CDRP statutory instruments: breakthrough on alcohol-related data and local alcohol strategy

Two new statutory instruments relating to Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) reform under the Police and Justice Act 2006 will come into force on August 1st (England only).

SI 1830: The Crime and Disorder (Formulation and Implementation of Strategy) Regulations 2007 obliges CDRPs to:

• carry out annual strategic assessments - to include the impact of alcohol misuse on crime and disorder
• prepare annual community safety agreements that identify how partners should work together
• prepare a three year strategy for the reduction of crime and disorder and for combating substance misuse in the area.  'Substance misuse' explicitly includes alcohol.  The plan is to be revised at the beginning of each year. 

See also Explanatory Memorandum here.
SI1830 makes compulsory the preparation of local alcohol strategies mentioned in the Government's updated alcohol strategy for England Safe. Sensible. Social.

 

SI 1831: The Crime and Disorder (Prescribed Information) Regulations 2007 sets out what information CDRP partners must share.  Crucially for alcohol, it places a duty on PCTs to provide quarterly submissions to the CDRP, with depersonalised data as follows:

• the general postcode address of persons resident in the area admitted to hospital, the date of such admissions and the sub-categories of each admission within the blocks
  • assault (X85-Y09)
  • mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use (F10-F19)
  • toxic effect of alcohol (T51)
  • other entries where there is evidence of alcohol involvement determined by blood alcohol level (Y90) or evidence of alcohol involvement determined by level of intoxication (Y91)
• the general postcode address of persons resident in the area admitted to hospital in respect of domestic abuse, and the date of such admissions.

• the location, time and date of ambulance service calls to incidents relating to crime and disorder and the category of such incidents using any system for classifying crime and disorder used by that authority.

See also Explanatory Memorandum here.

Comments

[Jean Chapple]

This is a very badly drafted 'fishing trip' - why will it help to reduce crime if the police know "Mental illness outpatient first attendances and Persons receiving "drug treatment" in the area." No post code level specified in the legislation. Who is giving the LAs advice on hopw these figures can be used - and why is information already available on arrests for alcohol related crimes, calls to the police about alcohol related disorder and incidents attended by the Ambulance Service that involved alcohol not sufficient? What will this added information add?