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SEFTON SAFER COMMUNITIES PARTNERSHIP
MEETING HELD AT THE TOWN HALL, BOOTLE
ON THURSDAY 6TH MARCH, 2014
PRESENT:
Councillor Hardy (in the Chair)
Chris Barker, Jenny Currie, Neil Frackleton,
Christina Jones, Mark McCausland, Janet Marlow,
Rob Pritchard and Gill Ward
ALSO PRESENT:
Paul Fraser, David Hunter, Kevin Johnson, Sefton
Acting Area Commander, Merseyside Police and
Kevin Parkinson.
49.
APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Kerrigan and Shaw
and Graham Bayliss, Margaret Carney, Chief Superintendent Nicola
Holland, Dr. Mike Homfray, Debbie Parkinson, Paula Simm and Andrea
Watts.
50.
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
No declarations of interest were made.
51.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
RESOLVED:
That the Minutes of the meeting held on 29 January 2014 be confirmed as
a correct record.
52.
DOMESTIC HOMICIDE REVIEW
The Partnership received an update by David Hunter, the Independent
Chair of the Domestic Homicide Review Panel.
RESOLVED: That
(1)
Mr. Hunter be thanked for his informative presentation and he and
the Panel Members be thanked for their efforts in the Domestic
Homicide Review report and action plan; and
(2)
the Sefton Safer Communities Partnership approves that the
Domestic Homicide Review Action Plan and in particular the
recommendation “That Sefton Community Safety Partnership raises
the awareness of domestic violence in the community. The advice
should include how family and friends should respond after they
receive disclosures of domestic violence”.
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53.
DOMESTIC ABUSE OVERVIEW
The Partnership received a presentation from Chris Jones, Service
Manager – Partnership and Neighbourhoods that provided an overview on
domestic violence.
Ms. Jones highlighted the following issues:•
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the performance of the MARAC including peaks, patterns and the
improving picture of presented cases
the numbers of repeat MARAC cases
the domestic violence abuse dashboard providing information on
the numbers of domestic violence incidents, recorded crimes, crime
outcome rates, court attendance relating to domestic abuse,
domestic violence and abuse unsuccessful court outcomes,
numbers of MARAC referrals
information relating to women and children accommodated
referrals to MARAC by agencies
the position regarding delivery mechanisms relating to the range of
provision in the Borough, support for victims, work with
perpetrators, work with families, MARAC and Domestic Homicide
Reviews
Governance structures and links between them
the way forward regarding review, strategy and links with public
health
areas for development relating to work with perpetrators,
awareness raising within communities amd work with young people
and schools
RESOLVED:
That Partnership Members be requested to submit views on the issues
highlighted in the presentation to Chris Jones, Service Manager –
Partnership and Neighbourhoods.
54.
GUN AND GANG CRIME UPDATE
Kevin Johnson, Sefton Acting Area Commander, Merseyside Police,
updated the Partnership on gun/gang crime incidents in Sefton, and in
particular, on recent incidents in the Bootle area.
Mr. Johnson also updated on organised crime groups within Sefton; the
Matrix Serious Organised Crime group; the DISARM Strategy; close
working arrangements with his colleagues in Liverpool; and the Respect
programme.
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RESOLVED:
That Kevin Johnson, Sefton Acting Area Commander, Merseyside Police
be thanked for his informative presentation.
55.
YOUTH OFFENDING TEAM UPDATE
The Partnership received a presentation from Mark McCausland, Service
Manager – Youth Offending Team (YOT) that advised of the critical areas
of activity allied to post inspection improvement, performance against local
and national performance measures and information regarding Early
Intervention and Prevention service re-structure in relation to YOT.
Mr. McCausland highlighted the following points:Post Inspection Improvement Plan – January Update
Quarter 4 – Inspection Improvement Priorities and Activities
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Practice – case management practice improvements
Milestone Indicators to inform practice improvement against post
inspection expectations
Youth Justice Consultants Cordis Bright auditing practice
week of 24 February 2014. This would support current
improvement priorities and to prepare for inspection later in
2014.
Youth Justice Board (body responsible for overseeing Sefton
YOT inspection improvement plan) auditing practice 8 April
2014.
Quarter 2 (July to Sept’) Performance (Source: Merseyside Criminal
Justice Board Youth Performance Improvement Group)
Mr. McCausland then detailed the Sefton YOT performance against 3
national performance measures for YOT’s:
1.Reducing first time entrants to the criminal justice system
Further reductions of -50%, compared to baseline of 2010 256 young
offenders (Oct 2012 – Sept 2013 -56% reduction)
Practice – success of Triage supporting further reductions in FTE’s. Triage
currently funded via the transitional arrangements within local Community
Safety Partnership.
2.Reducing re-offending
The cumulative figure for Sefton had gone up slightly, but remained better
than Merseyside YOT’s. Average Sefton frequency rate for Oct 2010 to
Sept 2011 was 1.01.
Average frequency rate for Jan 2011 to Dec 2012 1.06 (Annual cohort of
419, 247 re-offences committed)
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Merseyside average frequency for Oct 2010 to Sept 2011 was 1.23
3. Reduce the use of Custody
Sefton’s performance for Oct 2012 to Sept 2013 - 5.9% of the number of
sentences 270, 16 young people received a custodial sentence whilst the
Merseyside average was 7.9%
Quarterly comparisons: July 2013 – Sept 2013 1.3% was the proportion of
the total number of young people sentenced who received a custodial
outcome; Jan 2012 to March 2012 15.6% received custody
Mr. McCausland concluded by deatiling the Early Intervention and
Prevention Service Changes. From December 2013 he was now
responsible for YOT, Youth Service and Attendance and Welfare Service;
from April, supported by the Troubled Families Strategy, there would be a
pilot Youth and Think Family offer to Linacre and Derby wards and that
this would provide greater opportunities to optimise our commissioned
service and local authority offer to those wards in the borough deemed in
greatest need; and that this re-design, greater collaboration and
integration of services would hopefully inform the future delivery of locality
services.
