FOI/EIR Request - 2302201508
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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST – FOI 2302201508 

   

Dear Russell Scott,  

   

Your request for information, with reference number FOI 2302201508 has now
been considered and the information requested is given below.  

  

Request and Response 

  

Please can you answer the following Freedom of Information request:

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

By virtue of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, each tier one local authority
has a duty to appoint a multi-agency Domestic Abuse Local Partnership
Board and to prepare and publish a strategy for accommodation-based
support in its area.

The key duties are set out in s57 and s58 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021
as follows:

57 Support provided by local authorities to victims of domestic abuse

(1) Each relevant local authority in England must—
(a) assess, or make arrangements for the assessment of, the need for
accommodation-based support in its area,
(b)prepare and publish a strategy for the provision of such support in its
area, and
(c) monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the strategy.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)—
“accommodation-based support” means support, in relation to domestic
abuse, provided to victims of domestic abuse, or their children, who
reside in relevant accommodation;
“relevant accommodation” means accommodation of a description specified by
the Secretary of State in regulations.

(3) A relevant local authority that publishes a strategy under this
section must, in carrying out its functions, give effect to the strategy.
(4) Before publishing a strategy under this section, a relevant local
authority must consult—
(a) the domestic abuse local partnership board appointed by the relevant
local authority under section 58,
(b) any local authority for an area within the relevant local authority’s
area, and
(c) such other persons as the relevant local authority considers
appropriate.
(5) A relevant local authority that publishes a strategy under this
section—
(a) must keep the strategy under review,
(b) must keep under review any effect of the strategy on the provision of
other local authority support in its area,
(c)may alter or replace the strategy, and
(d)must publish any altered or replacement strategy.

58 Domestic abuse local partnership boards
(1) A relevant local authority in England must appoint a domestic abuse
local partnership board for the purposes of providing advice to the
authority about—
(a)the exercise of the authority’s functions under section 57, and
(b) the provision of other local authority support in the authority’s
area.

MY REQUEST

1 - Please confirm whether you have appointed a Partnership Board and
confirm the make-up of the same; and  

  

Yes, this is called the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Domestic Abuse &
Sexual Violence Strategic Board, please see attachment for make-up of
board 

2 - Please confirm whether you have written and published a strategy
pursuant to s57 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021; and  

  

Yes  

3 - If the answer to question (2) above is yes, please confirm the date it
was published and provide a copy of the strategy;  

  

Published October 2021 and can be found [1]at Cambridgeshire County
Council DASV Partnership - Strategic Documents (cambsdasv.org.uk)  

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;  

  

There is a summary of the work completed on the same link as above

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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Bittern Way, Fletton Quays, Peterborough, PE2 8TY; Telephone: 01733
452533, e-mail: [Peterborough City Council request email]  

   

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Yours faithfully  

 

FOI Team 

   

Information Governance 

Law & Governance 

Peterborough City Council 

Sand Martin House 

Bittern Way 

Fletton Quays 

Peterborough 

PE2 8TY

 

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