Training provision in the MPS

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.025275

I note you seek access to the following information:

1. What is your total annual training budget?
2. How is your annual training budget allocated across the organisation?
3. What are your training priorities for 2022/2023?
4. Which public sector frameworks do you use for training, learning and development services?
5. Which external providers for learning, development and training do you use?
6. Please provide your organisation's learning and development strategy (or similarly titled document).

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Q1 - What is your total annual training budget?

Business Group	Full Year Budget 2022-23
Frontline Policing	1,713,396.33
Met Operations	1,167,887.96
Specialist Operations	5,550,974.42
Professionalism	1,851,579.16
Digital Policing	50,000.00
Corporate Services	2,777,006.29
Grand Total	13,110,844.16

Q2 - How is your annual training budget allocated across the organisation?

Apart from the allocation of budgets to support corporate (Met Direction) and specialist training, for example, training police officer recruits and specialist officers, officer safety training, firearms training, public order training and driver training etc., in respect of which budgets are set annually to meet operational demand, legal obligations and national accreditation requirements, training budgets more generally form part of individual Business Group devolved budgets. Under the MPS devolved budgeting framework, Business Groups have the flexibility to set budgets locally to meet operational priorities, which includes addressing the local training needs of officers and staff

Q3 - What are your training priorities for 2022/2023?

The information can be obtained from the document: The Met’s Direction: Our Strategy 2018-2025. 

Q4 - Which public sector frameworks do you use for training, learning and development services?

The College of Policing is a professional body for the police in England and Wales. The college produces guidance for officers known as Authorised Professional Practice (APP). This provides operational guidance on how to deal with different types of crime or incident – from first response through to investigation, legal issues and public protection.

Q5 - Which external providers for learning, development and training do you use?

Babcock is the Metropolitan Police Service’s learning partner, working with a collaboration of four London-based universities to support the training of its new officer recruits.

Q6 - Please provide your organisation's learning and development strategy (or similarly titled document).

Please refer to the attached document:  The Met’s Direction: Our Strategy 2018-2025.