Title and Reference – PCC/D/008
Subject: Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding for PCC access to the HMPPS Performance Hub and Segmentation Tool
Report of: Police and Crime Commissioner
Date: 20/08/2024

Summary:

The Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) have refreshed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) to provide access to important data tools such as the HMPPS Performance Hub and Segmentation Tool. Reducing reoffending is a shared interest for PCCs and HMPPS. The purpose of sharing data between the participants is to prevent and/or reduce crime and disorder and reduce reoffending.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the PCC John Tizard on 20 August 2024.

The intended benefits are to:
1. assist the work of the PCC and HMPPS in developing and delivering their respective Police and Crime Plan and Regional Reducing Reoffending Plan.
2. improve accountability against measures which should lead to better delivery, use of resources, improved effectiveness, and efficiency.
3. inform the co-commissioning activity which is expected to contribute to the commissioning of rehabilitation and resettlement provision. PCCs and Regional Probation Directors will be expected to inform commissioning priorities in each region and to consider pooling funds to commission and co-commission services to reflect specific local needs.

The shared data will be for internal use only and will not be shared outside the LCJB or released publicly. In addition, there is no requirement for any data to be shared back with the CPS or HMPPS.

The Performance Hub is a web-based corporate reporting service that provides staff from prisons, probation, Ministry of Justice and associated organisations (collectively referred to as “Users”) with data collection, validation, collation and reporting.

It is hosted collaboratively by the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) Data & Analysis and Digital & Technology Directorates. Access to, and use of, the Hub requires explicit written and current authorisation via the Memorandum of Understanding and is conducive to protecting and enhancing public safety and delivering on the MoJ priorities: protect the public from serious offenders, improve the safety and security of our prisons, reduce reoffending and deliver swift access to justice.

Users of the Hub consent to any activity to be recorded, including but not limited to: login and logout actions; submission of returns and upload of data and running reports and downloading data.

Recommendation:
To note decision
Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner
I hereby approve the recommendations above.