2020 Decisions

In his Commissioning Framework for 2017/18, the Police and Crime Commissioner launched his grant programme, named the Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC’s) Prevention Fund.  This fund has since been extended through the 2018-21 Commissioning Framework, the 2019/20 Commissioning Framework refresh and the 2020-21Commissioning Framework. The purpose of the Fund is to support the achievement of the objectives within the Police and Crime Plan.

The Prevention Fund is a rolling grants programme throughout the year and bid applications will be considered by the PCC on a monthly basis.  For any funding bids where a second years funding is approved, the second year funding is provided in principle subject to effective delivery and performance in year one.

During Round 33, the PCC considered ten bid applications. All applications were assessed in line with the Prevention Fund Grant criteria and on the 11th December the applications were presented to the PCC for final approval.

The PCC reviewed these applications together with the officers present and the PCC agreed to fund four application with further consideration needed for other two applications.

In his Commissioning Framework for 2017/18, the Police and Crime Commissioner launched his grant programme, named the Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC’s) Prevention Fund.  This fund has since been extended through the 2018-21 Commissioning Framework, the 2019/20 Commissioning Framework refresh and the 2020-21Commissioning Framework. The purpose of the Fund is to support the achievement of the objectives within the Police and Crime Plan.

The Prevention Fund is a rolling grants programme throughout the year and bid applications will be considered by the PCC on a monthly basis.

During Round 32, the PCC considered three bid applications. All applications were assessed in line with the Prevention Fund Grant criteria and on the 22nd October the applications were presented to the PCC for final approval.

The force has 803 old laptops that must be re-built to remain secure and able to operate on the new 365 platform. To do so will be time consuming, inconvenient for officers, staff and IT and will only be utilised for the remaining period of usage of the laptop (up to 12 months maximum expected use).

IT would like to bring forward the planned and budgeted spend into the 2020/21 financial year and replace the old devices earlier.

The FEL was established in April 2015 and used recycled equipment from the 5 forces. This equipment is now either inefficient or no longer supported for service and maintenance.

The Commissioner has developed a Legacy Programme to take forward some of the most promising elements of his period in office. The overall theme of the programme is the prevention of harm with a particular emphasis on empowering communities to take responsibility for establishing harm-free environments. 

The Force currently works from premises at Braunstone Lane, Leicester on the basis of an existing lease. The landlord has requested that we enter into a new lease and terms have been provisionally agreed.

Having trialled the use of community resolutions for female offenders more generally with New Dawn New Day we are now extending this work as a disposal for female offenders specifically of domestic abuse. Cases where there is ordinarily a disposal of No Further Action (NFA) can then be a rehabilitation option which supports the Positive Action Policy for domestic abuse cases.

Offenders not abiding by Community Resolutions can be utilised as evidence of their not abiding by conditions set out to prevent future offending. This will be identified through the application of a “Subject Of" person flag when they fail to attend the course.

There is an existing referral mechanism for Conditional Cautions which can be utilised as the path for Community Resolution referrals to New Dawn New Day.

In July 2020, the Violence Reduction Network as part of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire announced the VRN Community Fund and subsequently made available £65,000 of funding through the grants programme. ‘VRN Community Fund’ was aimed at supporting community-based grass-root organisations/ groups to develop initiatives that support violence reduction or prevention within a local community. The main focus of the Violence Reduction Network Community Fund is youth violence (up to 25 years of age) in public spaces and in particularly serious youth violence including knife crime. The funding opportunity was launched on 28th July 2019 and closed on 25th August 2020.

The COVID-19 Vulnerable Children’s Charity Funding is for the period 1 April to 31 December 2020 to meet the additional costs already incurred and/or likely to be incurred whilst adapting services during the pandemic, and to cope with demand increases resulting from it, during this time period.

In his Commissioning Framework for 2017/18, the Police and Crime Commissioner launched his grant programme, named the Police and Crime Commissioner's (PCC's) Prevention Fund. This fund has since been extended through the 2018-21 Commissioning Framework, the 2019/20 Commissioning Framework refresh and the 2020-21 Commissioning Framework. The purpose of the Fund is to support the achievement of the objectives within the Police and Crime Plan.

