Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Policing Plan (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and shall come into force on 17 March 2010.

Amendment of the Policing Plan Regulations 2008

2. For regulation 4(d) of the Policing Plan Regulations 2008(2) substitute-"

-�(d) a Value for Money Statement, namely a statement setting out-"

(i) any planned improvements in efficiency and productivity of the police force during the plan period, including in particular those to be achieved through-"

(a) improvements in the deployment of the police force and of people employed by the police authority under section 15(1) of the Police Act 1996 (civilian employees);

(b) reductions in overtime spending;

(c) improvements in business processes;

(d) reductions in bureaucracy;

(e) use of national frameworks for procurement;

(f) convergence of information systems and technology in accordance with national strategy;

(g) improvements in the provision of business support services;

(h) reductions in overhead expenses;

(i) improvements delivered through collaborative working;

(ii) how and when it is proposed such improvements will be achieved;

(iii) the planned cashable gains arising from such improvements;

(iv) where the police authority has decided that a planned improvement in efficiency and productivity of a description set out in paragraph (d)(i) should not be pursued, the reason for that decision.-�.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Policing Plan Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/312) which supplement the provisions in section 6ZB of the Police Act 1996 on policing plans by police authorities. In particular these Regulations provide that a policing plan shall contain a Value for Money Statement, setting out certain information about the measures a police authority proposes to take to increase the efficiency and productivity of the police force for its area.