Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Mark Boleat.

There were no declarations of interest.

To agree the public minutes and summary of the meeting held 7 June 2013.

RESOLVED – That the public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 7 June 2013 be approved as a correct record.

To receive a report of the Commissioner of Police.

The Sub Committee received a report of the Commissioner of Police that updated Members on the National Fraud Capability Programme.

National Fraud Investigation Bureau

The Commissioner informed Members of the recent announcement of Action Fraud co-joining with the National Fraud Investigation Bureau (NFIB) which would result in efficiency gains and increased performance.

National Fraud Authority

The closure of the National Fraud Authority (NFA) would be complete and by 1 of April 2013, the transition would be complete to the National Crime Agency (NCA).

The Chairman and officers discussed if there would be impact to staff due to the amalgamation, and there were concerns that the changes could result in negative impacts and NFA staff loss. The Commissioner noted that in the next financial year, there would be options available to examine what its functions should be and had been small in terms of staff numbers as it had operated as a multi-function outsourced call centre. The Chairman remarked that it was important that the Force was aware of the risks and vulnerabilities and articulated these due to the changes.

Members and officers discussed what inherited costs would result from staff integration to which the Commander of Economic Crime advised that risk was low and funding was available to integrate staff and find further efficiencies, many implicated were in management functions who had favourable terms and conditions of employment.

The Chairman remarked that the Force needed to be conscious of the potential decline in government funding for the NCA. The Commissioner advised that there was a dialogue occurring with the Chamberlain’s Department on how to mitigate the risk of lower funding for Action Fraud. The Chairman would liaise with the Town Clerk and Chamberlain to send a letter to the NCA advisory board with regards to the capacity of the Force

To receive a report of the Commissioner of Police.

The Sub Committee received a report of the Commissioner of Police updating on the first quarter performance of the 2013/14 achievement of the National Lead Force (NLF) against its agreed Key Performance Areas (KPAs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

The Commander of Economic Crime noted that changes to stakeholder management had occurred that included an enhanced survey process to include a stakeholder workshop. All victims of crime would now receive notification of how details of how their incident of fraud was progressing.

The Commander of Economic Crime advised a much more efficient process had been developed to deal with disruptive actions.

In reply to questions from Members on the National Leader Force Dashboard Quarter 1 2013/14 (p. 17), the Commander remarked that the next quarter results would enable a comparison to be made the first quarter.

There were no questions.

The following urgent items of business were raised –

The Town Clerk undertook to send upcoming dates of the Sub Committee to a Member of the Sub Committee.

MOTION – That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of the Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

RESOLVED – That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

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To receive a report of the Commissioner of Police.

The Sub Committee received a report of the Commissioner of Police which presented Members with the draft Fraud Training Academy Business Plan for 2014 to 2016.

There were no questions.

There were no items of urgent business.