West Midlands PCC Review of Community Safety Funding (CSF) Mark Kenyon, Chief Finance Officer 1

 Completed in line with terms of reference issued in Sept 2015  Consulted with representatives from Local Police and Crime Boards (LPCBs) to obtain their views  Review recommendations will be used by the Commissioner when making decision in February 2016 on the level of funding to be distributed to LPCBs 2 Review Completed in October 2015

 PCC invests £5.2m in CSF across the 7 local authority areas through distributing funding to the Local Police and Crime Boards (LPCBs)  Level of funding has been remained the same since 2013/14  Previously a ring fenced grant to the PPC but now part of the main police grant  Police funding has reduced by around 25% over the last 5 years with significant uncertainty going forward 3 Background to CSF

How Effective is the £5.2m investment in CSF? 4 How Effective is the £5.2Hpem Investment In CSF?

Could Joint Commissioning Release Efficiencies ? 5

Does the Level of Reporting and Grant Payment Mechanism Need to Change? 6

 From April 2016 reduce CSF funding to LPCBs by 25%  Local authorities should learn from one another to further improve outcome reporting  Joint commissioning should be undertaken with one local authority acting as the lead  Quarterly returns should continue along with quarterly grant payments 7 Recommendations

2016/17 £000s Birmingham1,873 Coventry410 Dudley297 Sandwell398 Solihull214 Walsall302 Wolverhampton369 Total3,863 8 Indicative Funding Levels 2016/17 All amounts indicative dependent on decision by WMPCC

 Awaiting the Police Funding settlement in Dec 2015  Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) 2015 announced on the 25 th Nov  CSR allows forces with low precept to increase c/tax by £5 per year, others by 2%  Several scenarios modelled in terms of grant reduction. At 20% reduction forecast by 2019/20 WMPCC will have a funding gap of £88m. This is on top of the 23% reduction in funding from April 2011 to March 2016  Change programme in place to manage the gap will be reviewed when settlement is known 9 WMPCC Budget 2016/17 Onwards

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