§ Lord Graham of Edmontonasked Her Majesty's Government:
When they expect the Metropolitan Police Commissioner's Policing and Performance Plan for 2000–01 to be published. [HL1822]
§ Lord Bassam of BrightonThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that he will be publishing details of his Policing and Performance Plan for 2000–01 on the Metropolitan Police website,http://www.met.police.uk, on Friday, 31 March.
Advertisements have also been placed in the London press summarising key performance data and targets set out in the plan.
Some of the performance data for 1999–2000 are provisional. Audited data will be included in a hard copy version of the plan to be published in June.
The Policing and Performance Plan combines the requirements of an annual Policing Plan and, for the first time, an annual Best Value Performance Plan.
The plan sets out the Metropolitan Police's two key priorities for 2000–2001: reducing crime and disorder, and diversity. The plan sets out the Metropolitan 90WA Police's crime reduction targets—a 2 per cent reduction in burglary, stopping the increasing level of street crime and an 8 per cent reduction in vehicle crime—together with key activities for delivery. It also contains a suite of Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPIs) with a summary of the Metropolitan Police's performance against those BVPIs for which historical data are available, and targets for future performance. The plan also sets out a five-year plan of Best Value reviews. The areas selected for review in the coming year are: investigating and detecting crime; combating bureaucracy and managing information, and consultation.
The plan also sets out the means by which the Metropolitan Police aims to exceed the 2 per cent efficiency gains required by the Government from all police forces.
The Commissioner will report on performance against the plan to my right honourable friend the Home Secretary in his capacity as the Metropolitan Police authority, and to the Metropolitan Police Committee, until 3 July, when the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) is established.
My right honourable friend the Home Secretary believes that the Commissioner's plan will enable the MPA to make an effective start to providing a solid basis for monitoring and interrogating the Metropolitan Police's performance as the foundation for the plan the MPA will develop for 2001–02.