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  1. Published on: 30/12/2019 08:28 AMReported by: roving-eye
    Police and crime commissioners will receive an additional £35 million to continue funding specialist teams to tackle violent crime in their area.

    Eighteen police and crime commissioners (PCCs) will receive an additional £35 million to continue funding specialist teams to tackle violent crime in their area, the Home Secretary has announced today (29 December 2019).
    Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) bring together different organisations including police, local government, health, community leaders and other key partners to prevent serious violence by understanding its root causes.
    This early intervention approach forms one part of the government’s drive to tackle serious violence, which also includes bolstering law enforcement with 20,000 new police officers and increasing prison sentences for violent criminals.
    Home Secretary Priti Patel said:
    I will not tolerate criminals drawing vulnerable young people into a life of violence.
    We are delivering on the people’s priorities by recruiting 20,000 new police officers and introducing tougher sentences to keep offenders behind bars for longer, but agencies must also work together to tackle this issue head on.
    These units are already playing a vital role in diverting young people away from crime - and the funding I have announced today will allow them to continue this important work.
    Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) Serious Violence Lead, Mark Burns-Williamson PCC OBE said:
    This funding is very welcome as it will enable PCCs to continue to develop and fund their Violence Reduction Units in the short term. PCCs are investing in preventative and early intervention initiatives around the country and are working to deliver a whole-system approach to tackling serious violence.
    We will continue to work with the Home Office and our partners to ensure longer-term investment over the period of the next spending review for all police force and PCC areas to deal with the scourge of serious violence in helping to keep our communities safe.
    Earlier this year the Home Secretary allocated £35 million to 18 PCCs in the areas worst affected by violent crime to set up Violence Reduction Units, as part of an additional £100 million fund to support police to surge their response to serious violence.
    Each unit has been tasked with delivering strategies that involve police, healthcare workers, community leaders and others, and aim to reduce and prevent violence in both the short and long term.
    Work already under way from the Violence Reduction Units includes new virtual reality technology to teach young people about the dangers of getting involved in serious violence and putting community leaders in hospital A&E departments to provide support to those involved in violence when they are most vulnerable.
    The announcement also follows a raft of new commitments from the government to crack down on violent crime, such as creating a legal duty on public bodies to work together to tackle and prevent violent crime.
    Overview of funding for Violence Reduction Units

    Funding is subject to receiving proposals from Violence Reduction Units on spending allocations and being agreed by the Home Office.
    Force area £ funding per year (19/20 and 20/21) Total funding for VRUs
    Metropolitan Police £7,000,000 £14,000,000
    West Midlands £3,370,000 £6,740,000
    Greater Manchester £3,370,000 £6,740,000
    Merseyside £3,370,000 £6,740,000
    West Yorkshire £3,370,000 £6,740,000
    South Yorkshire £1,600,000 £3,200,000
    Northumbria £1,600,000 £3,200,000
    Thames Valley £1,160,000 £2,320,000
    Lancashire £1,160,000 £2,320,000
    Essex £1,160,000 £2,320,000
    Avon and Somerset £1,160,000 £2,320,000
    Kent £1,160,000 £2,320,000
    Nottinghamshire £880,000 £1,760,000
    Leicestershire £880,000 £1,760,000
    Bedfordshire £880,000 £1,760,000
    Sussex £880,000 £1,760,000
    Hampshire £880,000 £1,760,000
    South Wales £880,000 £1,760,000
    Total England & Wales £34,760,000 £69,520,000
     

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