NPIA plans £200 million police IT savings

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The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) has pledged to save the police service £200 million by 2015 through more efficient use of technology and procurement.

This year, the agency is planning to save the service £25 million in the same areas, but the NPIA could not confirm to IT PRO what specific changes will be made to its IT operations to make the cuts.

Overall, the body said it will save the police £150 million in 2010/11 and £1 billion by 2015.

“Our plans are ambitious but that is what's called for in this difficult financial climate. Policing will not be immune from the cuts facing the public sector,” said Chief Constable Peter Neyroud, chief executive of the NPIA.

"Our challenge is to do more with less by being more intelligent and efficient in how we deliver policing services. Collaboration, sharing and central procurement will be the hallmarks of how the NPIA helps the police service to achieve significant savings in the future," Neyroud told delegates at an Association of Chief Police Officers and Association of Police Authorities conference in Manchester.

The NPIA, which helps support a number of police services including the national fingerprint database and the Airwave radio system, has also handed plans over to the Home Office about how it will be able to shave an extra £30 million off its own costs this year.

Since it was established in 2007, the agency has reduced its budget by 20 per cent.

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