Report Summary
This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority Resources Committee with an update to the SPA Resources Committee on the development of the Transformation Plan and associated work including benefits realisation being progressed to deliver Vision 2030.
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Meeting
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Resources Committee - 17 June 2025
Date : 17 June 2025
Location : online
Background
In September 2024, the Chief Constable presented her Vision 2030 to the SPA Board along with a 3-year Business plan, containing commitments to be delivered from 2024 to 2027 as the first three-year period of evolution of Police Scotland towards the vision.
The Vision 2030 provided high level outcome pillars of Safer Communities, Less Crime, Supported Victims and a Thriving Workforce. The 3-year Business Plan commitments ranged from community policing development, criminal justice improvement, cultural improvement, to estates and workforce modernisation, technology, digital and data programmes of change.
It was recognised that the existing transformation portfolio, whilst consisting of significant programmes of change, did not include all transformational change activity nor oversee, report or support them. Therefore, the Change function and wider enabling functions needed to reassess and pivot their activity to ensure they fully supported the delivery of these commitments and transformational change activities.
In support of this requirement, Police Scotland commissioned Deloitte to carry out a change review entitled, ‘Assessment of Police Scotland's current readiness and capability to successfully deliver transformation’. The review identified areas for improvement in thematic areas of:
• Leadership and Vision
• Delivery Capability and Resourcing
• Governance
And recommendations summarised as:
• Strategic alignment
• Capability redesign
• Streamlined governance
In spring 2025, Police Scotland realigned portfolios at Deputy Chief Constable level creating a DCC Transformation role to provide strategic leadership across all aspects of transformation in the organisation. Additionally, a Director Transformation was appointed to reinforce the strategic leadership in transformation and ensure delivery required against Vision 2030. Concurrently, the change function began redefining the transformation portfolio.
