Agenda and minutes

The Chair of the Humberside Police and Crime Panel welcomed everyone to the meeting and invited all in attendance to introduce themselves and identify the local authority/organisation they were representing.

Resolved - That it be noted that apologies for absence had been received from Councillor L Tock (Hull City Council).

There were no substitutes attending the meeting.

There were no declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests and personal or personal and prejudicial interests.

The Chair welcomed Mr Evison, Ms Cook and Mr Ransom to the meeting, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside, Chief Executive Officer at the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner and the proposed candidate for the Chief Finance Officer for the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner respectively.

The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (the Act) required Police and Crime Panels to scrutinise senior appointments proposed by the Police and Crime Commissioner.

Schedule 1, paragraph 9 (1) of the Act defined senior appointments as the Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC) Chief Executive and Monitoring Officer, Chief Finance Officer and the Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner (if appointed).  These were referred to as Schedule 1 appointments.

Schedule 1 paragraph 10 of the Act required the Panel to review the proposed appointment and make a report to the Commissioner, which must include a recommendation as to whether or not the candidate should be appointed.  This must be done within a period of three weeks beginning with the day on which the Panel received the notification from the PCC of the proposed appointment.

Following the recruitment and assessment process, the PCC proposed to appoint Mr Martyn Ransom to the post of Chief Finance Officer for the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside.

The Chair outlined the order of business and explained the process and powers of the Panel.  Mr Ransom was invited to ask any procedural questions before the hearing commenced.

The Chair invited Mr Ransom to provide a short precis of his previous employment and to explain why he believed he met the ‘minimum standards’ of professional competence and personal independence. 

Members of the Panel then questioned Mr Ransom in relation to his proposed appointment.

Following the completion of the questioning, the Chair thanked Mr Ransom, Mr Evison and Ms Cook for their attendance, verbal presentation and for answering members’ questions.

There was no urgent business for consideration at the meeting.

Resolved - That the public be excluded from the meeting for consideration of the following item under Section 1009(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

Resolved - (a) That the appointment of Mr Martyn Ransom to the post of Chief Finance Officer for the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside, on the terms and conditions set out in the report submitted to the Panel, be confirmed, and (b) that the Panel were looking forward to working with Mr Ransom and would like to wish him well in his new role.