Police's £75k pay-out in settlement of civil claim

FORCE PAYMENT APPROVED BY PCC

- By IVAN MORRIS POXTON Local Democracy Reporter [e-mail]

HUMBERSIDE Police has paid out £75,000 in a settlement of a civil claim against it.

The payment was approved by Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Jonathan Evison (Conservative), on May 16.

The PCC is asked to approve any spend over £50,000 for oversight and transparency purposes, which is a long-standing arrangement.

After a recent review of its code of corporate governance, the Office of the PCC noted this was not visible to the public. A decision record is now published to demonstrate when the PCC signs off on over £50k spend.

The published decision record over the £75,000 civil claim settlement is very limited in detail, due to personal information involved.