A policing commission review covering Wales and England has recommended the creation of a national IT procurement system.

The review suggestion, would have the procurement system run jointly by the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office, and would also cover services including forensics.

When outsourcing services the commission called for the creation of requirements and principles that would govern the decision.

The review said that such a strategy would help to drive savings, standardisation and integration of police forces, with the potential to create savings of over £60 million between 2016/17.

The review also called for the creation of a single mobile and flexible intelligence platform for officers, which would contain information from a range of sources including the Police National Computer (PNC), Police National Database and forensic databases.

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