Dyfed Powys Police Financial Outlook

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Dyfed Powys PoliceFinancial Outlook

• Andrew Bevan
• Director of Finance Resources

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Contents of Presentation

• Operational Priorities
• Budget Requirement
• Central Government Financing
• Council Tax Precept
• Efficiency Savings
• Force Reserves
• 2009/10 Summary
• Future Years
• Performance

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Operational Priorities

• Strategic Framework linked to
• National Priorities
• Police Authorities Wales Priorities
• Home Office Green Paper Priorities
• Policing Pledges
• Police Authority Priorities
• Force Priorities

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Operational Priorities

• National Priorities
• Reduce crime including focusing on more serious
  violence, serious acquisitive crime,
  alcohol-related crime and disorder, and
  anti-social behaviour.
• Increase public confidence in, and satisfaction
  with the police through an emphasis on the
  quality of service provided to the public.
• Work in partnership to deliver a more effective,
  transparent and responsive Criminal Justice
  System for victims and the public.
• Work jointly to ensure that adequate capability
  and capacity exist to deliver effective policing
  to tackle serious and organised crime and provide
  other protective services.
• In respect of counter-terrorism and violent
  extremism work in line with CONTEST and the
  counter terrorism PSA
• Make the best use of resources, with a continuing
  commitment to achieving significant cashable
  improvements in efficiency and productivity.

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Operational Priorities

• Police Authorities Wales Priorities
• Ensure public protection and the protection of
  vulnerable people
• To effectively counter terrorism/domestic
  extremism, serious and organised crime and major
  crime
• To ensure that neighbourhood policing is local
  and embedded and results in improving
  satisfaction
• To promote joint working and collaboration within
  policing and with partners
• To engage with central government and the Welsh
  Assembly Government

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Operational Priorities

• Home Office Green Paper Priorities
• Reduce Crime focussing on serious violence and
  acquisitive crime, alcohol related disorder and
  anti social behaviour
• Increase public confidence and satisfaction
• Work in partnership to deliver a more effective
  criminal justice system
• Work jointly to ensure adequate capability and
  capacity exists to tackle serious and organised
  crime and to provide other protective services
• Work in line with the Contest strategy in respect
  of Counter Terrorism and domestic extremism
• Make best use of resources and achieve efficiency
  and productivity improvement targets

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Operational Priorities

• Policing Pledges
• Treat fairly, with dignity ensuring access to
  services suitable to the citizen
• Information on NPT, where based, how to contact
  and work with them
• Ensure NPT and patrols visible at times effective
  and when citizen tells us they are needed. At
  least 80 visibly working
• NPT responds to every message within 24 hrs,
  detailed response ASAP
• Answer 999 calls within 10 seconds deploying
  immediately and giving ETA aim is 15 minutes
  urban / 20 minutes rural
• Answer non emergency calls promptly and giving
  ETA
• 60 minutes if vulnerable or call is re. a
  community priority
• Make appointment to meet within 48 hours at time
  to suit
• If agreed that attendance is not necessary give
  advice and answer questions or refer to someone
  who can help
• At least monthly update meetings to meet NPT
  including surgeries / street meetings etc to meet
  local requirements
• Provide monthly updates on progress on local
  crime / policing issues - crime maps / specific
  crimes / brought to justice / actions /
  performance
• Inform victims of crime of progress on an agreed
  basis for frequency and length
• Acknowledge dissatisfaction within 24 hours of
  reporting it and agree what will be done about it
  and how quickly

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Operational Priorities

• Police Authority Priorities
• The Police Authority priorities identified
  following comprehensive public consultation are
• Drugs
• To proactively target and disrupt drug supply and
  distribution networks across and beyond the Force
  area.
• Violent Crime (including Public Protection)
• To reduce levels of violent crime, particularly
  that which is directed towards children and young
  people and vulnerable adults within our society,
  whilst seeking to increase detection rates in
  this area and enhancing protection offered to the
  public.
• Neighbourhood Policing and Anti-Social Behaviour
• To proactively tackle anti-social behaviour in
  conjunction with partners, providing greater
  reassurance to the public.
• Terrorism and Domestic Extremism
• To support the wider national endeavour in
  protecting the country from terrorism and
  domestic extremism in line with the four
  pillars of the UK Government counter-terrorism
  strategy prevent, prepare, protect, pursue.

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Operational Priorities

• Force Priorities
• Delivery of Neighbourhood Policing (as PA
  priority)
• Enhance capability to deliver more effective
  protective services (as PA priority)
• Improve our arrangements for Corporate Governance

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Budget Requirement

• Net Revenue Budget requirement 90.177m
• 3.70 increase on 2008/09
• Budget issues
• General pay and price increases
• Unavoidable cost pressures medical contract,
  estates work etc
• Investment income anticipated reduction 0.348m
  2009/10
• Fuel, gas and electricity increases
• Implication of VAT reduction on fuel
• No inflation increase on specific grants
• Budget growth 3.219m utilised to fund cost
  pressures and priorities as follows

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Budget Requirement
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Central Government Financing

• Dyfed Powys Police receive a floor grant
• Floor grant is minimum grant increase based on a
  formula
• Floor grant increase for 2009/10 is 2.5
• Central Government Financing split as follows

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Council Tax Precept

• Council Tax funding requirement 35.750m
• Increase of 4.95 on 2008/09
• Band D property equates to 173.70 per annum or
  48 pence per day
• Band D property increase of 8.19 per annum or 2p
  per day

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Financing Budget Requirement
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Efficiency Savings

• Efficiencies of 0.972m deducted from base budget
• Civilianisations/other establishment changes
  0.207m
• Procurement savings 0.357m
• Non pay / Other 0.408m
• Savings of 1.378m reinvested to achieve
  priorities
• Professionalising Customer Services 0.580m
• Major crime team 0.362m
• Communications centre staff 0.176m
• Carmarthenshire estate financing 0.180m

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Force Reserves

• Force reserves used to fund non recurring
  expenditure
• 0.447m of reserves to support 2009/10 budget
• Prudent reserves policy
• Reserves built up from
• Generation of unpredicted one off income
• Vacancies within funded establishment
• Earmarked reserves total 18.706m at 31st March
  2008
• General reserve contingency for unexpected
  events or emergencies 2.219m at 31st March 2008

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2009/10 Summary
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Future Years
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Performance

• The Force continues to record the lowest levels
  of recorded crime in England and Wales for the
  latest 12-week period

- Latest comparative data available. Source
IQuanta
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Performance

• Similarly, the Force also continues to record
  the highest detection rates in England and Wales
  using the latest annual figures

- Latest comparative data available. Source
IQuanta
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• End of presentation
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