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Published: 19 March 2024

Benchmarking Progress Update - 12 March 2024

Report Summary

This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority Policing Performance Committee with the final update of the Benchmarking Short Life Working Group, detailing the key achievements of the group and outlining how benchmarking and comparative analysis is now embedded in the Police Scotland performance, underpinning ongoing continuous improvement activity. 

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Benchmarking Measures

A set of 44 strategic measures of progress have been identified in Police Scotland’s Performance Framework, designed around the five main strategic outcomes set out in the Joint Strategy for Policing (2020). The full list is provided in Appendix 1.

The SLWG has agreed that a smaller set of comparative measures and data points from the 44 will be used for benchmarking purposes each year as identified in the annual Performance Framework, with a balance across the three themes of effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy, and in line with the benchmarking tiers described above.

Comparative figures already used in quarterly reporting to Policing Performance Committee include 999 demand and performance, Your Voice Matters survey results, and stop and search data.


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