Making Decisions
All decisions of significant public interest made by the Mayor of West Yorkshire with regards policing and crime will be recorded on these pages.
Decision Log
All decisions of significant public interest made by the Mayor of West Yorkshire with regards policing and crime will be recorded on these pages. Links to previous Decision Logs from the Police and Crime Commissioner can be found here westyorkshire-pcc.gov.uk/our-business/making-decisions.
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Decisions 2023
Date: 29/03/23
Summary of decision: Funding request from Brake, the Road Safety Charity for 2023-24
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Date: 10/03/23
Summary of decision: Peer commissioning project in West Yorkshire by User Voice
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Date: 10/03/23
Summary of decision: Kirklees Uplift
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Date: 23/02/23
Summary of decision: Extension of restrictions under Unreasonable Behaviour Policy
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Date: 06/02/23
Summary of decision: Mayor’s Safer Communities Fund Grant Round 3
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Date: 01/02/23
Summary of decision: Project Spotlight- Targeted Social Media
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Date: 30/01/23
Summary of decision: Community Safety Fund allocations to Community Safety Partnerships 2023/24
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Date: 28/01/23
Summary of decision: NCLCC Core Grant 2022/23 - YATH
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Date: 19/01/23
Summary of decision: NPAS Sensor Trial (BVLOS) Project
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Date: 17/01/23
Summary of decision: West Yorkshire Police Drug Intervention Programme (DIP) funding 2022/23
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Date: 11/01/23
Summary of decision: Nudge Theory: Domestic Abuse Reduction Project
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Date: 11/01/23
Summary of decision: Cost of Living Uplift grant payment to VCSE providers
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Date: 05/01/23
Summary of decision: Community Safety Partnership Localities Funding – Calderdale & Wakefield (2022/23)
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Decisions 2022
Date: 28/12/22
Summary of decision: Formal (Regional Organised Crime Unit) ROCU Grant Offer: Organised Crime Specific Grant
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Date: 28/12/22
Summary of decision: Home Office Safer Streets Four - WYCA Agreement to enter into Grant Agreements
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Date: 21/12/22
Summary of decision: Sub-delegation scheme of the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime v.3
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Sub-delegation scheme of the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
Date: 20/12/22
Summary of decision: Public Service Pathfinder Badges and Hoodie Printing
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Date: 15/12/22
Summary of decision: Long Term Policing and Crime Team Accommodation
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Date: 14/12/22
Summary of decision: Allocations of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Grant Funding in Relation to Local Commissioning of Victims’ Support Services
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Date: 29/11/22
Summary of decision: Violence Against Women and Girls – Pilot Interventions
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Date: 24/11/22
Summary of decision: Violence Reduction Unit Budget Reprofile
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Date: 24/11/22
Summary of decision: Extension to Indemnity for Legally Qualified Chairs for Police Misconduct Hearings and Independent Members
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Date: 21/11/22
Summary of decision: Home Office Safer Streets Four- WYCA Agreement to enter into Grant Agreements
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Date: 18/11/22
Summary of decision: Research and Evaluation Programmes (part 8)
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Date: 17/11/22
Summary of decision: At the Sharp End
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Date: 11/11/22
Summary of decision: Funding for Brake, the Road Safety Charity
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Date: 10/11/22
Summary of decision: West Yorkshire Restorative Justice service contract extension
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Date: 09/11/22
Summary of decision: Tenancy at Will 153 Woodhouse Lane Leeds
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Date: 08/11/22
Summary of decision: Provide a mobile treatment centre through St John Ambulance
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Date: 03/11/22
Summary of decision: Chief Constable’s Contract
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Date: 12/10/22
Summary of decision: Extension to Indemnity for Legally Qualified Chairs for Police Misconduct Hearings and Independent Members
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Date: 10/10/22
Summary of decision: Bradford Coproduction Project
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Date: 10/10/22
Summary of decision: NPAS Grant Agreement – 31 August 2022
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Date: 10/10/22
Summary of decision: VRU Animation Content
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Date: 10/10/22
Summary of decision: Research and Evaluation Programmes (part 6)
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Date: 04/10/22
Summary of decision: Mayor’s Safer Communities Fund Grant Round 2
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Date: 26/09/22
Summary of decision: Research and Evaluation Programmes (part 5) – Kirklees College Research
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Date: 23/09/22
Summary of decision: Community Safety Partnership Localities Funding – Bradford, Kirklees & Leeds
