Public accountability meeting – 26 April 2022
During our meeting we experienced some technical problems which resulted in us loosing the live broadcast at the end of the meeting.
Unfortunately we lost a few minutes of the recording. However the public questions which were presented at the end of the meeting are available in a second video.
Meeting overview
This month’s meeting focuses on:
- North Yorkshire Police – Anti Social Behaviour – Understanding the police’s role in addressing Anti-social behaviour problem, current partnership approach and how police support victim and prevent any harm.
- North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service – Fire Investigation – The importance of and competency required to undertake fire investigations and how the cause and effects of fires are used to identify and monitor trends to prevent similar events from occurring.
Ask your question on this month’s hot topics
The full procedure for asking questions at this meeting is available here: Procedure for public questions
- To ask a question in advance
Send your question to info@northyorkshire-pfcc.gov.uk before the day of the meeting. Please include your name and address with your question. - To ask a question during the meeting using Twitter
To ask a question during the live broadcast, post your question on Twitter using #NYscrutiny - Not all questions may be able to be used, but they will inform the Commissioner’s questioning and the general discussion.
Attendees
- Chair – Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner
- Lisa Winward – Chief Constable, North Yorkshire Police
- Jonathan Foster – Interim Chief Fire Officer, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
- Mabs Hussain– Deputy Chief Constable, North Yorkshire Police
- Jonathan Dyson – Interim Deputy Chief Fire Officer, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
- Simon Dennis – Chief Executive Officer, Office of the PFCC
- Thomas Thorp – Interim Assistant Chief Executive, Office of the PFCC
- Caroline Blackburn – Interim Assistant Chief Executive, Office of the PFCC
- Jenni Newberry – Head of Commissioning & Partnerships, Office of the PFCC
- Elliot Foskett – Assistant Chief Constable, North Yorkshire Police
- Dave Winspear – Area Manager and Director of Capabilities, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
- James Manning – Area Manager – Head of Assurance, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
- Ed Haywood-Noble –Superintendent Partnerships Hub, North Yorkshire Police
- Pete Gregory – Station Manager Protection, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Police
Thematic presentation:
- Ed Haywood-Noble –Superintendent Partnerships Hub, North Yorkshire Police
Performance update:
- Elliot Foskett – Assistant Chief Constable, North Yorkshire Police
Fire
Thematic presentation:
- Dave Winspear – Area Manager and Director of Capabilities, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
- Pete Gregory – Station Manager Protection, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Performance update:
- James Manning – Area Manager – Head of Assurance, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Agenda
| Time | Item | Lead | |
| 1 | 13:30 | Attendance and introductions | Chair |
| 2 | 13:32 | Minutes of previous meeting and Actions | All |
| 3 | 13:35 | Public questions | Chair |
| 4 | 13:40 | Presentation | Police |
| 5 | 14:25 | Performance update | Police |
| 6 | 14:45 | Presentation | Fire |
| 7 | 15:30 | Performance update | Fire |
| 8 | 15:50 | Public questions | Chair |
| 9 | 15:55 | Any other business | All |
| 10 | 16:00 | Next meeting Tuesday 24 May |
Meeting papers
- 4.Anti Social Behaviour Presentation – Police
- 5. Performance Report Police-Operational and FCR -March-2022
- 6. Fire Investigation Presentation – Fire
- 7. NYFRS Performance report – April 2022
Public questions
- Julie
I’m wondering if you might explain, if possible, just what it takes to see where a ‘trend’ is occurring in cases of fire please? Thank you.
- From @Gswinburn – Twitter
Hi #nyscrutiny it is disturbing to see that @NYorksPolice accounts are now very many months delayed for sign off.
What’s the problem as auditors signed off many others ?
The external auditors provided an update on the progress around the 2020/21 audit to the Joint Audit Committee at the end of March: https://www.northyorkshire-pfcc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/6-Audit-Completion-Report.pdf
There are no issues from an internal perspective – the PFCC and Chief Constable produced their draft accounts and provided them for Audit in line with the Statutory timelines : https://www.northyorkshire-pfcc.gov.uk/police-oversight/finances/accounts-statement/
We are however unfortunately waiting for the External Auditors to complete their work – the delays are not in relation to any issues with the accounts themselves, which can be seen from the update provided to the Audit Committee in March, the issues are in terms of the availability of resources within the External Audit firm to be able complete all of the necessary work.
- Ben
What can be done once offenders, especially young people have entered the criminal justice system to prevent their behaviour from escalating further?
What role would the safety hubs play?
Additional information on work to reduce reoffending is available here:
- Commissioned services – Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner North Yorkshire (northyorkshire-pfcc.gov.uk)
- Change Direction Youth Mentors | North Yorkshire Youth (nyy.org.uk)
Watch live
- YouTube : https://youtu.be/O0XhYRe5dOw
- Commissioner’s website: https://bit.ly/PAM26April2022