Information

Transparency

Police & Crime Commissioners are required by statute to publish documents and information as set out in the Elected Local Policing Bodies (Specified Information) Order 2011 and the Elected Local Policing Bodies (Specified Information) (Amendment) Order 2012.

This page outlines the requirements of the specified information and links to where the information can be found on the website of the Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire.

Details In relation to the relevant office holders of the elected local policing body

(a) the name of each relevant office holder; PCC / (Oath of Office)

(b) the address for correspondence of each relevant office holder;

Office address

Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner

Darby House,

Darby Close,

Park Farm Industrial Estate,

Wellingborough.

NN8 6GS

Phone/Fax

Telephone: 01604 888113

Email

commissioner@northantspfcc.gov.uk

(c) the salary of each relevant office holder;

The current salary of the Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner is £76,300. The salaries of PCC are determined by the Secretary of State who take into account the Senior Salaries Review Board’s report recommendations, details can be found here.

(d) the allowances paid to each relevant office holder in respect of expenses incurred by the office holder in the exercise of the body’s functions;

(e) a register of interests of relevant office holders, including every paid employment or office or other pecuniary interest of each relevant office holder.
PCC:  Notification of Disclosable Interests Register

(f) the number of complaints or conduct matters that have been brought to the attention of a relevant office holder by the police and crime panel (either because they have been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, or because they are being subjected to informal resolution by the panel).

Details of OPFCC Staff and Gifts and Hospitality Register can be found here

In relation to the staff (and, in relation to gifts and hospitality, also the relevant office holders) of the elected local policing body:

(a) the number of members of the staff;

(b) the proportion of the staff who-

(i) are women,

(ii) are, to the knowledge of the elected local policing body, members of an ethnic minority,

(iii) have, to the knowledge of the elected local policing body, a disability (within the meaning of section 6 of the Equality Act 2010(a));

(c) an organisational chart showing the structure of the staff;

(d) the job title, responsibilities and salary of each senior employee and (unless the senior employee refuses to consent to the publication of his name) the name of the senior employee;

(e) a register of each offer of a gift or hospitality made to a relevant office holder or member of staff, indicating whether the offer was accepted or refused – Gifts, Gratuities & Hospitality

2A. In relation to:

(a) the duty of the chief officer of the police force maintained by the elected local policing body to provide assistance to the body under section 2(5) or 4(5) of the 2011 Act; and

(b) the power of a local authority to provide administrative, professional or technical services to the elected local policing body under section 1(1) of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970

– information as to any arrangements for use by the elected local policing body of the staff of the chief officer or of a local authority under those provisions can be found here

(c), information as to any arrangements for use by the elected local policing body of the staff of the chief officer or of a local authority under those provisions.

Details of the income and expenditure of the OFPCC

(a) the total budget of the elected local policing body; details of the total budget for Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service can be found here

(b) where the elected local policing body is a police and crime commissioner, the Precept issued by the commissioner;

(c) information as to each anticipated source of revenue of the elected local policing body (other than, in the case of a police and crime commissioner, the precept);

(d) 2022-23 budget report of the elected local policing body;

(e) a copy of the Annual Investment Strategy of the elected local policing body;

(f) information as to each crime and disorder reduction grant made by the elected local policing body, including the conditions (if any) attached to the grant, the recipient of the grant, the purpose of the grant and the reasons why the body considered that the grant would secure, or contribute to securing, crime and disorder reduction in the body’s area;

(g) information as to each item of expenditure of :

(i) the elected local policing body, or

(ii) the chief officer of the police force maintained by the body, exceeding £500 (other than a crime and disorder reduction grant made by the elected local policing body or an item of expenditure to which sub-paragraph (h) applies), including the recipient of the funds, the purpose of the expenditure and the reasons why the body or the chief officer (as the case may be) considered that good value for money would be obtained.

(h) information as to each item of expenditure of the elected local policing body in relation to travel by, accommodation for, or the subsistence of, a relevant office holder, including the recipient of the funds, the purpose of the expenditure and the reasons why the elected local policing body considered that good value for money would be obtained.

Details of the property, rights and liabilities of the OFPCC

(a) the identity of any premises or land owned by, or occupied for the purposes of, the elected local policing body;

(b) a copy of each contract with a value exceeding £10,000 to which:

(i) the elected local policing body, or

(ii) the chief officer of the police force maintained by the body, is or is to be a party;

(c) a copy of each invitation to tender issued by:

(i) the elected local policing body, or

(ii) the chief officer of the police force maintained by the body, in relation to a contract which the body or chief officer (as the case may be) expects will have a value exceeding £10,000;

(d) a list of every contract with a value not exceeding £10,000 to which:

(i) the elected local policing body, or

(ii) the chief officer of the police force maintained by the body, is or is to be a party, including the value of the contract, the identity of every other party to the contract and the purpose of the contract.

Public Meetings and Decisions taken by the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner

the date, time and place of each public meeting to be held by the elected local policing body;

(b) a copy of the agenda for each public meeting held by the elected local policing body, and any report or other document that is the subject matter of an item on the agenda;

(c) a copy of the minutes of each public meeting held by the elected local policing body, and of each meeting which is not a public meeting but at which matters of significant public interest arising from the exercise of the body’s functions are discussed.