The Prevention Fund is a rolling grants programme throughout the year and bid applications will be considered by the PCC on a monthly basis. For any funding bids where a second years funding is approved, the second year funding is provided in principle subject to effective delivery and performance in year one.

During Round 31, the PCC considered four bid applications. All applications were assessed in line with the Prevention Fund Grant criteria and on the 23rd July the applications were presented to the PCC for final approval. The PCC reviewed these applications together with the officers present and the PCC agreed to fund two application.

In his Commissioning Framework for 2017/18, the Police and Crime Commissioner launched his grant programme, named the Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC’s) Prevention Fund.  This fund has since been extended through the 2018-21 Commissioning Framework, the 2019/20 Commissioning Framework refresh and the 2020-21Commissioning Framework. The purpose of the Fund is to support the achievement of the objectives within the Police and Crime Plan.

The Prevention Fund is a rolling grants programme throughout the year and bid applications will be considered by the PCC on a monthly basis. For any funding bids where a second years funding is approved, the second year funding is provided in principle subject to effective delivery and performance in year one.

During Round 30, the PCC considered four bid applications. All applications were assessed in line with the Prevention Fund Grant criteria and on the 19th June the applications were presented to the PCC for final approval. The PCC reviewed these applications together with the officers present and the PCC agreed to fund three application.

The PCC contributes to a joint fund with Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council, and Rutland County Council to fund a domestic and sexual violence and abuse service across LLR. Leicester City Council hold the contract  with the provider (United Against Violence and Abuse (UAVA)) and there is an over- arching partnership agreement and a joint governance board (Joint Commissioning Assurance Board (JCAB)) which sits across and provides the necessary assurance and governance for the parties.  The PCC funds and holds some additional domestic and sexual violence and abuse contracts which sit outside these arrangements; the intention, going forward, is to include these contracted services within the new domestic and sexual violence and abuse model.

In his Commissioning Framework for 2017/18, the Police and Crime Commissioner launched his grant programme, named the Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC’s) Prevention Fund.  This fund has since been extended through the 2018-21 Commissioning Framework, the 2019/20 Commissioning Framework refresh and the 2020-21Commissioning Framework. The purpose of the Fund is to support the achievement of the objectives within the Police and Crime Plan.

The Prevention Fund is a rolling grants programme throughout the year and bid applications are considered by the PCC on a monthly basis. For any funding bids where a second years funding is approved, the second year funding is provided in principle subject to effective delivery and performance in year one.

During Round 29, the PCC considered four bid applications. All applications were assessed in line with the Prevention Fund Grant criteria and on the 21st May 2020 the applications were presented to the PCC for final approval. The PCC reviewed these applications together with the officers present and the PCC agreed to fund three applications.

A building at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome has been occupied by the Police since 2005 on the basis of a 3 year lease at £16,000 per annum. Whilst the lease expired in 2008, our occupation continued on the basis of the existing terms, to the present day.

Earlier this year, the landlord, C. Walton Ltd, granted a long term lease to a company called Cox Automotive Ltd who then became our landlord. As such, they required us to enter into a new lease with them from the date they became the owner.

In his Commissioning Framework for 2017/18, the Police and Crime Commissioner launched his grant programme, named the Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC’s) Prevention Fund.  This fund has since been extended through the 2018-21 Commissioning Framework, the 2019/20 Commissioning Framework refresh and the 2020-21Commissioning Framework. The purpose of the Fund is to support the achievement of the objectives within the Police and Crime Plan.

The Prevention Fund is a rolling grants programme throughout the year and bid applications will be considered by the PCC on a monthly basis. For any funding bids where a second years funding is approved, the second year funding is provided in principle subject to effective delivery and performance in year one.

