Report Summary
This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority's People Committee with an overview of HMICS Review of Strategic Workforce Planning – Improvement Plan & developing the next SWP.
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Meeting
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People Committee - 28 February 2023
Date : 28 February 2023
Location : online
Alignment with Budget Strategy
With the publication of Scottish Government’s indicative budget for 2023/24 it is clear that Police Scotland will be required to adapt the size and shape of its workforce to ensure financial sustainability.
Steps are being taken now to recalibrate our operating model in the short term to enable and maintain service delivery with fewer people. Emergent governance through the Resource Prioritisation Groups (Tactical and Strategic) will enable agile decision making to quickly align available resources to priorities based on threat, risk, harm, demand and need.
Police Scotland’s approach to the development of its first Strategic Workforce Plan (SWP 2021-24) saw an approach which generated a requirement for additional workforce resourcing in the order of a £40m (approx.) uplift in officer and staff budget across the organisation. The development of the second Strategic Workforce Plan will see a clear focus both on supporting effective prioritisation and supporting enhanced governance around workforce investment, ensuring that the SWP is the core reference point for the strategic allocation and prioritisation of investment in our people – and that affordability remains an ongoing consideration.
