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Wiltshire and Swindon MAPPA Annual Report 2013 - 2014 1 Introduction We are pleased to present our MAPPA Report for population including those who have had the 2013 - 2014. The Multi-Agency Public Protection misfortune to be victims of crime have a right to feel Arrangements that operate throughout the United protected and safe. Whilst it is never possible to eradicate risk entirely, MAPPA is designed to bring Kingdom have a world-leading reputation in the agencies together to help manage that risk and keep it management of high risk offenders. In this area to a minimum. Wiltshire Police, Probation and HM Prisons, together with the Duty to Co-operate Agencies, have continued We continue to harness the enthusiasm and to work together over the past year to prevent crime commitment of our staff to keep this risk to a minimum and protect the public. and ensure that public safety remains our priority. We are pleased to report another effective year for the This year’s report identifies that even in a time of multi-agency public protection arrangements, MAPPA. reducing resources right across the public sector, The arrangements continue to demonstrate how well targeted work with serious offenders has provided for partners in the criminal justice system – led by police, Prisons and probation – can work together to reduce public safety. The work of MAPPA ensures that there the risk to the public posed by sexual and violent is accommodation for high risk offenders who are offenders. leaving prison and that specific work is undertaken with them on problem behaviour and attitudes with Important in this process are the monthly meetings closer monitoring of their activities and, when across Wiltshire which plan for that smaller group of applicable, the sanction of recalls into custody. This offenders who are assessed as posing a higher risk supports a safer community and fewer victims. and need to be managed jointly by the agencies signed up to MAPPA. Over the next year we will continue to support MAPPA Drawing up detailed plans, with tasks allocated to to deliver a high standard of service to the people of individual staff, sharing them with those who are in the Wiltshire and Swindon maintaining our practice and best position to protect potential victims and the public, effectiveness to keep our communities safe. subsequently checking on progress and assigning more tasks, involves time, energy and commitment Patrick Geenty, Chief Constable, Wiltshire Police over many months and sometimes years. Angela Cossins, Deputy Director, National Encouragingly, in 2013-14 none of the offenders jointly Probation Service, South West and South Central managed through MAPPA committed a further serious offence. While this extends the record of excellence that we have been able to report in previous years, we Andy Rogers, Governor, HMP Erlestoke need to be measured in our response to this. Offenders remain at risk of re-offending and risk can not be fully eliminated. It is recognised that although violent and sexual offending makes up only a small percentage of all crime in Wiltshire and Swindon the harm caused by such offending is considerable to victims, their families and to communities. The local 1 What is MAPPA? MAPPA background How MAPPA works (a) MAPPA (Multi-Agency Public Protection MAPPA-eligible offenders are identified and Arrangements) are a set of arrangements to information about them is shared by the agencies in manage the risk posed by the most serious sexual order to inform the risk assessments and risk and violent offenders (MAPPA-eligible offenders) management plans of those managing or supervising under the provisions of sections 325 to 327b of them. the Criminal Justice Act 2003. In the majority of cases that is as far as MAPPA (b) They bring together the Police, Probation and extends but in some cases, it is determined that Prison Services in each of the 42 Areas in active multi-agency management is required. In such England and Wales into what is known as the cases there will be regular MAPPA meetings MAPPA Responsible Authority. attended by relevant agency practitioners. (c) A number of other agencies are under a Duty to There are 3 categories of MAPPA-eligible offender: Co-operate (DTC) with the Responsible Authority. Category 1 - registered sexual offenders; Category 2 These include Social Services, Health Trusts, – (in the main) violent offenders sentenced to Youth Offending Teams, UKBA, Job centre Plus imprisonment for 12 months or more; and Category 3 and Local Housing and Education Authorities. – offenders who do not qualify under categories 1 or 2 but who currently pose a risk of serious harm. (d) The Responsible Authority is required to appoint two Lay Advisers to sit on each MAPPA area There are three management levels intended to Strategic Management Board (SMB) alongside ensure that