Issue details
Funding agreement for Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) in Gloucestershire
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 10/05/2024
Decision due: 2 May 2024 by Director of Community & Economic Development - Tracey Birkinshaw
Contact: Richard Gibson, Head of Communities, Wellbeing and Partnerships Email: [email protected].
Consultation process
Advice has been sought from One Legal about
the funding agreement.
More information about Domestic Homicide Reviews, including the
five published reviews are available on the council’s
website:
https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/info/62/community_safety_and_crime/1391/domestic_homicide_reviews
Finance Comments: Although there is no specific budget for DHRs, there is a budget on COR003 R4401 that is available to cover the costs of DHR contributions. The costs for this initiative need to be carefully monitored and reviewed year on year. In the past we covered full cost of the DHR Committee Chair, which amounted to £6k per DHR review. Although this is now shared amongst other partners, we are also picking up other partners’ costs. This might not always be financially advantageous to us, however the non-quantifiable value-added benefits, such as support from the co-ordinator needs to be considered. In 2022/23, when this partnership took effect, we incurred £3.4k cost, and in 2023/24 this was £3.3k, all of which was a shared cost.
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