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Featured Consultation: Police and Crime Plan Consultation 13-14

Consultation closed on 22/02/2013

We Asked, You Said, We Did

Below are some of the issues we have recently consulted on and their outcomes.

Police and Crime Plan Consultation 13-14

We asked:
For your comments on the police and crime plan priorities for 2013/14.
You said:
The vast majority of respondents felt that the four proposed priorities were either important or very important to them personally or to all residents of Avon and Somerset. We received a large number of local comments regarding road safety. There were also many comments requesting the violence against women and girls was expanded to cover men and boys. We received lots of local detail relating to the existing priorities and issues that relate to services provided by other agencies. Many comments were made in support of visible policing and the importance of relationships between residents and the police.
We did:
We have added road safety into local Police and Crime Plans. We have widened the Violence Against Women and Girls priority to be ‘Domestic and Sexual Violence, particularly violence towards Women and Children.’ We have added relationships to the Police and Crime Plan and put greater emphasis on the importance of visibility. We will be working with the Constabulary and other partners to review the themes raised in relation to their services.

Police Funding E-Petition

We asked:
you to suppport our e-petition for fairing funding for Avon & Somerset police
You said:
You did! We were overwhelmed with the response. Thank you.
We did:
The Government’s consultation closed just before the summer and when Parliament resumed in September we wrote to the new Policing Minister Damian Green MP to highlight our issue once more. We have urged the Policing Minister to act to ensure ‘fairness’ and to phase out the funding formula which adversely affects our area. Timeline: November – This is when we expect the Government to report the results of their consultation. December – Our police grant from the Home Office will be announced. This is when we will see the Home Office grant for policing this area in 2013/14 and this is when we will see if your signatures and lobbying has made a difference.

2012/13 Budget Consultation

We asked:
Whether you thought we should accept the government offer of a one off grant and freeze the policing part of the council tax, or whether we should reject the offer and increase it.
You said:
The majority of survey and focus group participants were in favour of accepting the government offer and freezing the policing part of the council tax. Whilst a small majority of face to face (shopping centres) participants were in a favour of an increase, most of these people favoured a small increase only.
We did:
We decided to accept the one off government grant and freeze the policing part of the council tax, which provides us with funding equivalent to a 3% increase for one year.

During the consultation process, we ask for your feedback, you tell us and then we make positive changes. Public participation is key to our work. See what happens with We Asked, You Said, We Did.