Decisions

The Independent Custody Visiting Scheme is a statutory Scheme under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act Part 3 Section 299 whose responsibility and oversight lies with the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, in consultation with the Chief Constable.

In 2019/20 the GHSCF has launched an additional element to the annual event. One grant per year will be selected as a ‘superbid’ and will received 3 year’s funding of £5,000 per annum. This grant will not be awarded from the current funding pot and in year 1 (19/20) this will require an additional £5,000 of funding, in Year 2 this will require an additional £10,000, and £15,000 in Year 3, since by this point there will be three super bids, each in a different year of their 3 year grant, each receiving £5,000 per annum.

New Pathways total grant allocation for 2019/20 is £230,505 Cyfannol Women's Aid total grant allocation for 2019/20 is £69,101

A review panel made up of representatives of the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC), Gwent Police and the Safer Gwent Partnership considered the allocation of funding to organisations and made recommendations in respect of each application. The panel recommendations were considered by a decision panel made up of representatives from the OPCC and Gwent Police on 1st February 2019 where it was agreed that the total sum awarded to successful organisations would be £725,853.00..

FOIA provides access to information held by public authorities. Under the FOIA, public authorities are obliged to publish certain informationabout their activities, this is referred to as a Publication Scheme. Members of the public are also entitles to request any recorded information held by them.

The six (6) month extension will commence on 1st June 2019. The contract will initially be extended with the supplier until 31st August 2019 and if needed, will be extended again until 30th November 2019.

The Legitimacy Scrutiny Panel exercise took place in October 2018.

The Commissioner is responsible for approving the overall framework of accountability and control and monitoring compliance in relation to asset management as set out in the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent's Manual of Corporate Governance, paragraph 1.1.4. The Strategy was approved at the Strategy and Performance Board Meeting held on 6th March 2018.