Westminster City Council is expanding its City Inspectorate with a new Tasking Team to address anti-social behaviour and provide surge capacity in areas experiencing specific stress. The Tasking Team is being introduced to respond to wider issues of anti-social behaviour that require a more assertive response, allowing for increased capacity and capability in areas facing specific challenges.

The new Tasking Team, comprised of eight additional inspectors, will focus on responding to a wider range of anti-social behaviour issues that require a more assertive approach. This will allow the City Inspectorate to increase capacity and capability in areas facing specific challenges.

The expansion was discussed at the Climate Action, Environment and Highways Policy and Scrutiny Committee meeting on Thursday 25th September 2025, where the committee scrutinised the work and management of the City Inspectors, including the street-based intervention team. The City Inspectors SBIT PS Report September 2025 provided an overview of the City Inspectorate, their areas of work, and how they work within the community.

The City Inspector Service is divided into four functional areas:

  • The Neighbourhoods Team: 49 City Inspectors in 8 dedicated Neighbourhood areas.
  • The Response Team: 30 City Inspectors operating 24/7, focusing on real-time issues.
  • The Street Based Intervention Team: Tackles issues associated with street-based anti-social behaviour and encampments.
  • The Tasking Team: A new team of 8 inspectors responding to wider issues of anti-social behaviour.

The Tasking Team's taskings will be reviewed on a fortnightly basis and complement the wider multi-agency responses to key hot-spot issues.

The City Inspectors predominantly hold an enforcement and compliance role and are often the primary contact for residents, businesses, and Members. Their responsibilities include community presence and member engagement, street management, anti-social behaviour, waste enforcement, noise response, premises licensing, street licensing, and emergency resilience.

According to the City Inspectors SBIT PS Report September 2025, the new tasking model is being developed to bring about specific geographical focus for key days of action and to ensure that the response capability to adding value to longer-term problem solving. This is providing the foundations for further work as the new Police and Council Tasking Team (PACT) to further enhance the council's response and will be supported by further fortnightly partnership operational meetings led by the Superintendent Neighbourhoods and the Director of Public Protection & Licensing.

Working with input from Ward Members at Neighbourhood Coordination Meetings, Neighbourhood Teams identify local priorities that the teams work to deliver against. The top 3 priorities for each ward are captured in Table 2 of the City Inspectors SBIT PS Report September 2025.