Issue - meetings

To put questions, if any, to the designated Members on the discharge of functions of the South Yorkhshire Police Authority, South Yorkshire Fire and Civil Defence Authority, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority and South Yorkshire Pensions A

Meeting: 30/01/2013 - Council Meeting (Item 79)

Questions to Spokespersons

Minutes:

Councillor Gilding asked the Police and Crime Panel Spokesperson what steps would be taken with the Police Commissioner to ensure that South Yorkshire Police were taking a more proactive approach to child sexual exploitation?

The Leader reported that the Panel was pro-active in ensuring that the Police and Crime Commissioner adhered to his commitment to give Child Sexual Exploitation a high priority.

This included endorsing the budget proposed by the Police and Crime Commissioner for 2013/14 which included the allocation of 10 posts to Child Protection duties.

In addition, the Police and Crime Commissioner had set up quarterly South Yorkshire-wide meetings bringing together key colleagues from the Police, Local Authorities, Crown Prosecution Service, Probation, Local Safeguarding Children Boards to drive forward improvements in the response to Child Sexual Exploitation.