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Kent and Medway Domestic Abuse Strategy 2020-2023 (Addendum)

Meeting: 16/11/2021 - Cabinet (Item 10)

10 Kent and Medway Domestic Abuse Strategy (Addendum) pdf icon PDF 260 KB

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Minutes:

Background:

 

This report informed the Cabinet about an addendum required to the existing Kent and Medway Domestic Abuse Strategy and sought approval of the addendum to comply with the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.

 

The Act added requirements for Tier 1 authorities regarding the safe accommodation and the report therefore focused on the safe accommodation addendum to the existing Kent and Medway Domestic Abuse Strategy which began on page 22 of the document, attached at Appendix 1 to the report.

 

The Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) had been updated and attached at Appendix 3 to the report.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

128/2021

The Cabinet agreed the addition of the Safe Accommodation Addendum to the existing Kent and Medway Domestic Abuse Strategy 2020-2023 and delegated authority to the Director of Public Health, in Consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Resources, to agree the final published version of the document, once the document has been provided by Kent County Council.

 

Reasons:

 

The addendum is required to ensure that the existing strategy complies with the DA Act. The existing strategy and the addendum are common across Kent and Medway.