Decision details

The Deputy Mayor has committed to provide an agreed amount of financial support to both Adult and Children’s Safeguarding boards 2022/23. The allocation above to be allocated to each local authority area and divided on a 50/50 basis to the Children’s and also the Adult’s Safeguarding Boards.

The decision is that:

The ten Local Safeguarding Boards for Children and the ten local Safeguarding Boards for Adults will receive a payment as set out in the schedule below.

The work of the Safeguarding Boards will support GMP through the Strategic Vulnerability Board and at a local level in the areas of:

• Support the delivery of the GMP Child Centred Policing Strategy
• Shared Data Insights - MFH data for children and young people /care homes . We currently don’t have the specific details for children and young people's homes between 16 and 18 and would value more data from partners.
• Shared Training through safeguarding boards with local practioners. This will upskill police officers and neighbourhood teams at a place level .
• SCR reviews - learning and continual improvement.

In view of this the Deputy Mayor has agreed to make a 12 month payment to Safeguarding Boards for the period April 2022 – March 2023.

Payments should be made as outlined below. Each sum to be allocated on a 50/50 basis to the Childrens’s and Adult Safeguarding Board in that Local authority area:

Local Authority Joint Children's and Adults Safeguarding Board
payment April 2022 – March 2023
Bolton 34592
Bury 23700
Manchester 63732
Oldham 25800
Rochdale 24300
Salford 27000
Stockport 27600
Tameside 26400
Trafford 25800
Wigan 28800
TOTAL 307,724