"If the income that we've assumed doesn't come through, then we need to look at where and when we can be more efficient, Dan Worsley told the London Assembly Budget and Performance Committee. We've done a lot of work on efficiencies and I'm really comfortable that the 20million is a reasonable figure from quite a small part of our budget in terms of non-worker force efficiencies."
"If the income doesn't come through at that level or doesn't come through recurrently, we'll have to work with City Hall and MOPAC (Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime) to look at what the impact might be on our workforce and our ability to recruit to the levels of attrition in order to protect the workforce."
"He added: We've done some work behind the scenes on scenario planning about what that might look like. But until we get the provisional police settlement and we've worked through that and had conversations with colleagues at MOPAC and operational colleagues, we don't know what that will look like."
The Metropolitan Police has identified a £20 million budget gap for 2026-27 and plans to bridge it through non-workforce efficiencies. The Chief Finance Officer said an expected Home Office funding uplift has been assumed and that, if the income does not materialize or recur, staffing and recruitment will need to be reconsidered. Scenario planning has been undertaken and the force will work with City Hall and MOPAC to assess workforce and recruitment impacts. Ministers are being pressed for additional funding. Officer numbers fell to 33,766 in May 2024 and are forecast at 31,258 by March.
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