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Date: 16/09/22
Summary of decision: Research and Evaluation Programmes (part 4)
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Date: 14/09/22
Summary of decision: Transparency Regulations – Complaints Data
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Date: 01/09/22
Summary of decision: NPAS - Newcastle Base Lease
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Date: 26/08/22
Summary of decision: NPAS Fuel Farm Browser
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Date: 24/08/22
Summary of decision: SARC Re-commissioning
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Date: 17/08/22
Summary of decision: Research and Evaluation Programmes (part 3)
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Date: 11/08/22
Summary of decision: Tackle It Variation
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Date: 11/08/22
Summary of decision: Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Grant Funding in Relation to Local Commissioning of Victims’ Support Services Grant uplift
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Date: 11/08/22
Summary of decision: Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Grant Funding in Relation to Local Commissioning of Victims’ Support Services Grant 50% payments to providers
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Date: 10/08/22
Summary of decision: Summer Safety
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Date: 09/08/22
Summary of decision: Award of Focussed Deterrence Car Funding
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Date: 08/08/22
Summary of decision: Leeds Uni research and amendments to previous budget
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Date: 27/07/22
Summary of decision: Award of Mentoring and Support programme for identified schools
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Date: 27/07/22
Summary of decision: Award of Sports and Creative Arts Provision over the Summer and Subsequent School Holiday periods
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Date: 26/07/22
Summary of decision: Sub-delegation scheme of the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime v.2
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Sub-delegation scheme of the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
Date: 26/07/22
Summary of decision: Yorkshire CSI Documentary Series
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Date: 25/07/22
Summary of decision: Research and Evaluation Programmes (part 2)
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Date: 21/07/22
Summary of decision: Exit of Ploughland House
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Date: 15/07/22
Summary of decision: A&E, Community Links and Focussed Deterrence Evaluation
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Date: 15/07/22
Summary of decision: Future funding of the Positive Futures youth intervention projects
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Date: 13/07/22
Summary of decision: Research and Evaluation Programmes (part 1)
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Date: 08/07/22
Summary of decision: Contract Change Notice, Eurofins Forensic Services Contract
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Date: 08/07/22
Summary of decision: Contract Change Notice – Regional Healthcare and Forensics in Custody
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Date: 07/07/22
Summary of decision: MoJ funding to seek agreement for DA/SV allocations
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Date: 29/06/22
Summary of decision: Violence Reduction Unit – Delivery for 2022/23 – LJMU Data Hub
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Date: 28/06/22
Summary of decision: Live Link WomenCentre Ltd
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Date: 23/06/22
Summary of decision: Commission of Mentoring and Support for identified schools
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Date: 23/06/22
Summary of decision: Trafalgar House Refurbishment
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Date: 23/06/22
Summary of decision: NDORS Contract Extension
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Date: 21/06/22
Summary of decision: Coordination of the National Anti-Slavery Network and coordination of the West Yorkshire Anti-Slavery Partnership
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Date: 16/06/22
Summary of decision: Third Sector Support Grants 2022/23 and 2023/24
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Date: 15/06/22
Summary of decision: Commission of Sports and Creative Arts Provision over the Summer and Subsequent School Holiday periods
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Date: 15/06/22
Summary of decision: NPAS Aviation Fuel – 6 x Contracts
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Date: 15/06/22
Summary of decision: Fixed Wing CAMC Service Support & Warranty Extension
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Date: 31/05/22
Summary of decision: Contract extension: WYP/PROC/00945 – ICCS Replacement
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Date: 25/05/22
Summary of decision: Ministry of Justice additional ISVA/IDVA allocations - West Yorkshire 2022-25
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Date: 20/05/22
Summary of decision: Protocol for Financial Assistance for Police Officers and Police Staff
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Date: 20/05/22
Summary of decision: Restart of Your Views Survey
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Date: 19/05/22
Summary of decision: NPAS Pilot Instrument Training – Deed of Rectification
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Date: 19/05/22
Summary of decision: NPAS St Athans Refurbishment and modular build
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Date: 16/05/22
Summary of decision: Service and Maintenance of MX-10 Camera Systems for NPAS Aircraft
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Date: 15/05/22
