PCD 1574 Tri-Service Training

PCD 1574 Tri-Service Training

This paper seeks approval to accept Home Office funding in arrears of £79,100 for Tri- Service Training during 2022/23 and, acceptance of potential Home Office funding to continue the Tri-Service Training exercises for 24/25 and future years.

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime is recommended to:   

1. Approve acceptance of Home Office funding in arrears of £79,100 for 2022/23. 

2. Approve in principle to accept potential home Office funding to continue the Tri-Service Training in 24/25 and future years. 

PART I - NON-CONFIDENTIAL FACTS AND ADVICE TO THE DMPC 

1. Introduction and background   

1. The primary aim of the programme is to ensure that all emergency services can work together to bring a CT event in London to the safest possible resolution. 

2. In order to try and test collaborative working in the face of a multi seated terrorist Incident, all emergency services led by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) signed up to take part in the programme. 

3. The focus is for all services to adopt the Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles (JESIP) while utilising Joint Operating principles (JOPS). 

2. Issues for consideration.  

1. The programme has always been funded from MPS MO19 existing training budgets. However, the Home Office has agreed to partly fund the programme in arrears for 22-23 and in future years from 24/25.   

2. Acceptance of grant funding in arrears for 22-23 from Home Office will partially offset costs incurred during the training exercise for over 1500 emergency service workers from across all portfolios, specialist and non-specialist responders experience and training in working together and understanding the drive nationally to improve MPS’s response to terrorist attacks 

3. Allowing the ongoing acceptance of potential Home Office funding to continue the Tri-Service Training from 2024/25 and in future years will offset additional charges incurred by MPS due to the inclusion of multiple agencies within the training programme.  

3. Financial Comments.  

1. This paper asks approval to accept £79,100 of Home Office grant funding for 2022/23, as well acceptance of Home Office funding in future years.   

2. The Home Office has not provided assurances that training costs for 2023/24 will be reimbursed. Therefore, costs incurred in 2023/24 will be funded from existing budgets.  

3. The collaborative initiatives provide enhanced training and cost-effective delivery and reduces overall costs to public services.  

4. Legal Comments. 

1. Paragraph 4.8 of the MOPAC Scheme of Consent and Delegation provides the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime has delegated authority to approve all bids for grant funding made and all offers made of grant funding. 

2. The legal powers applicable to the acceptance of the Grant will be under Schedule 3, Paragraph 7 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 which provides that; 

‘7(1) The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime may do anything which is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the exercise of the functions of the Office. 

(2) That includes— entering into contracts and other agreements (whether legally binding or not);” 

3.  The terms and conditions of any grant offered by the Home Office will be formalised between the relevant parties, overseen by MPS Commercial Services. 

5. Commercial Issues.  

1. There are no commercial issues.   

6. GDPR and Data Privacy  

1. The MPS is subject to the requirements and conditions placed on it as a 'State' body to comply with the European Convention of Human Rights and the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018. Both legislative requirements place an obligation on the MPS to process personal data fairly and lawfully in order to safeguard the rights and freedoms of individuals. 

2. Under Article 35 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Section 57 of the DPA 2018, Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA) become mandatory for organisations with technologies and processes that are likely to result in a high risk to the rights of the data subjects. 

3. The Information Assurance and Information Rights units within MPS will be consulted at all stages to ensure the programme meets its compliance requirements. 

4. The MPS assure that the project does not use personally identifiable data of members of the public, so there are no GDPR issues to be considered. 

7. Equality Comments  

1. This is a request to accept funds and does not change any aspects relating to equality or diversity. 

8. Background/supporting papers 

1. MPS Report Home Office funding for Tri-Service Training