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Environmental and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee 28 October 2009 Public Protection Service

Environmental and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee 28 October 2009 Public Protection Service Review Of Enforcement 2008/9 Toni Slater. Review of Public Protection Enforcement Enforcement performance 2008/2009 and current performance up to September 2009 Dog fouling Fly-tipping

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Environmental and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee 28 October 2009 Public Protection Service

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  1. Environmental and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee 28 October 2009 Public Protection Service Review Of Enforcement 2008/9 Toni Slater

  2. Review of Public Protection Enforcement Enforcement performance 2008/2009 and current performance up to September 2009 Dog fouling Fly-tipping Examples of successful prosecutions Current Service Priorities Service Enforcement Priorities for 2010/11 Service Review 2009 Review of Public Protection Enforcement

  3. Enforcement Action

  4. Smoking Ban Enforcement

  5. Waste Duty of Care Enforcement Under Section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act (1990) all businesses producing waste have a legal duty to ensure that all waste is stored and disposed of in accordance with the above Act

  6. Evidence of a significant reduction in complaints to the service over the last 5 years The Contact Centre has made it easier for the public to report incidents. Dog Fouling Enforcement has remained a priority (182 Notices and 4 prosecutions) % Reduction in complaints over time = This is a good outcome based measure of performance Dog Fouling

  7. Complaints over the last 5 years

  8. Performance compared with other LA’s

  9. Fly-Tipping Fly-tipping in Wrexham reaches record levels Published date: 14 October 2009 | Published by: Phil Robinson Fly-tipping in Wrexham reaches record levels  FLY-TIPPING incidents in Wrexham have soared by a massive 66 per cent in just three years and this contrasts starkly with a large reduction in the illegal dumping of waste recorded across the rest of Wales. Fly-tipping cases report in Wrexham rose from: 706 in 2006/2007 993 in 2007/2008 2116 in 2008/2009

  10. Fly-Tipping Fly-tipping figures could prove to be a load of rubbish May 13 2009 by Abby Alford, Western Mail FLY-TIPPING has cost the taxpayer more than £8m to clean up over the past three years, official figures have revealed. But the true scale of the problem could be worse as one council claims there are discrepancies in how Wales’ 22 local authorities record incidents.

  11. Fly-Tipping Enforcement

  12. Examples of prosecutions: Licensing Trading Standards Fair Trading Fly tipping Examples of Prosecutions

  13. Underage sales (alcohol, cigarettes, knives) Environmental Enforcement and Implementation of Dog Control Orders Food Safety - Implementation of Professor Pennington’s Report Recommendations (March 2009) Health and Safety partnership with HSE - Inspection and Enforcement of Residential Care homes Food Standards and Nutrition Animal Health Disease Control Licensing, Public Safety and reducing anti social behaviour Environmental Protection and safeguarding Public Health Current Service Enforcement Priorities

  14. “reducing antisocial behaviour and nuisance in communities, ensuring the safety and the quality of the food chain, improving the local environment, protecting the health safety and wellbeing of individuals and promoting a fair and just trading environment for residents and businesses” Service Priorities 2010/11

  15. Workshop is planned for early November to develop the Service Management Plan and Service Operational plans for 2010/11 Agree priorities and performance measures against background of budgetary constraints Service Planning Workshop 2010/11

  16. Service Review 2006 – led to restructure and realignment of services. Business process re-engineering, the pilot contact centre and early implementation of street scene enforcement In 2009 the Welsh Assembly announced that funding for Councils across Wales will be severely reduced over the next few years by as much as 20%. Public Protection Service Review 2009

  17. It is important that the Public Protection Service safeguards core service areas and maintains good quality services against this backdrop of significant cuts in public spending. It is recognised that a long term strategy is needed to enable the development of a flexible service to counteract the significant budgetary constraints over the next few years. PublicProtection Service Review 2009

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