MPA & MPS Budget book 2006-07

MPA Revenue and Capital Budget Book 2006/07
Business Group:
Sub-Business Group:
Responsible Officer:
Resources Directorate
Property Services
Director of Property Services
Service Description:
The MPA owns and occupies over 600 operational buildings, 1,116 residential properties and 667
rooms in section houses. It provides facilities for a workforce of over 50,000 across London and is
responsible for the stewardship of the police estate.
Property Services undertakes a wide range of activities on behalf of the police estate. They include
the following:
• Provides strategic guidance to the MPA.
• Asset manages the entire estate.
• Provides property management and facilities management services.
• Advises on energy and environmental issues.
• Ensures on-site health and safety.
• Provides maintenance.
• Delivers new build procurement.
• Provides support functions for operational policing (public order and incident response).
• Specialist design (e.g. custody suites, front offices).
• Leads on regeneration and planning matters.
Key Activities:
• Managing the MPA Estate and provision of accommodation for the MPS, including asset
management and investing in the Estate.
• Acquisition and sale of sites and buildings.
• Repositioning and renewing the estate to meet policing need (as published in “Building Towards
the Safest City” strategy).
• Accommodating growth and Step Change plans along with enhancing resilience of buildings.
• Facilities management: improvements and refurbishments, building and engineering
maintenance, FRM liaison.
• Health and safety standards.
• Environmental and energy standards.
• Guarding.
• Utilisation and allocation.
• Management of residential estate.
• Operational support: providing public order and special events, forced entry teams, scenes of
crime modelling, provision of covert accommodation.
• Working with London planning authorities to support regeneration.
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