The Resource and Estates Committee (Police) met on Wednesday 12 November 2025 to discuss the City of London Police's budget monitoring, workforce, and productivity action plan. The committee also reviewed the minutes from a previous meeting. Some items, including a Police Medium Term Financial Plan update and a report on the Future Police Estate, were scheduled to be discussed in a non-public session.

2025/26 Q2 Revenue and Capital Budget Monitoring

The committee was scheduled to review the City of London Police's (CoLP) financial performance against the approved revenue and capital budgets for 2025/26. The report pack included a recommendation that members note the revenue and capital monitoring position at Quarter 2 (Q2) and the forecast outturn for 2025-26.

The revenue outturn at Q2 was forecast to be breakeven at £122.4 million, with savings and additional grant income offsetting cost pressures. Key forecast variances included:

• Lower-than-budgeted overhead cost recovery of £0.2 million.
• A £1 million cost pressure related to the revised implementation plan for the Fraud and Cyber Crime Reporting and Analysis Service (FCCRAS).
• Other cost pressures of approximately £0.6 million, including forensic services and data storage costs.
• A £0.6 million income shortfall, mainly related to the Economic and Cyber Crime Academy (ECCA).

These cost pressures were expected to be offset by:

• 'Core' staff pay underspends of £0.8 million.
• Non-pay savings on Tactical Firearms team budgets of £0.6 million.
• Further government grant income of £1 million.

The total capital outturn for 2025/26 was forecast to be £16.744 million, compared to a CoLP Capital Programme budget of £13.565 million. This represented an in-year overspend of £3.179 million, mainly due to increased spending on the FCCRAS programme.

The report pack stated that CoLP's internal borrowing requirement in 2025/26 was expected to remain unchanged at £6.6 million.

The report pack also provided an outturn summary for the Police Authority Board Team budget, forecasting an underspend of £0.079 million at the end of 2025/26, mainly due to temporary grant funding for administering the Serious Violence Duty¹.

The report pack included a summary of the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) funded activities, noting that based on the current profile of income and expenditure, it is expected that the POCA Reserve will be substantially utilised by the end of 2026/27.

The report pack also included a summary of the Hotspot Response grant, with the outturn forecast expected to be £0.995 million against an in-year budget of £1 million.

Q2 Workforce Monitoring Report

The committee was scheduled to receive the City of London Police's Human Resources Monitoring Data for Q2 2025/26.

The report pack stated that CoLP met the officer uplift target in September 2025, and focused recruitment had enabled CoLP to reduce staff vacancies against establishment. As at 30 September, CoLP had achieved 86.4% of staff establishment.

The report pack also stated that the Strategic Workforce Plan (SWP) was progressing, with Firearms having increased their strength over establishment and detective recruitment continuing as a priority.

The report pack noted a positive trend in the representation of ethnic minority and female CoLP officers and staff, and that sickness was below the upper tolerance threshold.

The report pack also provided an update on Occupational Health (OH) service levels and Op Hampshire assaults. There were 50 Op Hampshire assaults reported during Q2 2025/26, comparable to the number reported during Q2 2024/25.

The report pack identified Display Screen Equipment (DSE), Fire Safety, and Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) as the top health and safety risks.

City of London Police Productivity Action Plan - Q2

The committee was scheduled to receive an update on the implementation of the City of London Police Productivity Action Plan.

The report pack stated that the Q2 review of the Productivity Action Plan underlines the commitment across COLP for the continual focus on assessing and improving productivity.

The report pack highlighted quantified productivity gains in two areas:

• Image Recognition and Identification System (IRIS): The Intelligence unit can now send an IRIS image straight to officers who have had potential previous contact via hyperlinks.
• Op Blackpool: A partnership approach to new or increasing risk of vulnerability, responding quickly to those risks, with drawn up boundaries that are enforced.

The report pack also noted that a review of the vetting process had substantially improved the speed at which new officers and staff are onboarded.

The report pack stated that there is scope to drive up productivity gains further as Right Care Right Person² is formally launched across COLP later this year.

The report pack included a summary of progress against the plan, with a focus on retail crime, response, neighbourhood policing, criminal justice effectiveness, investigation, local/national balance, use of tech/AI, attracting talent, supervision, data, performance framework, best use of workforce, processes review, and impact/benefits framework.

Public Minutes

The committee was scheduled to approve the Public Minutes - Resource and Estates Committee - September 2025.