(d) a record of each decision of significant public interest arising from the exercise of the elected local policing body’s functions, whether made by the body at or as a result of a meeting or otherwise.

Policies of the OFPCC

(a) a statement of the policy of the elected local policing body in relation to the conduct of relevant office holders, including procedures for the handling of qualifying complaints and conduct matters (within the meaning of section 31 of the 2011 Act);

(b) a statement of the policy of the elected local policing body in relation to the making of decisions of significant public interest arising from the exercise of the body’s functions;

(c) a statement of the policy of the elected local policing body in relation to records management, including procedures for the security and sharing of information and the retention and destruction of documents;

Privacy Policy

(d) a statement of the policy of the elected local policing body in relation to the handling of qualifying disclosures (within the meaning of section 43B of the Employment Rights Act 1996(a))

Copies of reports in relation to the prevention of crime and disorder

In relation to the prevention of crime and disorder, a copy of any report required by the elected local policing body from the responsible authorities for a local government area under section 7(1) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998(b).

7A.  In relation to the key national priorities for policing, as communicated to elected local policing bodies by the Secretary of State—

(a) a statement on the contribution of the police force maintained by the elected local policing body to achieving improvements against those priorities;

(b) an explanation of which of the national priorities are assessed to be applicable and which not applicable in the context of the relevant police area and the reasons for that assessment.

These are set out in the National Priorities for Policing, which are specified by the Government in the National Crime and Policing Measures. The aim of the national measures is to complement existing local priorities set out in the his current Police, Fire and Crime Plan.

 The key national policing priorities are:

• Reduce murder and other homicide
• Reduce serious violence
• Disrupt drugs supply and county lines
• Reduce neighbourhood crime
• Improve victim satisfaction with a focus on victims of domestic abuse
• Tackle cyber crime

The Police and Crime Commissioner is required to provide a statement on the contribution of Northamptonshire Police to achieving improvements against these national priorities. These statements are available here

7B.  In relation to inspections and reports by the inspectors of constabulary under section 54(2) of the Police Act 1996 (appointment and functions of inspectors of constabulary)(2), the most recent—

(a) annual report on the effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy of the police force maintained by the elected local policing body;

(b) summary assessment of the performance of the police force maintained by the elected local policing body.

7C. In relation to complaints concerning the police force maintained by the elected local policing body—

(a) the most recent—

(i) quarterly data in relation to that police force;

(ii) annual statistics report, published by the Independent Office for Police Conduct;

(b) a report setting out—

(i) details of how the elected local policing body has fulfilled its duty under—

(aa) in the case of police and crime commissioners, section 1(8)(ca) of the 2011 Act (police and crime commissioners)(3) to hold the chief constable to account for the exercise of the chief constable’s functions under Part 2 of the Police Reform Act 2002(4) in relation to the handling of complaints;

(bb) in the case of the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, section 3(8)(ca) of the 2011 Act (Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime)(5) to hold the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis to account for the exercise of the Commissioner’s functions under Part 2 of the Police Reform Act 2002 in relation to the handling of complaints;

(ii) an assessment by the elected local policing body of its performance in exercising its functions under paragraph 30(1)(b) of Schedule 3 to the Police Reform Act 2002 (reviews: the relevant review body)(6);

(iii) where the elected local policing body has given notice to the chief officer of the police force maintained by the body under section 13A of the Police Reform Act 2002 (local policing bodies: functions in relation to complaints)(7) that it is to exercise certain functions of the chief officer in relation to complaints, an assessment by the body of its performance in exercising those functions.

Information regarding independent custody visitor arrangements made under section 51 of the Police Reform Act 2002

(a) information as to the operation of the arrangements.

Ministry of Justice funding – sexual violence and domestic abuse services

In 2021/22 a total of  total of £540,328 was awarded by the Ministry of Justice to the Office of the Police Fire and Crime Commissioner to sexual violence and domestic abuse services in Northamptonshire.

Organisations working with victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence in Northamptonshire were able to apply for extra Government funding in May 2021, to support them through the challenges of the covid 19 pandemic.

Organisations funded for Domestic Abuse services:

–  Voice for Victims and Witnesses/Sunflower Centre were awarded £107,956.00 to appoint 3.5 additional specialist Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) posts. This is additional to the £212,000.00 awarded to continue to provide existing IDVA services.

– RISE CIC was awarded £60,00.00 – for activities that focuses on working with victims of domestic abuse where children are violent in the family home. This will involve working with both parents and children and young people through a programme and 1:1 work.

– Northamptonshire Domestic Abuse Alliance was awarded £56,971.00  – to go towards increasing capacity to provide outreach support for children who have experienced domestic abuse and a specialist worker to work with black and minority ethnic victims of domestic abuse.

Organisations funded for Sexual Violence services:

– Northamptonshire Rape Crisis was awarded £54,901.00 – to increase Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) capacity so that more victims can receive support.

– Voice for Victims were awarded £48,500.00  to continue providing existing ISVA services