Information about what policies your organisation has in place
Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.027162
I note you seek access to the following information:
I am writing to you to request information about what policies your organisation has in place and measures it takes, in relation to the following areas…
1. Does your organisation have a formal policy in-place for ensuring your directly employed staff are not in, in-work poverty?
2. Does your organisation employ temporary staff?
3. If so, what proportion of the workforce are temporary staff?
4. Does your organisation have a formal policy or policies in-place to minimize the proportion of the workforce that is made up of temporary staff?
5. Does your organisation pay at least the London Living Wage to all its staff i.e. those both directly employed and temporary?
6. Which of the following measures, if any, does your organisation have in-place for all its permanent full-time staff?
a) Help with travel costs
b) Debt support/ advice
c) Support for mental health
d) Support for physical health
e) Subsidized training courses
f) Cycle to work schemes
g) Trade Union recognition
h) Formal procedures for consulting staff about organisational decisions
i) Maternity pay above statutory levels
j) Paternity leave pay
k) Pension contributions for staff above the statutory minimum
l) Staff discount scheme
m) Savings scheme
n) Wages advance facility
o) Private medical insurance
7. Which of the following measures, if any, does your organisation have in-place for all its permanent part-time staff?
a) Help with travel costs
b) Debt support/ advice
c) Support for mental health
d) Support for physical health
e) Subsidized training courses
f) Cycle to work schemes
g) Trade Union recognition
h) Formal procedures for consulting staff about organisational decisions
i) Maternity pay above statutory levels
j) Paternity leave pay
k) Pension contributions for staff above the statutory minimum
l) Staff discount scheme
m) Savings scheme
n) Wages advance facility
o) Private medical insurance
8. Which of the following measures, if any, does your organisation have in-place for all its temporary staff?
a) Help with travel costs
b) Debt support/ advice
c) Support for mental health
d) Support for physical health
e) Subsidized training courses
f) Cycle to work schemes
g) Trade union recognition
h) Formal procedures for consulting staff about organisational decisions
i) Maternity pay above statutory levels
j) Paternity leave pay
k) Pension contributions for staff above the statutory minimum
l) Staff discount scheme
m) Savings scheme
n) Wages advance facility
o) Private medical insurance
9. Does your organisation procure, from private suppliers, goods and/ or services required for its internal functioning?
10. Does your organisation have procurement policies in-place which ensure that those working for entities supplying goods and/ or services to it, are not in, in-work poverty?
11. Does your organisation have procurement policies in-place which require the entities supplying goods and/ or services to it, to pay those workers employed by those suppliers and delivering such goods and/ or services, (at least) the London Living Wage?
12. Does your organisation have procurement policies in-place which require the entities supplying goods and/ or services to it, to ensure the workers employed by those suppliers and delivering those goods and/ or services, are employed on permanent full-time contracts?
13. Does your organisation require (in contractual terms and conditions) the entities supplying goods and/ or services to it, limit the proportion of workers they have delivering such goods and/ or services that are on temporary contracts?
14. Does your organisation have arrangements in place for procuring services for the public, that your institution is under a duty to provide, from private suppliers?
15. Does your organisation have procurement policies in-place which aim to ensure that those people working for entities supplying services to the public on a contracted-out basis on your institutions behalf, are not in, in-work poverty?
16. Does your organisation require (in contractual terms and conditions) the entities supplying services to the public on a contracted-out basis on your institution’s behalf, to pay the workers that they have delivering such services, at least the London Living Wage?
17. Does your organisation require (in contractual terms and conditions) the entities supplying services to the public on a contracted-out basis on your institution’s behalf, to ensure they employ all those workers that are delivering such services, on permanent full-time contracts?
18. Does your organisation require (in contractual terms and conditions) the entities supplying services to the public on a contracted-out basis on your institution’s behalf, limit the proportion of workers they have delivering such services that are on temporary contracts?
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.
Please find below information pursuant to your request above.
I am writing to you to request information about what policies your organisation has in place and measures it takes, in relation to the following areas…
Q1 - Does your organisation have a formal policy in-place for ensuring your directly employed staff are not in, in-work poverty?
There is no formal policy in place but the London Living Wage is set, in part, to combat this and we continue to pay at the London Living Wage as a minimum.
Q2 - Does your organisation employ temporary staff?
Yes.
Q3 - If so, what proportion of the workforce are temporary staff?