During Round 28, the PCC considered four bid applications. All applications were assessed in line with the Prevention Fund Grant criteria and on the 4th May 2020 the applications were presented to the PCC for final approval. The PCC reviewed these applications together with the officers present and the PCC agreed to fund one application.

In his Commissioning Framework for 2017/18, the Police and Crime Commissioner launched his grant programme, named the Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC’s) Prevention Fund.  This fund has since been extended through the 2018-21 Commissioning Framework, the 2019/20 Commissioning Framework refresh and the 2020-21Commissioning Framework. The purpose of the Fund is to support the achievement of the objectives within the Police and Crime Plan.

The Prevention Fund is a rolling grants programme throughout the year and bid applications will be considered by the PCC on a monthly basis. For any funding bids where a second years funding is approved, the second year funding is provided in principle subject to effective delivery and performance in year one.

During Round 27, the PCC considered four bid applications. All applications were assessed in line with the Prevention Fund Grant criteria and on the 19th March 2020 the applications were presented to the PCC for final approval. The PCC reviewed these applications together with the officers present and the PCC agreed to fund one application.

In his Commissioning Framework for 2017/18, the Police and Crime Commissioner launched his grant programme, named the Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC’s) Prevention Fund.  This fund has since been extended through the 2018-21 Commissioning Framework, the 2019/20 Commissioning Framework refresh and the 2020-21Commissioning Framework. The purpose of the Fund is to support the achievement of the objectives within the Police and Crime Plan.

The Prevention Fund is a rolling grants programme throughout the year and bid applications will be considered by the PCC on a monthly basis.  For any funding bids where a second years funding is approved, the second year funding is provided in principle subject to effective delivery and performance in year one.

During Round 26, the PCC considered four bid applications. All applications were assessed in line with the Prevention Fund Grant criteria and on the 19th February 2020 the applications were presented to the PCC for final approval. The PCC reviewed these applications together with the officers present and the PCC agreed to fund two applications. 

In his Commissioning Framework for 2017/18, the Police and Crime Commissioner launched his grant programme, named the Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC’s) Prevention Fund.  This fund has since been extended through the 2018-21 Commissioning Framework, the 2019/20 Commissioning Framework refresh and the 2020-21Commissioning Framework. The purpose of the Fund is to support the achievement of the objectives within the Police and Crime Plan.

The Prevention Fund is a rolling grants programme throughout the year and bid applications are considered by the PCC on a monthly basis. For any funding bids where a second years funding is approved, the second year funding is provided in principle subject to effective delivery and performance in year one.

The Police and Crime Commissioner has followed procurement guidance for this award of funding. This funding will be regarded as a prevention fund grant, however, the normal application process has been waived due to the emerging issues relating to COVID-19.

In February 2020 The Police and Crime Commissioner published the Commissioning Framework which set out the commissioning budget for 2020-21. Within the framework the Police and Crime Commissioner set aside £250,000 for his grant programme, the Police and Crime Commissioners Prevention Fund.

With the advent of Covid-19 it became apparent that additional provision was going to be required as a result of the virus to support local communities and on 9th April 2020 the Police and Crime Commissioner together with officers present made the decision to increase the grant budget for 2020-21 from £250,000 to £350,000.

It is well understood that Covid-19 is having a detrimental impact on many services and on service users’ health and well- being. This decision record relates to one such area of high concern, domestic abuse. It is recognised both nationally and internationally the impact social distancing measures are having upon this group of victims. 

To this effect a paper setting out a Domestic Abuse Covid-19 response plan was drafted for consideration by the Police and Crime Commissioner. On 9th April 2020, the Police and Crime Commissioner met with officers present to discuss the detail within the paper. 

The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Leicestershire contributes to a pooled fund with Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council, and NHS England to fund a substance misuse treatment service across Leicester and Leicestershire. There are separate contracting arrangements in Rutland County. Both Leicester City Council and Leicestershire County Council hold contracts with the provider (Turning Point) with an over- arching partnership agreement across all parties. The PCC also funds and holds some additional substance misuse contracts which sit outside these arrangements.

