Domestic Abuse Services and DHRs
Dear Surrey County Council,
1a) As at 1.4.2017 please confirm if your authority commissioned the following services for domestic abuse victims / perpetrators - and
1b) numbers of each (if applicable):
IDVA
Outreach
Refuge
Safehouse
Young People Violence Advisor
Voluntary Perpetrator Programme (including Women's Safety Workers)
Children's Support
1c) Were any other domestic abuse specific services commissioned by your authority as at 1.4.2017? If so, please briefly describe.
1d) What was the total contract spend on domestic abuse services for the year 2016/17?
2a) As at 1.1.2018 please advise how many notifications of deaths to consider for a domestic homicide review your Community Safety Partnership (of which you are a statutory member) has considered.
2b) As at 1.1.2018 please confirm how many domestic homicide reviews have been commissioned by your Community Safety Partnership (including those completed or in progress).
2c) Please confirm the URL where those completed are published.
Yours faithfully,
Liz Murray
Dear Ms Murray
YOUR REQUEST REF NO. 18151 UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
Thank you for your request for information received on the 25 February 2018. Your request reference is as above.
We will respond to your request promptly and in any event within 20 working days from the date of receipt of your request. If you wish to contact me to discuss the progress of your request, please use the contact details given below and quote the reference number given above.
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Helen Gilbert
Commons Registration Officer
Legal, Democratic & Cultural Services
(Mon - Thurs 9am to 3pm)
Corporate Information Governance Team (Room 138) | Democratic Services | Surrey County Council | County Hall | Penrhyn Road | Kingston upon Thames | Surrey | KT1 2DN
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Dear Ms Murray
YOUR REQUEST REF NO. 18151 UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
We have considered your request which was for the information set out
below. Surrey County Council’s response is as below.
1a) As at 1.4.2017 please confirm if your authority commissioned the
following services for domestic abuse victims / perpetrators - and
1b) numbers of each (if applicable):
IDVA 0
Outreach 1 commission involving four (4) providers
Refuge 3 providers
Safehouse 0
Young People Violence Advisor 0
Voluntary Perpetrator Programme (including Women's Safety Workers)
Children's Support 2: 1 pilot voluntary perpetrator programme and 1
Children’s Support project
1c) Were any other domestic abuse specific services commissioned by your
authority as at 1.4.2017? If so, please briefly describe.
Pilot voluntary perpetrator programme – mentioned above
1d) What was the total contract spend on domestic abuse services for the
year 2016/17?
Surrey County Council spent in 2016/17 on domestic abuse services was -
£687,000
2a) As at 1.1.2018 please advise how many notifications of deaths to
consider for a domestic homicide review your Community Safety Partnership
(of which you are a statutory member) has considered.
Surrey is a two tier local authority area (1 County Council, 11 District
and Borough Councils; the CSPs exist at the District and Borough level). I
am responding on behalf of Surrey County Council, should you wish
information from the CSPs they will need to be approached separately.
As at 1.1.2018 to total number of DHR notifications in Surrey was 14
2b) As at 1.1.2018 please confirm how many domestic homicide reviews have
been commissioned by your Community Safety Partnership (including those
completed or in progress).
All 14 of the 14 notifications have resulted in DHRs being undertaken
2c) Please confirm the URL where those completed are published.
You will need to contact the District and Borough Councils concerned
Please see attached contact details.
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Yours sincerely
Mrs Mary J Elliott
Freedom of Information Officer
Legal, Democratic and Cultural Services
(Mondays to Thursdays)
Corporate Information Governance Team (Room 138) | Democratic Services |
Surrey County Council | County Hall | Penrhyn Road | Kingston upon Thames
| Surrey | KT1 2DN
Tel: 020 8541 7969 | Email: [1][Surrey County Council request email]
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