard, 14 October 2015.
- New £180m Met cuts 'will put crime fight at risk', Evening Standard, 13 October 2015.
- Meeting of the Police & Crime Committee transcript, 21 May 2015.
- Monthly Report to the Police and Crime Committee, 22 October 2015.
- Stephen Greenhalgh speaking on BBC London Radio, (from 21:58mins) 15 October 2015.
- Tightening the net: the Metropolitan Police Service’s response to online theft and fraud, 19 March 2015.
- Full Agenda papers.
- Joanne McCartney AM, Chair of the Police and Crime Committee is available for interview. See contact details below.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
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