Report Summary
This report provides members of the People Committee with an update in relation to the Organisational Design and Capacity Report.
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Meeting
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People Committee - 4 December 2025
Date : 04 December 2025
Location : Online
Background
Police Scotland’s Strategic Workforce Plan, published in November 2023, set out the ambition to modernise the workforce and align resources to the Chief Constable’s vision of Safer Communities, Less Crime, Supported Victims and a Thriving Workforce.
Following this, the first three-year Vision 2030 Business Plan (April 2024–March 2027) was published. Since then, Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) activity has been realigned to support its delivery, ensuring that all workforce decisions contribute directly to organisational priorities. Progress against deliverables is reported bi-annually to the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) and quarterly to the Force Executive, providing ongoing visibility of progress, issues, and risk.
Police Scotland has made significant progress in building the foundations of a modern, flexible workforce. Specifically, strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) activity is occurring across teams and operations with collaboration between functions beginning to create a consistent and connected approach to workforce design.
While much of this work is still developing, the progress to date provides a strong platform for longer-term sustainability. The strands of work now underway represent alignment of effort and is a shift from isolated projects towards a coherent system of planning, delivery and learning.