Summary of decision: Bobby Bear - Bears in Primary Schools
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Date: 15/05/22
Summary of decision: Contract Variation - Rotary-Wing Aircraft Maintenance Contract Serial
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Date: 12/05/22
Summary of decision: Home Office Safer Streets Four – WYCA and community safety partners submissions
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Date: 05/05/22
Summary of decision: West Yorkshire Victims Support service and Independent Sexual Violence Adviser Service contract extensions
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Date: 03/05/22
Summary of decision: Mayor’s Safer Communities Fund Grant Round 1
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Date: 27/04/22
Summary of decision: Extension to Indemnity for Legally Qualified Chairs for Police Misconduct Hearings and Independent Members
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Date: 20/04/22
Summary of decision: West Yorkshire Restorative Justice service contract extension
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Date: 20/04/22
Summary of decision: Modern Slavery and Organised Immigration Crime Programme
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Date: 19/04/22
Summary of decision: VIPER Studentship
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Date: 19/04/22
Summary of decision: Positive Futures Community Safety Grant Evaluation
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Date: 19/04/22
Summary of decision: Grant Variation – Safer Streets Fund
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Date: 13/04/22
Summary of decision: Vodafone GigaCube
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Date: 08/04/22
Summary of decision: CAA Innovation Hub Advisory Support to NPAS
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Date: 24/03/22
Summary of decision: Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programmes Funding
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Date: 23/03/22
Summary of decision: Critical Communications Infrastructure Contract - Contract Change Notice
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Date: 18/03/22
Summary of decision: VRU Teachable Moments
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Date: 17/03/22
Summary of decision: VRU Delivery Extension 2022/23
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Date: 16/03/22
Summary of decision: Filming Request
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Date: 14/03/22
Summary of decision: Publishing Agreement – Police Operational Handbook
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Date: 04/03/22
Summary of decision: Positive Futures Evaluation
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Date: 03/03/22
Summary of decision: VRU Interim Delivery Allocations 2022/23
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Date: 01/03/22
Summary of decision: National Driver Offender Retraining Schemes (NDORS)
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Date: 28/02/22
Summary of decision: Policing Revenue and Capital Budget, Precept and Council Tax for 2022/23
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Date: 17/02/22
Summary of decision: 2022/23 allocations of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Grant Funding in Relation to Local Commissioning of Victims’ Support Services
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Date: 17/02/22
Summary of decision: Community Safety Fund allocations 2022/23
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Date: 9/02/22
Summary of decision: Delivery Initiative Opportunity 2021/22 – Projects Recommended for Funding, SmartTag in Wakefield and Promotional Material and Communications – School Pilot
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Date: 7/02/22
Summary of decision: Lease-break at Ploughland House
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Date: 7/02/22
Summary of decision: Community Safety Partnership (CSP) – Additional Resource to Deliver Against the Serious Violence Duty
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Date: 4/02/22
Summary of decision: Section 22 Collaboration Agreement - National Police Co-ordination Centre (NPoCC)
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Date: 3/02/22
Summary of decision: Filming of Happy Valley Series 3 at Airedale House, Keighley
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Date: 26/01/22
Summary of decision: Violence Reduction Unit – Education Inclusion Work Stream – Part 2
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Date: 21/01/22
Summary of decision: Serious Violence Youth Interventions Funding Round – Teachable Moments Updated
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Date: 21/01/22
Summary of decision: Coproduction Kirklees – Funded Projects
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Date: 12/01/22
Summary of decision: West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit - Delivery Initiative Opportunity 2021/22
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Decisions 2021
Date: 17/12/21
Summary of decision: Trauma Informed Education – Research and Insight
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Date: 08/12/21
Summary of decision: The Deputy Mayor for Police and Crime’s Sub-delegations to the Head of Policing and Crime
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Date: 08/12/21
Summary of decision: PACE Parent Liaison Officers
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Date: 01/12/21
Summary of decision: Positive Futures Evaluation
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Date: 01/12/21
Summary of decision: Extension to Indemnity for Legally Qualified Chairs for Police Misconduct Hearings and Independent Members
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Date: 24/11/21
Summary of decision: West Yorkshire ISVA and IDVA Funding
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Date: 24/11/21
Summary of decision: Decision making framework for the Mayor's PCC functions
