Social Work And Health Committee - 08/12/2014
At a MEETING of the SOCIAL WORK AND HEALTH COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 8th December, 2014.
Present:-
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Depute Lord Provost Christina ROBERTS |
BAILIES
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Willie SAWERS |
Helen WRIGHT |
Ian BORTHWICK |
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Derek J SCOTT |
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COUNCILLORS
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Ken GUILD |
Stewart HUNTER |
Lesley BRENNAN |
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John ALEXANDER |
Ken LYNN |
Georgia CRUICKSHANK |
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Jimmy BLACK |
Vari McDONALD |
Tom FERGUSON |
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David BOWES |
Craig MELVILLE |
Brian GORDON |
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Bill CAMPBELL |
Gregor MURRAY |
Richard McCREADY |
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Kevin CORDELL |
Alan G ROSS |
Norma McGOVERN |
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Will DAWSON |
Kevin KEENAN |
Fraser MACPHERSON |
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Mohammed ASIF |
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Councillor Ken LYNN, Convener, in the Chair.
The minute of meeting of this Committee of 24th November, 2014 was held as read.
Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.
I DECLARATION OF INTEREST
No declarations of interest were made.
II REPORT ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR MANAGING HIGH RISK OFFENDERS
There was submitted Report No 449-2014 by the Director of Social Work summarising the sixth Annual Report on arrangements for managing high risk offenders across Tayside and covering the period 1st April, 2013 to 31st March, 2014.
The Management of Offenders etc (Scotland) Act 2005 introduced a statutory duty on Responsible Authorities - Local Authorities, Scottish Prison Service (SPS), Police and Health to establish joint arrangements for the assessment and management of the risk posed by certain offenders who posed a risk of harm to the public. The Responsible Authorities were required to keep the arrangements under review and publish an annual report.
The introduction of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) in 2007 introduced a consistent approach to the management of certain high risk offenders, Registered Sex Offenders (RSO), and in 2008 the arrangements were extended to include Restricted Patients (RPs).
Restricted Patients (RPs) were persons who, by virtue of their mental health, were confined for treatment under current Mental Health legislation.
The Committee agreed:-
(i) to note the content of the report and the on-going developments in relation to high risk offenders;
(ii) to instruct the Director of Social Work to inform the Committee of anticipated developments in relation to violent offenders;
(iii) to instruct the Director of Social Work to present such reports to the Committee on an annual basis; and
(iv) to conclude, based on the information provided, that MAPPA continued to work well across Tayside.
Ken LYNN, Convener.