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| Successor | Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2000 |
| Dissolved | 2012[1] |
| Legal status | Police authority |
Region served | Metropolitan Police District |
| Budget | £3.6 billion (2011–2012) |
The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) (2000–2012) was the local police authority responsible for scrutinising and supporting the work of the Metropolitan Police Service, the police force for Greater London (excluding the City of London Police area).
History
Previously, control of the Metropolitan Police had vested entirely in the Home Secretary.[2]
The MPA was set up in 2000 as a functional body of the Greater London Authority, by the Greater London Authority Act 1999.[3] The aim of the authority was to scrutinise the Metropolitan Police Service.[2]
The MPA had a strategic role and was not responsible for the day-to-day delivery of policing – which continued to be the direct responsibility of the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.[4] The MPA set and monitored the annual police budget and the Mayor of London set the budget of the MPA.[2]
Its membership consisted of:
- London Assembly members, appointed by the Mayor of London in accordance with the political balance on the Assembly.[5]
- magistrates[6]
- independents[7]
The MPAs ceased to exist on 16 January 2012, when its functions were transferred to the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC).[8]
List of chairs
- Toby Harris (2000–2004)[9][10]
- Len Duvall (2004–2008)[11][12]
- Boris Johnson (2008-2010)[13][14]
- Kit Malthouse (2010–2012)[15][14]
References
- "Mayor gains powers over policing". BBC News. 16 January 2012.
- "Footing the capital Bill". BBC News. 20 April 2000. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- Wood, Edward (11 December 1998). "The Greater London Authority Bill: A Mayor and Assembly for London" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- Durrant, Tim (11 February 2022). "Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service". Institute for Government. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- "Met chief's pay-off 'a disgrace'". BBC News. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- Bainbridge, Laura (3 July 2021). "Police and Crime Commissioners: new agents of crime and justice policy transfer?". Policing and Society. 31 (6): 721–734. doi:10.1080/10439463.2020.1766461. ISSN 1043-9463.
- Holdsworth, Rachel (16 January 2012). "Changes To Policing In London". Londonist. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- Secretariat, M. P. A. "MPA: Metropolitan Police Authority". policeauthority.org.
- Muir, Hugh (31 May 2004). "'Blair and Thatcher tried to crush me. Both failed' part two". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- "STRAW SET TO VETO LIVINGSTONE AIDE – KEN'S FIRST HUNDRED HOURS ALREADY INNOVATIVE". Local Government Chronicle. 15 May 2000. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- "MPA: Press release 53/04". Metropolitan Police Authority. 8 July 2004. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- "Officer loses Met race claim case". BBC News. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- "Boris Johnson to chair Metropolitan Police Authority for the first time". Metropolitan Police Authority Archive. 2 October 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- "Boris Johnson steps down from police authority". BBC News. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- "Metropolitan Police Authority holds last meeting". BBC News. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2026.