Currently, agency staff and contractors make up 2.7% of the workforce.
Q4 - Does your organisation have a formal policy or policies in-place to minimize the proportion of the workforce that is made up of temporary staff?
The MPS has no generic formal HR policy in place to minimise the proportion of the workforce that is made up of temporary staff.
Q5 - Does your organisation pay at least the London Living Wage to all its staff i.e. those both directly employed and temporary?
All MPS staff are paid the London Living Wage. Temporary agency staff are not employed by the MPS.
Q6 - Which of the following measures, if any, does your organisation have in-place for all its permanent full-time staff?
a - Help with travel costs
Free TFL travel is given to all officers. There is subsidised rail travel available to all officers. Free bus travel is given to Police Community Support Officers. The Excess Fares policy allows individuals to claim additional costs of travel when asked to undertake journeys beyond home to work.
b - Debt support/ advice
Support is available through the Occupational Health Services.
c - Support for mental health
Support is available through the Occupational Health Services.
d - Support for physical health
Support is available through the Occupational Health Services.
e - Subsidized training courses
Yes
f - Cycle to work schemes
Yes
g - Trade Union recognition
Yes
h - Formal procedures for consulting staff about organisational decisions
Yes
i - Maternity pay above statutory levels
Yes
j - Paternity leave pay
Yes
k - Pension contributions for staff above the statutory minimum
Yes
l - Staff discount scheme
Yes
m - Savings scheme
Yes, through partner organisations.
n - Wages advance facility
No
o - Private medical insurance
No
Q7 - Which of the following measures, if any, does your organisation have in-place for all its permanent part-time staff?
The same measures are available to permanent part-time staff as are to permanent full-time staff.
Q8 - Which of the following measures, if any, does your organisation have in-place for all its temporary staff?
If a temporary member of staff is employed by the MPS, they will have the same access as permanent members of staff. If they are not employed by the MPS, then they will retain the benefits package of their employer.
Q9 - Does your organisation procure, from private suppliers, goods and/ or services required for its internal functioning?
Yes.
Q10 - Does your organisation have procurement policies in-place which ensure that those working for entities supplying goods and/ or services to it, are not in, in-work poverty?
Our contract terms ensure that suppliers meet all applicable employment laws including equality, health and safety, pay living or London Living Wage as well as compliance with Modern Slavery laws and Human Rights.
Q11 - Does your organisation have procurement policies in-place which require the entities supplying goods and/ or services to it, to pay those workers employed by those suppliers and delivering such goods and/ or services, (at least) the London Living Wage?
London Living Wage is encouraged but expected on contracts meeting a certain criteria for workers employed on MPS premises.
Q12 - Does your organisation have procurement policies in-place which require the entities supplying goods and/ or services to it, to ensure the workers employed by those suppliers and delivering those goods and/ or services, are employed on permanent full-time contracts?
This would depend on the type of contract or if the supplier needs to take on sub-contractors to deliver some of the services.
Q13 - Does your organisation require (in contractual terms and conditions) the entities supplying goods and/ or services to it, limit the proportion of workers they have delivering such goods and/ or services that are on temporary contracts?
This would be dependent on the purpose of the contract.
Q14 - Does your organisation have arrangements in place for procuring services for the public, that your institution is under a duty to provide, from private suppliers?
Contracts are advertised on various tendering portals and open to bids from private or public sector organisations.
With reference to Q.15-18, we would endorse the same contract term principles on any services we contracted out.
Q15 - Does your organisation have procurement policies in-place which aim to ensure that those people working for entities supplying services to the public on a contracted-out basis on your institutions behalf, are not in, in-work poverty?
As per 10 above.
Q16 - Does your organisation require (in contractual terms and conditions) the entities supplying services to the public on a contracted-out basis on your institution’s behalf, to pay the workers that they have delivering such services, at least the London Living Wage?
As per 11 above.
Q17 - Does your organisation require (in contractual terms and conditions) the entities supplying services to the public on a contracted-out basis on your institution’s behalf, to ensure they employ all those workers that are delivering such services, on permanent full-time contracts?
As per 12 above.
Q18 - Does your organisation require (in contractual terms and conditions) the entities supplying services to the public on a contracted-out basis on your institution’s behalf, limit the proportion of workers they have delivering such services that are on temporary contracts?
As per 13 above.