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Date: 17/11/21
Summary of decision: Transparency Regulations – Complaints Data
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Date: 1/11/21
Summary of decision: Coproduction Kirklees Project
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Date: 10/11/21
Summary of decision: Mayor's Safer Communities Fund (MSCF) Launch November 2021
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Date: 05/11/21
Summary of decision: VRU Education Dashboard
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Date: 05/11/21
Summary of decision: Submission of bid to Home Office’s Safer Street Fund Two FY21/22
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Date: 13/10/21
Summary of decision: Serious Violence Fund – West Yorkshire Adversity, Trauma and Resilience Programme
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Date: 06/10/21
Summary of decision: Coproduction Pilot Videography
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Date: 29/09/21
Summary of decision: Contract Extension Proposal - West Yorkshire Perpetrator Service
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Date: 29/09/21
Summary of decision: Exploration of the links between drugs, alcohol, and serious violence
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Date: 29/09/21
Summary of decision: The Serious Violence Fund - Violence Reduction Unit – Extension to Leeds A&E Navigator Pilot
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Date: 22/09/21
Summary of decision: Evaluation of the ‘Teachable Moments Focussed Deterrence Project’
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Date: 22/09/21
Summary of decision: VRU Consultancy Support
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Date: 22/09/21
Summary of decision: Violence Reduction Unit – Education Inclusion work stream 2021-22
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Date: 15/09/21
Summary of decision: Home Office Perpetrator Funding - Independent evaluation commission
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Date: 15/09/21
Summary of decision: West Yorkshire Financial Exploitation and Abuse Team – Three-month grant extension 01 Oct 2021 to 31 Dec 2021, with a provisional further three-month extension to 31st March 2022, subject to mainstreaming conditions.
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Date: 01/09/21
Summary of decision: Exploration of the links between low level mental health, young people and serious violence
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Date: 01/09/21
Summary of decision: Exploration of the links between young people with neurodiversity and serious violence
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Date: 01/09/21
Summary of decision: Impact evaluations of West Yorkshire VRU core funded programs
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Date: 01/09/21
Summary of decision: Implementation and impact evaluation of the West Yorkshire Adversity, Trauma and Resilience program
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Date: 01/09/21
Summary of decision: Impact evaluation of the West Yorkshire A&E Navigator program, including Community Links
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Date: 01/09/21
Summary of decision: Violence Reduction Unit – Delivery for 2021/22 – Night Time Economy
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Date: 01/09/21
Summary of decision: Research into Raising Aspirations of Young People
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Date: 25/08/21
Summary of decision: CSP/Serious Violence Duty Consultancy Support
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Date: 25/08/21
Summary of decision: Violence Reduction Unit – Street Games 2021-22
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Date: 25/08/21
Summary of decision: VRU Third Sector Network Funding 2021-2022
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Date: 25/08/21
Summary of decision: Re-commissioning of West Yorkshire Restorative Justice service
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Date: 25/08/21
Summary of decision: Home Office Safety of Women at Night FY21/22 – Tackling violence against women and girls. West Yorkshire Combined Authority submission
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Date: 25/08/21
Summary of decision: New Lease For Use of 5 cells at Huddersfield Magistrates Court
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Date: 10/08/21
Summary of decision: Serious Violence Youth Interventions Funding Round – Teachable Moments Bid
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Date: 28/07/21
Summary of decision: Social Media and Violence & Vicarious Online Trauma
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Date: 14/07/21
Summary of decision: Home Office Safer Streets Fund 3 – Tackling violence against women and girls
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Date: 07/07/21
Summary of decision: Violence Reduction Unit – Delivery for 2021/22 – CSP Locality Delivery
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Date: 07/07/21
Summary of decision: Violence Reduction Unit – Criminal Justice work stream – HMYOI Wetherby
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Date: 30/06/21
Summary of decision: Home Office Perpetrator Programmes Funding bid
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Date: 17/06/21
Summary of decision: Appointment of Alison Lowe as the Deputy Mayor of Policing and Crime
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Date: 15/06/21
Summary of decision: Notice to withdraw as the lead local policing body for the National Police Air Service (NPAS) (NB but to remain as a policing body under the agreement)2
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Date: 18/05/21
Summary of decision: Local Victim Services Funding
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Date: 11/05/21
Summary of decision: The Mayor's Police and Crime Commissioner Functions Scheme of Delegation and Scheme of Consent to the Chief Constable
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