Issue - meetings

To support the recommendation made in response to an invitation from Lincolnshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner to join the Lincolnshire Women’s Concordat (report of the Portfolio Holder for People, Places and Economy enclosed).

Consideration was given to the report of the Portfolio Holder for People, Places and Economy, which requested support of the recommendation made in response to an invitation from Lincolnshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner to join the Lincolnshire Women’s Concordat.

DECISION:

That the Lincolnshire Women’s Concordat be signed up to, and that the requirements set out within it be committed to.

(Other options considered:

·         To acknowledge the hard work undertaken by the Reducing Offending Core Priority Group (ROCPG), but decline to sign up to the Women’s Concordat.

Reasons for decision:

·         This is a key piece of work to support both national and local strategies to improve outcomes for women and girls at risk of entering, or those who have already entered, the criminal justice system.  As a member of the Safer Lincolnshire Partnership, SHDC’s participation in the Lincolnshire Concordat would maximise the outcomes that could be achieved in Lincolnshire).