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.
N / A
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