Public Protection Enforcement 2006/7 Toni Slater Service Manager Public Protection Service Housing and Public Protection Department

Public Protection Enforcement  Introduction  Priorities in 2006/7  Enforcement performance 2006/7  Barriers to effective enforcement and examples of successful prosecutions  Priorities for 2007/8 including Street scene  Service reconfiguration and efficiency savings to support predicted increase in demand from street scene

Priorities in 2006/7  Fixed Penalty Notices  Public Health and Environmental Enforcement – Reconfigure team to meet customer demands  Call centre pilot development  Counterfeiting – markets and car boot sales  Under Age sales  Street scene development and implementation  Relocation of Public Protection Service to Ruabon

Enforcement 2006/7 Licensing Public Health +EnvironmentalEnforcement Environmental Protection FoodSafety Prosecutions16000 EnforcementNotices Fixed Penalty Notices Formal Cautions 0000 Formal written and verbal warnings

Enforcement Performance 2006/7 TradingStandards Fair Trading Trading Standards Commerce Animal Health Health and Safety Totals Prosecutions EnforcementNotices Fixed Penalty Notices Formal Cautions 6006 Formal written and verbal warnings

Barriers to effective enforcement  Some problem cases and failure to achieve a prosecution in magistrates court  Planning effective performance - following unsuccessful legal proceedings

Examples of Successful Prosecutions  Fly tipping  Taxi licensing  Animal Health  Counterfeiting

Priorities for 2007/8  Street Scene implementation  Reconfigure service to meet demands of street scene  Prosecution of non payment of Fixed Penalty Notices  Relocation of Public Protection Service to Ruabon  Identification of funding to meet service pressures 2008/9  More joined up working internally and externally: - JAG -Animal Health Enforcement -Flexible Warranting - HSE -Premises inspections -Smoking ban enforcement

Streetscene  Implementation of Phase 1  Review of phase 1 post launch in September 2007  Phase 2 development  Information to customers  Publicity

Environmental Enforcement April-June 2007  Fixed Penalty Notices Issued to date: Litter = 248 Dog Fouling = 38  1 successful Prosecution for Fly tipping  5 cases put forward for prosecution of non payers  Quarter 1 Performance targets met

Service reconfiguration and efficiency savings to meet future demands  Animal Health – virtual team  Noise – virtual team  Public Health and Environmental Enforcement Temporary re allocation of resources to offset street scene predicted increased demand from within PPS existing budget (Equivalent of £56,00 - staff costs) Shortfall of £130,00 for 2007/8 to maintain the 5 Environmental Enforcement Officer posts

Future enforcement strategies  Making the Connections and Beecham’s Beyond Boundaries All about building citizen centre, efficient, quality local services for Wales  Much more joint working across services and organisations – to enhance capacity, improve efficiency and increase the range of services  Hampton review – All about better regulation concentrating on outcomes. Rogers Review  Lifting the burdens task force

Doing More with Less  Reducing bureaucratic burdens  Add value and improve efficiency and flexibility  Develop workforce to meet new challenges  Anticipate change in terms of the future regulatory framework  Maintain service delivery in the face of diminishing resources