Decisions

The Police and Crime Commissioner will review the Plan during 2018-19 to ensure key areas such as the ongoing work on modern Slavery that is being undertaken by my office and Gwent Police is reflected within the Plan for 2019-20.

A 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. The Panel recommendations were considered by the Police and Crime Commissioner at the OPCC Executive Board on the 30th January 2018 where it was agreed that the total sum awarded to successful organisations would be £673,663.00.

The strategy will be a living document and will be amended, as necessary, to ensure that the policing and public requirements, as thy change in future, will continue to be its foundation.

The Commissioner is required to determine the budget for 2018-19 and then set the council tax precept in consultation with the Police and Crime Panel.

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent has agreed to release £9,552.92 from reserves to fund a 6 month temporary full-time member of staff.

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 22nd March 2018.

A review of the Manual of Corporate Governance is undertaken on an annual basis by the Strategic Planning Group. The Joint Audit Committee recommended approval of the amendments at their meeting held on 9th March 2017 before final approval was requested from the Commissioner and Chief Constable at the Strategy and Performance Board Meeting on 22nd March 2018.