13th March 2013

Revised information on Police and Crime Commissioners funding

The Safer Future Communities have previously advised, on the basis of information from the Home Office, that the Police and Crime Commissioners Community Safety Funds are ring-fenced from their wider policing budget. The Home Office has now sent the following revised information:

"The CSF is un-ringfenced, which means PCCs have total freedom to use it as they wish. However, the PCC role is much wider than just policing, and PCCs will be seeking to establish their wider crime prevention role. This is evidenced through the announcements many have made already on community safety priorities and ideas."

This makes it even more important that we make the case for the role of the Voluntary and Community organisations in addressing local community safety needs in order to ensure that the Community Safety Fund is not diverted.

The Safer Future Communities has now also produced a briefing on the links between PCCs and health commissioning, which you can access here.