Report Summary
This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority with annual sight of relevant reports from the People Committee in relation to workforce data, wellbeing, health and safety and year one implementation plans for the People Strategy and Strategic Workforce Plans (SWP).
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Meeting
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Meeting of the Scottish Police Authority - 26 June 2025
Date : 26 June 2025
Location : Caledonian Suite, COSLA, Verity House, 19 Haymarket Yards, Edinburgh, EH12 5BH
Annual Reporting Against PS/SWP Implementation Plans
The People Strategy closure report (Appendix A) and Strategic Workforce Plan closure report (Appendix B) were both presented to People Committee on 29 May 2025. 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 Vision 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 the 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 team is currently being significantly restructured which, inevitably, has created uncertainty for team members, resourcing pressures and unfilled posts that meant we could not deliver some of the planned activities within originally agreed timescales. The new structure is due to go-live in the coming months but requires significant and considered implementation planning.
We have begun to define and prioritise deliverables for the coming year, aligned to our new operating model and structures, and this will continue throughout quarter one and two of this financial year. This will involve balancing delivery of the People Strategy & SWP activity with deliverables that will transform the People and Development department into a modern, strategic, person-centred HR service.
Our year-two plans for 2025-26 will be tabled at People Committee in August for discussion.
