National Policing Improvement Agency

National Policing Improvement Agency
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AbbreviationNPIA
Agency overview
Formed1 April 2007
Preceding agencies
Dissolved7 October 2013
Superseding agencyCollege of Policing
Serious Organised Crime Agency (now National Crime Agency)
Home Office
Employees1,629 (September 2011); 2,100 (2009)
Annual budget£380M (2011/12); £474M (2008/09)
Jurisdictional structure
National agency
(Operations jurisdiction)
UK
Operations jurisdictionUK
England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Size244 821 km² / 94,526 sq mi
Population60,609,153
Legal jurisdictionEngland and Wales, less in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Governing bodyHome Office
Operational structure
HeadquartersLondon

The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) was a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom, established to support police by providing expertise in such areas as information technology, information sharing, and recruitment.

It was announced in December 2011 that the NPIA would be gradually wound down and its functions transferred to other organisations. By December 2012, all operations had been transferred to the Home Office, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) and the newly established College of Policing.[1] SOCA was itself replaced by the National Crime Agency on 7 October 2013 as a feature of the Crime and Courts Act 2013, which also formally abolished the NPIA.[2]

  1. ^ Pinel, Jeremy (9 December 2012). "NPIA moves towards closedown". National Policing Improvement Agency. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  2. ^ "National Crime Agency hailed by Home Secretary Theresa May". BBC News. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.

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