Domestic Abuse Services and DHRs

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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

FOI/COR/SCC, Surrey County Council

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)

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FOI/COR/SCC, Surrey County Council

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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.

 

We supply this information based on your original request. Please do not
hesitate to contact me at the above address if you have any queries
regarding the information supplied.  Remember to quote the reference
number above in any future communications.

 

If you are unhappy with the handling of your request for information and
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instance you should contact the County Council, quoting your request
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Freedom of Information Officer

Surrey County Council

Legal & Democratic Services

County Hall

Penrhyn Road

Kingston upon Thames

Surrey

KT1 2DN

[Surrey County Council request email]

 

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contacted at:

 

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SK9 5AF

 

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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