Information about the Project Alpha Database

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.023773

I note you seek access to the following information:

1. - the "production of equality impact assessment" for Project Alpha
2. - the "further stakeholder consultation" for Project Alpha
3. - the review of the DPIA

Decision

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

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Q1 - the "production of equality impact assessment" for Project Alpha

The production of Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) within the DPIA is in reference to actual completion of the EIA. I can confirm that this is the EIA already previously provided to you under reference 01/FOI/21/021572

Q2 - the "further stakeholder consultation" for Project Alpha

We can confirm that the MPS reached out to the following organisations to seek their views:
St Giles Trust,
Ben Kinsella Trust,
Redthread,
Catch-22
Safer London

I have been made aware there was very limited engagement from the organisations and therefore we did not receive any relevant observations and/or concerns.

Q3 - the review of the DPIA

The review date is incorrect and should read as 2021 and not 2020. The DPIA was signed off in December 2020. The Project Alpha team are currently in the process of developing a new Microsoft Power App for use as a ‘record of work, plus data/metric collection and tasking tool, which will be included in the DPIA review. The development has taken longer than expected and therefore the review of the DPIA has been delayed. The use of the Power App represents the only material change to the way Alpha processes and retains data. We would be happy to share a redacted cope of the review once complete.