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire, Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council, Rutland County Council and NHS England have been working together to recommission a new service. The intention was to include (within in the new service specification) the service elements currently provided through the PCC funded contracts.

In his Commissioning Framework for 2017/18, the Police and Crime Commissioner launched his grant programme, named the Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC’s) Prevention Fund.  This fund has since been extended through the 2018-21 Commissioning Framework and the 2019/20 and 2020/21 Commissioning Framework refresh. The purpose of the Fund is to support the achievement of the objectives within the Police and Crime Plan.

The Prevention Fund is a rolling grants programme throughout the year and bid applications are considered by the PCC on a monthly basis.

A request for emergency Covid-19 relief funding has been received from The Zinthiya Trust. This funding request will be regarded as a Police and Crime Commissioners Prevention fund grant but has been considered outside of the normal grant process due to the emerging issues relating to Covid-19.

In his Commissioning Framework for 2017/18, the Police and Crime Commissioner launched his grant programme, named the Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC’s) Prevention Fund.  This fund has since been extended through the 2018-21 Commissioning Framework and the 2019/20 Commissioning Framework refresh. The purpose of the Fund is to support the achievement of the objectives within the Police and Crime Plan.

During Round 24, the PCC considered five bid applications. All applications were assessed in line with the Prevention Fund Grant criteria and on the 19th December 2019 the applications were presented to the PCC for final approval. The PCC reviewed these applications together with the officers present and the PCC agreed to fund three applications.

In his Commissioning Framework for 2017/18, the Police and Crime Commissioner launched his grant programme, named the Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC’s) Prevention Fund.  This fund has since been extended through the 2018-21 Commissioning Framework and the 2019/20 Commissioning Framework refresh. The purpose of the Fund is to support the achievement of the objectives within the Police and Crime Plan.

During Round 23, the PCC considered twelve bid applications. All applications were assessed in line with the Prevention Fund Grant criteria and on the 26th November 2019 and 19th December 2019 the applications were presented to the PCC for final approval. The PCC reviewed these applications together with the officers present and the PCC agreed to fund five bid applications.

The current Domestic and Sexual violence and abuse (DSVA) service is co commissioned by the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council and delivered by a consortium (United Against Violence and Abuse (UAVA)) made up of three organisations; Freeva, Living Without Abuse and Women’s Aid Leicester. The contract commenced in January 2016 and is due to end March 2021.

In 2018, The Police and Crime Commissioner published the Commissioning Framework 2018/19 – 2020/21. This set out the commissioning budget for 2018/19 and indicative budgets for future years 2019-20 and 2020-21.

The Commissioning Framework sets out how the commissioning budget has been aligned across the strategic areas and areas of intended spend. Prior to each new financial year, the Police and Crime Commissioner reviews and approves the budget for the new financial year.

The total expenditure contained within the Commissioning Framework 2020/21 totals £4,385,961 and the detail of the spend is set out in revised appendix A.

A lease is held between the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Leicester City Council. The lease is in relation to a premises on Euston Street, Freemans Common which is owned by Leicester City Council. The lease is a 75 year ground lease from Leicester City Council which dates back to 1973 and is reviewed every 15 years. 

In his Commissioning Framework for 2017/18, the Police and Crime Commissioner launched his grant programme, named the Police and Crime Commissioner's (PCC's) Prevention Fund. This fund has since been extended through the 2018-21 Commissioning Framework and the 2019/20 Commissioning Framework refresh. The purpose of the Fund is to support the achievement of the objectives within the Police and Crime Plan.

The Prevention Fund is a rolling grants programme throughout the year and bid applications will be considered by the PCC on a monthly basis. For any funding bids where a second years funding is approved, the second year funding is provided in principle subject to effective delivery and performance in year one.

During Round 25, the PCC considered four bid applications. All applications were assessed in line with the Prevention Fund Grant criteria and on the 30th January 2020 the applications were presented to the PCC for final approval. The PCC reviewed these applications together with the officers present and the PCC agreed to fund three applications.