RESOLVED: That
(1)
Mr. McCausland be thanked for his informative presentation; and
(2)
the Partnership notes the excellent improvement in performance
relating to the the critical areas of activity allied to post inspection
improvement, performance against local and national performance
measures.
56.
COMMUNITY SAFETY FUND
The Partnership considered a report of the Service Manager – Partnership
and Neighbourhoods on Community Safety Fund (the Fund)
commissioning.
The report indicated that Sefton were allocated an indicative sum of
£393,000 from the Police and Crime Commissioner as part of the
Community Safety Fund Grant; that the Partnership had previously agreed
a series of investment priorities for the funding, namely domestic violence
and sexual violence, drugs, alcohol and substance misuse, anti social
behaviour, hate crime and local emerging issues (including gun and gang
crime); that a series of specific areas were identified within each of the
themes to be focused upon in terms of delivery:and a brief summary of the
themes and the interventions supported were also detailed in the report.
The report concluded by detailing that indication had been given that
further Community Safety Funding would be allocated to the Partnership
for 2014/15; that subject to confirmation, the amount would be similar to
that allocated in 2013/14 with a 4% reduction (in line with the overall
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reduction that had been applied to the PCC funding settlement); and that it
was proposed that, should the funding be agreed for 2014/15, the
Partnership approve the same level of funding for those areas that were
previously ringfenced. This would equate to:
- Drug Interventions £188,834
- Youth Offending £52,800
- Positive Futures £35,200
In relation to the remaining sum it was proposed that an executive sub
group be established to identify the priority areas to be developed,
retaining the previous delegation to the Chair for final agreement on what
was to be approved.
RESOLVED: That
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the report be noted;
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subject to confirmation of the receipt of funding from the Merseyside
Police and Crime Commissioner the resource commitments for
2014/15 be approved;
(3)
the Service Manager – Partnership and Neighbourhoods be
requested to establish an an executive group sub-group to consider
priorities for 2014/15; and
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delegation be given to the Chair of the Partnership to approve final
allocations from the Community Safety Fund.
57.
PREVENT
Partners had nothing to report with regard to Prevent at this meeting.
58.
SAFEGUARDING
Gill Ward, SWACA indicated that she had the responsibility for reporting
on safeguarding issues but that she considered that it may be more
appropriate for a representative of the local Safeguarding Board to
undertake this role.
RESOLVED:
That the Service Manager – Partnership and Neighbourhoods be
requested to investigate the appointment of a more appropriate
representative to report on safeguarding issues.
59.
PAYES SCHEME
Neil Frackelton, Sefton CVS advised the Partnership that he had recently
met with Police and Youth Encouragement Scheme (PAYES)
representatives. Mr. Frackelton advised that PAYES was a registered
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charity scheme that provided incentives for young people to raise their
social aspirations and in doing so deter them from crime; and that one
such incentive was taking young people away on residentials to help
prevent them from engaging with criminal / anti-social behaviour. Mr.
Frackelton continued that he had met with PC Paul King, Chair of PAYES,
to discuss Sefton CVS support for PAYES to move forward as they were a
successful project but were at a crossroads in terms of future development
and would like Sefton CVS’s assistance.
Mr. Frackelton also advised that the meeting was very constructive and
that one of the tasks arising from the meeting was that he would liaise with
Kevin Johnson, Sefton Acting Area Commander, Merseyside Police,
regarding raising the profile of PAYES; that this had now been done and
one outcome was to include the PAYES Scheme as an item on the
Partnership agenda; and that this was the reason for the item being
considered.
RESOLVED:
That PC Paul King be invited to a future meeting of the Partnership to
update further on the PAYES scheme.
60.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
(1)
Kevin Johnson, Sefton Acting Area Commander, Merseyside Police
advised that new legislation would come into force on 1 April 2014
that would affect the operation of ASBO’s/CRASBO’s.
RESOLVED:
That Kevin Johnson, Sefton Acting Area Commander, Merseyside Police
be requested to make a presentation to the next meeting of the
Partnership on the new regulations that come into force on 1 April 2014;
(2)
Chris Barker, HMP Kennet advised that he would submit a report to
the next meeting on the new policy to accommodate low risk
category D sex offenders at the prison; and
(3)
Further to Minute No. 47 of the meeting held on 29 January 2014,
Jenny Currie, Community Engagement Officer for the Police and
Crime Commissioner (PCC) covering the Sefton area updated on
the results of the consultation exercise undertaken by the PCC that
sought views on paying for police services via the Council Tax
precept. Ms. Currie indicated that 75% of respondents to the
consultation exercise agreed with the suggestion that a 1.95%
precept should be adopted.
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61.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The Partnership was advised that a programme of meetings for 2014/15
would be approved by the Council at its meeting to be held on 24 April
2014. The recommendation being made to Council is that the next meeting
of the Partnership be held on Thursday, 12 June 2014 at Bootle Town Hall
commencing at 10.00 a.m; and that thereafter meetings be held on the
following dates at 10.00a.m.
14 August 2014
16 October 2014
11 December 2014
29 January 2015
19 March 2015
RESOLVED:
That the dates of meetings of the Partnership, once approved by Council,
be circulated to all Partnership Members by the Head of Governance and
Civic Services.
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