Report Summary
This report summarises the performance of the Scottish Police Authority's corporate function for the fourth quarter (January to March) of the 2024-25 reporting period.
The report excludes performance information for Forensic Services which is reported to the Authority's Forensic Services Committee.
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Summary
Corporate Strategy Delivery
Delivered 84 per cent against planned activity in quarter four.
15 per cent of planned work in quarter four was re-profiled for delivery in 2025-26, reflecting revised timescales and/or output for these areas of work.
2024-25 Performance - overall delivery in Year Two of the Corporate Strategy is 88 per cent.
Set against a challenging Delivery Plan, this represents positive progress in year for the Authority and builds on the 80 per cent delivery achieved in Year One.
11 per cent of work overall was re-profiled to 2025-26 to reflect a change to the expected delivery date or output of the activity
People
Staff FTE – Actual =45.8, unchanged since quarter three. Overall staff numbers continue to remain lower than budgeted level of 52 FTE.
Mandatory training – completion rates increased from quarter three (excluding Plain English) due to focus on completion of Moodle training for all new starts. Further reminders issued to all that have refresher training outstanding.
Absence – significant reduction in short term absence with long term absence remaining static. This will reduce in the next period due to a return to work. Appropriate occupation health support involvement engaged in all long-term absence cases. All return-to-work discussions completed on time as individuals returned following a period of absence. Future reporting will show number of weeks outstanding for RTW.
Resources
Audit – Two HMICS recommendations closed.
Risk – No change, all corporate risks within appetite / tolerance since quarter two.
FOI requests received =29, down two from previous quarter. This included three reviews – all original decisions were upheld. Compliance with the 20-day response timeline remained at 100 per cent as per previous quarter.
Subject Access Requests received =58, up two from previous quarter. This included 54 requests from officers retiring. Compliance with 1-month response timeline returned to 100 per cent.
Security Incidents recorded =3, down three from previous quarter. No incidents related to SPA Corporate. No incidents required reporting to ICO.
Performance
Complaints – continued positive trend with no SPA Corporate related complaints received during Q4.
Media Enquiries received =31, up 12 from 19 in the previous quarter. 100 per cent were answered within the requested timeframe.
Independent Custody Visiting – 31 per cent of detainees available at time of visits were seen, consistent with previous quarters.
Governance Support – 100 per cent of SPA Corporate papers, for public items, were published on time, throughout 2024-25. Further detail on Q4 performance is available for internal purposes.
