Issue - meetings

This report provides information on the key decisions taken by the PCC from September 2022 to present and sets out details of the Office’s ongoing Forward Plan for 2022/23.

Witnesses:

Alison Bolton, Chief Executive (Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner)

Kelvin Menon, Chief Finance Officer (Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner)

Key points raised in the discussion:

1. A Panel Member noted that some of the links were not working and asked what decisions 34/2022 and 25/2022 related to and why they had not been published yet. The Chief Executive explained that there were still some teething issues with the new website which should be resolved shortly. The decisions were linked to two funding decisions. The officer had not yet finalised the decision with the PCC and therefore they were not yet published. The Panel Member also asked about the internal audit progress report. The Chief Executive explained that the management actions were minor issues, such as publishing the PCC and DPCC’s gift and hospitality register on a monthly basis, rather than bi-monthly. The Chief Finance Officer added that the IT action related to the ERP system; the system was fine, but quite old and currently out for tender to upgrade it. Virtualisation related to putting servers onto the cloud and the decision-making related to a review of the forward plan on a regular basis.

This report provides information on the key decisions taken by the PCC from June 2022 to present and sets out details of the Office’s ongoing Forward Plan for 2022/23.

Witness:

Damian Markland, Head of Performance and Governance (Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner)

Key points raised in the discussion:

1. A Panel Member noted that the OPCC had recently been awarded a grant of £387,000. The Head of Performance and Governance shared that the grant was awarded from a bid for supporting victims of sexual assault and domestic abuse. Data on this was included in the annual report. A Panel Member asked whether any of the grant would be used to support women’s refuges. The Head of Performance and Governance explained that predominantly the funding for refuges was the County Council’s responsibility, however, the OPCC supplemented their funding for this, through the provision of in-refuge services.

RESOLVED:

The Panel noted the report.

This report provides information on the key decisions taken by the PCC from November 2021 to present and sets out details of the Office’s ongoing Forward Plan for 2021/2022.

Key points raised in the discussion:

None.

RESOLVED:

The Panel noted the report.