Issue details

Brief Description

The Executive Board is asked to endorse the Safer, Communities: Leeds Plan (20212-24) and refer the Strategy to Full Council with a recommendation that it is formally adopted as Council policy.

Impact On Wards

All ~ This Plan will contribute directly to the Best Council Plan (2020-2025) specifically in relation to the Safe, Strong Communities element and the overarching ambition of Safer Leeds partnership seeks to achieve: ‘People in Leeds are safe and feel safe in their homes, in the streets and the places they go’.

Financial and procurement implications

The Director of Communities, Housing and Environment has delegated authority to align external funding from the Police and Crime Commissioner, known as the Community Safety Fund, to support the delivery of the Safer, Stronger Communities: Plan priorities.

The total funding is £1,275,959 and is allocated to the local priorities as outlined in the report.

The Community Safety Fund has now transferred to the West Yorkshire Combined Authority Mayoral arrangements and will be reviewed for the year 2022/23.  No further information is available on the timescales for this process, but it is likely to align with the development and approval of the new Police and Crime Plan for West Yorkshire. 

Partnership working

Leeds City Council takes the lead in partnership with the ‘responsible authorities’ and ‘cooperating bodies’ as part of the statutory duties of Safer Leeds, the community safety partnership for the city. The allocation of funding has been agreed by the Safer Leeds Executive formally on the 20^th September 2021.