FOI release

Domestic Abuse Strategy

Case reference FOI2023/00327

Published 24 February 2023

Request

1 - Please confirm whether you have appointed a Partnership Board and confirm the make-up of the same; and

2 - Please confirm whether you have written and published a strategy pursuant to s57 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021;

and 3 - If the answer to question (2) above is yes, please confirm the date it was published and provide a copy of the strategy;

4 - If the answer to question (2) above is yes, please provide details of how you are giving effect to the strategy with reference to the statutory guidance on the same;

5 - If the answer to question (2) above is no, please provide your anticipated timescales for publication of a strategy pursuant to s57.

Response

1 - Please confirm whether you have appointed a Partnership Board and confirm the make-up of the same; and

Herefordshire Council established a domestic abuse Partnership Board in 2021. The meetings include representatives from the following organisations:

· Herefordshire Council

· West Mercia Police

· Probation

· West Mercia Women's Aid

· Registered Providers (Housing)

· People with lived experience of domestic abuse

· Public Health

· Health

2 - Please confirm whether you have written and published a strategy pursuant to s57 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021; and

Yes, Herefordshire Council updated its domestic abuse strategy in May 2022.

3 - If the answer to question (2) above is yes, please confirm the date it was published and provide a copy of the strategy;

It was published in June 2022, please see the following link to the strategy:

Domestic abuse strategy - Herefordshire Council

4 - If the answer to question (2) above is yes, please provide details of how you are giving effect to the strategy with reference to the statutory guidance on the same;

The strategy and statutory guidance have informed a work programme overseen by the Domestic Abuse Local Partnership Board. It has also informed the commissioning of domestic abuse services.

5 - If the answer to question (2) above is no, please provide your anticipated timescales for publication of a strategy pursuant to s57.

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