Request for information on commissioning services in relation to VAWDASV

Reference: 21045

Date Added: Thursday, February 17, 2022

Category: Miscellaneous

Disclosure Details

Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.

 

Two duties are placed on public authorities under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Notwithstanding applicable exemptions, the first duty at, Section 1(1) (a), is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held. The second duty at, Section1 (1) (b), is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held. Under the provisions of those sections of the FOIA, we can confirm that the information you seek is partly held by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent.

 

You have requested the following information:

 

  1. How much funding is Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner committing towards supporting children and young people with experience of VAWDASV? Please supply the following information, disaggregating statutory services from third sector services:  
  • The annual budget and spending on support for children and young people affected by VAWDASV for the last 3 financial years.  

The funding to supporting CYP affected by VAWDASV over the previous 3 years is as follows:

 

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

Service Total

Early Action Together

£339,761

£480,000

£480,000

£1,299,761

Umbrella CYP

£75,000

£73,392

£73,392

£221,784

New Pathways

£111,306

£111,306

£111,306

£333,918

Annual TOTALS

£526,067

£664,698

£664,698

£1,855,463

 

Early Action Together - ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) is managed by Gwent Police while the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner issues the grant for the service.

Funding for New Pathways and Umbrella CYP has also been provided, these are external organisations with a presence in Connect Gwent (our multi agency hub for victims and witnesses of crime).  Connect Gwent is managed by Gwent Police. 

Details of spend over the last 3 years are contained within the decision logs below which is also published on the Office of the Police Crime Commissioners (OPCC) website.

Umbrella CYP 21-22

https://www.gwent.pcc.police.uk/en/decisions/pccg-2020-054/

 

Early Action Together 21-22

https://www.gwent.pcc.police.uk/en/decisions/pccg-2020-052/

 

New Pathways 21-22

https://www.gwent.pcc.police.uk/en/decisions/pccg-2020-057/

 

Umbrella CYP 20-21

https://www.gwent.pcc.police.uk/en/decisions/pccg-2020-007/

 

Early Action Together 20-21

https://www.gwent.pcc.police.uk/en/decisions/pccg-2019-080/

 

New Pathways 20-21

https://www.gwent.pcc.police.uk/en/decisions/pccg-2020-004/

 

Umbrella CYP 19-20        

English: 2019-029_Interim_Children_and_Young_People_Victims_Service.pdf

Early Action Together 19-20

https://www.gwent.pcc.police.uk/en/decisions/pccg-2019-023/

 

New Pathways 19-20

https://www.gwent.pcc.police.uk/en/decisions/pccg-2019-020/

  • The names of the services who are commissioned during the last 3 financial years and what specific support they are commissioned to provide for children and young people affected by VAWDASV? (as defined within the WG Statutory Commissioning Guidance)  

Details of the services who were commissioned during the last 3 years are contained within the decision logs in the answer to question 1. 

  • The length of contracts for the above commissioned services.   

Details of the length of contracts are contained within the decision logs in the answer to question 1.    

  1. What data does Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner hold on the number and percentage of children affected by VAWDASV who are supported by their commissioned services? Please supply the following data, disaggregated across protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010. If it is not possible to provide the disaggregated data, please explain why and provide the aggregated data.  

 

  • The number of children affected by VAWDASV supported by each commissioned service during each of the last 3 financial years. 

                Below is the number of referrals into each service over the last 3 years:

No. of referrals

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

Service Total

Early Action Together (Blaenau Gwent & Newport)

908

1,207

1,279

3,394

Umbrella CYP

218

233

533

984

New Pathways

191

193

253

637

Annual TOTALS

1,317

1,633

2,065

5,015

 

  • The percentage of children affected by VAWDASV supported by each commissioned service during each of the last 3 financial years. 

     No information held, we are not able to provide a percentage figure, as the above referral numbers are not based on a percentage of population.  
  1. How is Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner aligning their commissioning of social care and support for children and young people with commissioning of specialist VAWDASV support?  

 

The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) updates his Commissioning Strategy on an annual basis to deliver priorities within his Police and Crime Plan.  Where there are gaps in service provision, activity is undertaken to address the gap which could result in new services being commissioned.  As can be seen above, the PCC has already identified and commissioned services to support children and young people with a need for specialist VAWDASV support.   It is the PCC’s intention to maintain these specialist services for the foreseeable future.   Please see link to Commissioning services update report: Commissioning Services Update Report  Details are also published on the OPCC website. 

  

  1. How does strategic decision-making around ACEs link up with strategic decision-making about VAWDASV within local authority committees?  

 

No information held, you may wish to contact the Local Authorities in Gwent for the requested information.  

  

  1. When did the local authority Children and Young People’s Scrutiny Committee last scrutinise the provision of services and support to child VAWDASV victims? What were the findings, and how do the findings fulfil the duties on public bodies under the VAWDASV (Wales) Act 2015?

 

No information held, you may wish to contact the Local Authorities in Gwent for the requested information.  

  

  1. What is included about VAWDASV and its impact on children and young people in the local assessment of wellbeing as required under the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act? 

 

No information held.  The OPCC is not a statutory body within the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act as such no specific assessment is required to be completed by us.  The OPCC and Gwent Police do however work with partners on a Gwent wide Public Service Board which is hosted by Caerphilly County Borough Council.  You may wish to contact them to request this information, please see the following link for more information Contact us - Gwent Public Services Board Gwent Public Services Board (gwentpsb.org).

  • How were the needs of children and young people affected by VAWDASV included in the aforementioned local assessment of wellbeing?  

No information held.

  1. Has the Public Service Board consulted with adult and child victims of VAWDASV in preparation for the local wellbeing plan? If not, are there plans to do so? 

No information held.

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