This blog is mainly about the governance and future of policing and crime services. (Police & Crime Commissioners feature quite a lot.) But there are also posts about the wider justice system. And because I am town councillor and political activist, local & national issues are covered a little, as well.

Friday, January 10, 2014

Deputy Dawg 2

A while back I asked for details of what the Deputy PCC for Thames Valley does with time. (Here is the previous blog posting). You will recall that Cllr David Carroll is employed on a 0.6 contract / 22.2 hours per week and is paid £35,000 a year for this (pro rata full time salary would be £58,333). I asked again before Christmas. Here is what he was doing between the 8 July and 8 November last year. I asked for "a list of all the meetings and events that the Deputy PCC has attended" during that period. This is what emerged.

Date
Meeting/event




8 July -16 July
Leave
Leave / hol / w/e
17-Jul

???
18-Jul

???
19-Jul
Police and Crime Panel Conference
Public governance
20-Jul

Leave / hol / w/e
21-Jul

Leave / hol / w/e
22-Jul

???
23-Jul

???
24-Jul

???
25-Jul

???
26-Jul

???
27-Jul

Leave / hol / w/e
28-Jul

Leave / hol / w/e
29-Jul

???
30-Jul
Meeting in Bucks
Unspecified
31-Jul
Meeting in London
Unspecified
01-Aug
Meeting in Bucks
Unspecified
02-Aug

???
03-Aug

Leave / hol / w/e
04-Aug

Leave / hol / w/e
05-Aug

???
06-Aug

???
07-Aug
National Playday event
Prof Development
08-Aug
Meeting with Wycombe MP
Partner liaison

Bucks Adult Safeguarding Board Chair and Development Officer
Partner liaison
09-Aug

???
10-Aug

Leave / hol / w/e
11-Aug

Leave / hol / w/e
12-Aug

???
13-Aug

???
14-Aug
Force’s Integrity Sub Group
Police liaison
15-Aug

???
16-Aug

???
17-Aug

Leave / hol / w/e
18-Aug

Leave / hol / w/e
19-Aug

???
20-Aug

???
21-Aug
Meeting with Bucks Councillors
Partner liaison
22-Aug

???
23-Aug
Meeting with Community Safety Manager Bucks
Partner liaison
24-Aug

Leave / hol / w/e
25-Aug

Leave / hol / w/e
26-Aug
Bank Holiday
Leave / hol / w/e
27-Aug

???
28-Aug

???
29-Aug
Bucks County Show
Public engagement 
30-Aug

???
31-Aug

Leave / hol / w/e
01-Sep

Leave / hol / w/e
02-Sep

???
03-Sep

???
04-Sep
Meeting with the Council leader Wycombe
Partner liaison
05-Sep
Local Criminal Justice Board
Partner liaison
06-Sep

???
07-Sep

Leave / hol / w/e
08-Sep

Leave / hol / w/e
09-Sep

???
10-Sep

???
11-Sep

???
12-Sep

???
13-Sep

???
14-Sep

Leave / hol / w/e
15-Sep

Leave / hol / w/e
16-Sep
Have Your Say evening meeting
Public engagement 
17-Sep
Joint Independent Audit Committee meeting
Governance

Meeting with PCC/Senior Officers of the OPCC
Governance
18-Sep

???
19-Sep
Meeting with Area Commander Aylesbury
Police liaison

Meeting with Community Safety Manager Bucks
Partner liaison
20-Sep
Police and Crime Panel
Public governance
21-Sep

Leave / hol / w/e
22-Sep

Leave / hol / w/e
23-Sep
Meeting with Chief Executive OPCC
Governance

Have Your Say evening meeting
Public engagement 
24-Sep
Safer Bucks Board meeting
Partner liaison
25-Sep
Police Integrity Conference
Police liaison
26-Sep

???
27-Sep

???
28-Sep

Leave / hol / w/e
29-Sep
Police Memorial Event
Public engagement 
30-Sep

???
01-Oct

???
02-Oct
Meeting with YOTs Milton Keynes
Partner liaison

Meeting with the DCC and Head of Professional Standards
Governance
03-Oct

???
04-Oct
Meeting with Dominic Grieve MP
Partner liaison
05-Oct

Leave / hol / w/e
06-Oct

Leave / hol / w/e
07-Oct
Meeting with a complainant
Public engagement 
08-Oct
Meeting with John Bercow MP
Partner liaison
09-Oct

???
10-Oct

???
11-Oct
Meeting with David Lidington MP
Partner liaison
12-Oct

Leave / hol / w/e
13-Oct
High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
Partner liaison
14-Oct
Meeting with a Bucks resident
Public engagement 
15-Oct
Meeting with the DCC and Chief Executive OPCC
Governance
16-Oct

???
17-Oct
Meeting with Fiona MacTaggart MP
Partner liaison
18-Oct
Gmap meeting
Governance
19-Oct

Leave / hol / w/e
20-Oct

Leave / hol / w/e
21-Oct
Meeting with the PCC and Senior   Officers of the OPCC
Governance
22-Oct

???
23-Oct

???
24-Oct
Pension Fund meeting
Governance
25-Oct

???
26-Oct

Leave / hol / w/e
27-Oct

Leave / hol / w/e
28-Oct

???
29-Oct
Meeting with the DCC and Chief Executive OPCC
Governance
30-Oct

???
31-Oct

???
01-Nov

???
02-Nov

Leave / hol / w/e
03-Nov

Leave / hol / w/e
04-Nov

???
05-Nov

???
06-Nov
Level 1 public meeting
Public engagement 
07-Nov
Meeting with Bucks re CSF funding
Partner liaison
08-Nov
Police and Crime Panel
Public governance


The information in the first two columns was provided by the Office for the PCC. I have added the categorisation in the third column.

Now, my arithmetic may be a little wrong, but calculate the following. Mr Carroll had meetings of this kind on these number of days. (I make no assumptions about how long the meetings were)

13 Partner liaison
7.5 Governance
7 Public engagement
3 Unspecified meetings
3 Public governance
2.5 Police liaison
1 Professional development

That is 37 days in total. I calculate there are 84 possible days of working in this period for which the DPCC is committed to police & crime work for 60%. This is roughly equal to 50 days. (I say roughly as it gets a tad complicated when it comes to leave and bank holidays etc.) 

I am left wondering what the Deputy does for a quarter of his time. 

What do you think he could be doing during these moments? 



(I am happy to be corrected / enlightened / challenged on any of this data. I may well have missed something obvious...)

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