Issue - meetings

This report informs the Committee of the work of the Epsom and Ewell Community Safety Partnership (CSP) for the year 2014/15.

The Committee received a report informing it of the work of the Epsom and Ewell Community Safety Partnership (CSP) for the year 2014/15.

The Committee noted the budgetary and funding position of the Partnership. Funding was provided to the CSP through annual contributions from Surrey County Council and Epsom and Ewell Borough Council, and from individual grants from the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC).  It was noted that the PCC did not provide an annual contribution to the funding of the Partnership, but made grant funding available for specific activities and projects. A recent grant which the CSP had successfully applied for had provided funding for two off-road bikes for use in addressing issues on the Longmead estate.

The Committee noted that the Partnership’s annual expenditure exceeded its income, and that its activities were partly funded through use of its working balance. Officers informed the Committee that if the current level of funding continued, the Partnership would not be able to resource any intervention work in 4-5 years’ time.

The potential to work in tandem with neighbouring CSPs to address funding pressures had been considered by the Partnership, but it had been identified that this would not reduce costs, and that the issues faced by the Epsom and Ewell area were not in common with those of neighbouring CSPs.

The Partnership’s budget retained a £10,000 allocation for support of a Domestic Homicide Review, should one be necessary within the Borough. Officers informed the Committee that should this budget not be available from the CSP, it was likely that the Borough Council would be required to fund such a Review if one was necessary.

Following consideration of the report, the Committee noted the work and expenditure of the CSP over the 2014/15 financial year.