Funding for Operations Orochi and Yamata to continue in 2024

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.034768

I note you seek access to the following information:

Do you have confirmation from the Home Office and MOPAC on whether there will be funding for Operations Orochi and Yamata to continue in 2024?

AND

Please could you publish an outcomes report on the achievements of Operations Orochi and Yamata.

Decision

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

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Do you have confirmation from the Home Office and MOPAC on whether there will be funding for Operations Orochi and Yamata to continue in 2024?

The Home Office have agreed to fund Operation Orochi for financial year 2024/25.

Operation Yamata was funded by the Home Office for the first 6 months of financial year 2023/24 with the remaining 6 months being funding by the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC). Funding arrangements for financial year 2024/25 have not, to date of this notice, been finalised.

“Please could you publish an outcomes report on the achievements of Operations Orochi and Yamata.”

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) provides the right to request recorded information held by public authorities and captures information that was held at the time of receipt of the request for information. There is no overarching outcome report for Operation Orochi and/or Operation Yamata that is held by the MPS. The requested information cannot accordingly be released and/or published, as it is not held by the MPS.

The Home Office has published a summary of the activity of the County Lines Programme since its launch in November 2019. These figures include those provided by the MPS. I have provided a link to this information below.

Home Office Website - County Lines Programme Data

DUTY TO ADVISE AND ASSIST
Under Section 16 of the Act, there is a duty to advise and assist those that have made a request for information. In accordance with this duty, I can confirm that the MPS publishes information about various types of crime on its website. I have provided a link to this information below.

MPS Website: Stats and Data

Additionally, it may assist you to note that the MPS proactively publishes all disclosures made in response to requests made under the Act on its Publication Scheme. I have provided a link to this section of the MPS website below.

MPS Publication Scheme

The MPS Publication Scheme can be searched using keywords and may accordingly hold other information that is of interest to you.

You may also wish to note the following records that have been published in respect of Operation Orochi and Operation Yamata.

London Assembly Website - Mayor announces further £8.5m to tackle violence across the capital and raise standards in the Met
London Assembly Website - Operation Orochi Funding
London Assembly Website - Operation Orochi