Issue - meetings

This report updates the Committee on the work of the Epsom and Ewell Community Safety Partnership.

The Committee received a report providing an update on the work of the Epsom and Ewell Community Safety Partnership.

The Chair declared that they sit on the Community Safety Partnership as a Surrey County Councillor. The Chair stated that this did not prejudice them in any way.

The following matters were considered:

a)            Domestic Homicide Review. A Member of the Committee asked if there have been any more domestic homicide reviews since the Epsom College incident and if so when the outcome would be available and what impact this would have on the finances of the CSP.  The Public Protection Manager explained that there is a further domestic homicide review in the system, that is at a fairly advanced stage, and the outcome is expected at the next CSP executive meeting, and a decision will be made whether to send that on to the Home Office for evaluation. The Public Protection Manager informed the Committee that they are now called domestic abuse related death reviews, to reflect the fact that we are dealing with domestic abuse in these cases. The Public Protection Manager explained that the funding comes from the Community Safety reserve. The Council, on behalf of the CSP, pay into a pooled countywide budget, and from that gets a coordination resource and independent chairs to carry out the domestic homicide reviews.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)      Note and comment on the work of the Epsom and Ewell Community Safety Partnership (CSP).