Report Summary
This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority People Committee with a status and progress update against all activity detailed in the 2024/25 People Strategy and Strategic Workforce Plans that were approved at People Committee in May 2024.
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Meeting
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People Committee - 29 May 2025
Date : 29 May 2025
Location : Online
Main Report
Appendix A is the People Strategy closure report. Appendix B is the SWP closure report. In each report activities are provided a status against the target delivery date: complete (blue), on-track (green) or off-track (red).
Where activity is complete, we have provided early impact data where this was available. This enables us to demonstrate early progress towards our Vision of 2030, where our efforts are already seeing demonstrable change to support our communities by releasing capacity to frontline policing; delivering new systems, tools, and equipment; and enabling our colleagues with services designed to support them to be effective in their jobs.
On-track activity provides a short positional update on an activity’s progress to date. Activity that is off-track provides a rationale as to why it has not yet been delivered. Unless, the activity has been stopped, a proposed new deadline for delivery is captured.
Each report is in two sections. The first section provides a high-level visual summary of the plan as presented to People Committee in May 2024, and colour coded as per 2.1 above. It also provides a skeleton plan for 2025-26 with only work not yet complete remaining visible. The second section provides the detailed description of all activities, as outlined in 2.2 above.
Please note that our People and Development department has been restructuring within the past year, and this continues. This has created resourcing pressures and unfilled posts that has meant we could not deliver some of the planned activities. The new structure is due to go-live at the end of June 2025.
NEXT STEPS
We have already begun to define and prioritise deliverables for the coming year, and this will continue throughout quarter one of this financial year. This will involve balancing delivery of the PS & SWP activity with deliverables that will transform the People and Development department into a modern, strategic, person-centred HR service for Police Scotland. Year-two plans for 2025-26 will be tabled at People Committee for discussion at the August Committee.
