Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) the budget and (b) staffing is for the Police ICT Company in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
The Police ICT Company currently does not have any assigned budget or staff. As the Company will be owned and led by Police and Crime Commissioners, it is now for them to take immediate decisions on the specific functions of the
Company.
To help PCCs consider options and take these decisions, the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, on behalf of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, received a grant of up to £291,500 from the 2014/15 Police Innovation Fund.
The budget for 2015/16 is yet to be agreed, and will depend on PCCs decisions.