resources are focused upon the cases senior representatives from each of the where they are most needed; generally those Responsible Authority and duty to co-operate involving the higher risks of serious harm. Level 1 agencies. involves ordinary agency management (i.e. no MAPPA meetings or resources); Level 2 is where the (e) Lay Advisers are members of the public with no active involvement of more than one agency is links to the business of managing MAPPA required to manage the offender but the risk offenders and act as independent, yet informed, management plans do not require the attendance observers; able to pose questions which the and commitment of resources at a senior level. professionals closely involved in the work might Where senior oversight is required the case would be not think of asking. They also bring to the SMB managed at Level 3. their understanding and perspective of the local community (where they must reside and have MAPPA is supported by ViSOR. This is a national IT strong links). system for the management of people who pose a serious risk of harm to the public. The police have been using ViSOR since 2005 but, since June 2008, ViSOR has been fully operational allowing, for the first time, key staff from the Police, Probation and Prison Services to work on the same IT system, thus improving the quality and timeliness of risk assessments and of interventions to prevent offending. The combined use of ViSOR increases the ability to share intelligence across organisations and enable the safe transfer of key information when these high risk offenders move, enhancing public protection measures. The England and Wales Annual Report is published online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministr y-of-justice/series/multi-agency-public-protection- arrangements-mappa-annual-reports 2 MAPPA Statistics MAPPA-eligible offenders on 31 March 2014 Category 1: Category 2: Category 3: Registered sex Violent Other dangerous offenders offenders offenders Total Level 1 520 163 - 683 Level 2 4 9 4 17 Level 3 0 0 0 0 Total 524 172 4 700 MAPPA-eligible offenders in Levels 2 and 3 by category (yearly total) Category 1: Category 2: Category 3: Registered sex Violent Other dangerous offenders offenders offenders Total Level 2 44 24 55 123 Level 3 0 1 1 2 Total 44 25 56 125 RSOs cautioned or convicted for breach of notification requirements 6 Restrictive orders for Category 1 offenders SOPOs, NOs & FTOs imposed by the courts SOPOs 40 NOs 0 FTOs 0 3 Level 2 and 3 offenders returned to custody Category 1: Category 2: Category 3: Registered sex Violent Other dangerous offenders offenders offenders Total Breach of licence Level 2 2 3 0 5 Level 3 0 0 0 0 Total 2 3 0 5 Breach of SOPO Level 2 0 - - 0 Level 3 0 - - 0 Total 0 - - 0 Total number of Registered Sexual Offenders per 100,000 population 86 This figure has been calculated using the Mid-2013 Population Estimates: Single year of age and sex for Police Areas in England and Wales; estimated resident population, published by the Office for National Statistics on 26 June 2014, excluding those aged less than ten years of age. 4 Explanation commentary on statistical tables (f) Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) – a MAPPA background court may make a SOPO at the time of dealing with certain sexual offenders or when the police make a The totals of MAPPA-eligible offenders, broken down special application on account of the offender’s by category, reflect the picture on 31 March 2014 (i.e. behaviour in the community. The full order lasts for a they are a snapshot). The rest of the data covers the minimum of five years, and can last indefinitely. A period 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014. SOPO will require the subject to register as a sexual offender and can include conditions, for example to (a) MAPPA-eligible offenders – there are a number of prevent the offender loitering near schools or offenders defined in law as eligible for MAPPA playgrounds. If the offender fails to comply with (i.e. management, because they have committed specified breaches) the requirements of the order, he can be sexual and violent offences or they currently pose a taken back to court and may be liable to up to five risk of serious harm, although the majority (97.5% this years’ imprisonment. year) are actually managed under ordinary agency (Level 1) arrangements rather than via MAPP (g) Notification Order – this requires sexual offenders meetings. who have been convicted overseas to register with the police, in order to protect the public in the UK from the (b) Registered Sexual Offenders (RSOs) – those who risks that they pose. The police may apply to the court are required to notify the police of their name, address for a notification order in relation to offenders who are and other personal details and to notify any changes already in the UK or are intending to come to the UK.