Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 18
18
Accepted
In contrast, in March 2022 the National Audit Office concluded that the Police Uplift Programme...
Recommendation
In contrast, in March 2022 the National Audit Office concluded that the Police Uplift Programme was on track to deliver value for money within its narrowly defined objective of recruiting an additional 20,000 police officers over three years. It reported that the tightly scoped objectives had helped to maintain a focus on delivery, and the Programme also benefited from strong support from police forces for recruiting 20,000 additional police officers.26 We asked the Department what factors had contributed to the programme’s success to date, and what lessons could be taken from it. The Department recognised that in some respects this had been an easier programme to deliver than some of its other programmes, but told us that there were several factors that it needed to capture from this programme and include in future. It explained that the first of these was the way in which the three partners involved in the Programme - the Home Office, the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the College of Policing – had worked together.27
Government Response Summary
The Department will systematically capture and disseminate lessons from the Police Uplift Programme, producing a lessons learned report and a best practice document by August 2023.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
1. PAC conclusion: The Department has so far successfully met its objectives for the Programme. 1. PAC recommendation: The Department should systematically capture and disseminate lessons from what has worked with this programme to benefit its major programme portfolio and policing more widely. It should summarise and publish these lessons by April 2023 to support learning across government. 1.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: August 2023 1.2 As is good practice under the government project delivery framework, the Police Uplift Programme captures lessons following key activity and periodically. Some of these lessons have already been shared across policing, the Home Office and with other government departments. As the programme plans for closure it is preparing documentation that captures the lessons as part of closure reporting. 1.3 The sharing of lessons and what has worked well has been recognised by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA), recommending that the programme produce a ‘best practice’ document that can be shared with the IPA and across government. The Home Office, with the programme, will produce a lessons learned report and a best practice document for the Home Office, other parts of government and policing, as recommended by the committee and that of the IPA. 1.4 In order to capture the lessons and best practice and to include programme closure, the document will be shared in August 2023, rather than recommended April 2023 date.