Change log - value for money profiles

We frequently update these dashboards, following feedback from police forces. The log below details the changes made over time.

Date	Changes
February 2024	Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) data has been updated. A single years’ worth of data has been used this year and the historic profiles have been kept. Workforce and crime data has been removed from the most recent profiles (however both are still published online). The source for population data has been changed to ONS data (Estimates of the population for England and Wales – Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)) mapped onto force areas.
February 2023	The data in the dashboard has been updated. As well as updating the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) data, we have added the most recent workforce and crime outcomes data published by the Home Office up to March 2021. The CIPFA data includes Police Objective Analysis (POA) forecasts for 2021/22. These are the links to the Home Office publications: Police workforce open data tables and Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables. Population has been updated: Data for 2021/22 is now from ONS population data rather than a projection. Population data for 2022/23 has been included in calculations and is a projection.
February 2022	Changed the definition of Net Revenue Expenditure in line with CIPFA’s definition. As a consequence, Government Grants has been removed from the definition of Net Revenue Expenditure in the Value for Money Profiles.
January 2022	The data in the dashboard has been updated. As well as updating the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) data, we have added the most recent workforce and crime outcomes data published by the Home Office up to March 2021. The CIPFA data includes Police Objective Analysis (POA) forecasts for 2021/22. These are the links to the Home Office publications: Police workforce open data tables and Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables. Population has been updated: Data for 2020/21 is now from ONS population data rather than a projection. Population data for 2021/22 has been included in calculations and is a projection. New crime types 8T (Assaults on emergency workers (other than constables)) and 8U (Controlling and coercive behaviour). 8T and 8U have been added to the crime group “Violence against the person”. New workforce gender classifications are now included for workforce data: “Not Stated”, “Prefer not to say” and “Prefer to self-describe” now available for data from 2020/21.
March 2021	The data in the dashboard has been updated. As well as updating the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) data, we have added the most recent workforce and crime outcomes data published by the Home Office for 2020. The CIPFA data includes Police Objective Analysis (POA) forecasts for 2021. These are the links to the Home Office publications: Police workforce open data tables and Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables. Home Office outcomes data now includes a new outcome code: ‘Outcome 22- diversionary, educational or intervention activity, resulting from the crime report, has been undertaken and it is not in the public interest to take any further action’. Within the profiles this has been grouped under ‘Suspect ID, no action’. We plan to complete a full audit of our profiles to improve accessibility in line with The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (known as WCAG2.1). In this update we have made some improvements to the operability of the dashboard for those using keyboards. To see a larger view of the dashboard please select the icon in the lower right hand corner of profiles.
October 2019	We have improved the navigation between pages, including an improved front screen that emphasises the main analyses over the more technical pages. We have improved the help pages, with more guidance on how to use the overview and outliers pages, a new Frequently Asked Questions section and a glossary. We have added a page that analyses support function costs per member of staff, rather than per population (as the costs of functions such as IT and HR will link more closely with staff levels than total force population). We have added an “Old profiles view” which can be used to recreate charts similar to those in the old version of the Profiles. This also allows you to look at historical costs as you can look at what these graphs looked like with previous year’s data. We have improved the ‘tool tips’ that appear when you hover over a column in a staked column chart so the total for the column is shown as well as the stacked value. The Customise page now includes the option to use the CIPFA definition of Net Revenue Expenditure. The data in the dashboard has been updated. As well as updating the CIPFA data, we have added the most recent workforce and crime outcomes data published by the Home Office. Links to the Home Office publications are provided below. Traffic wardens have been removed from the workforce data. This was a decision made by the Home Office as the numbers became so low that individuals became identifiable.
January 2019	Changes to the navigation between pages to make it easier for the user to move between similar content. Added more guidance to the help page (page 2), including adding an FAQ section and a glossary. Split the help page into two (pages 2-3) so it is easier to navigate. Added a new page (page 12) focusing on analysis of support function costs per member of staff (rather than just per population). Added an ‘old profiles view’ (page 10), allowing users to create charts for historical data, so they can see what individual forces’ data looked like for previous years. Where stacked columns are used through out the dashboard, tool tips have been improved so that they include data for column total as well as the stacked value. Added an option to use the CIPFA definition of Net Revenue Expenditure on the customise page (page 28).