MAPPA Annual Report

MAPPA Annual Report 2006-2007

Introduction

We are pleased to present the sixth annual report on the Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) in
Humberside. This report aims to share with the people of Humberside details of the joint work undertaken by our
services and partner agencies - statutory, voluntary, private - to manage serious sexual and violent offenders in
our Area.

During the year the make up of our group changed as we said goodbye to Steve Wagstaffe who was promoted to
manage the Prison Service's High Security Estate and were joined by Tony Hassall who took over as Yorkshire and
Humberside Prisons Area Manager in December. Tony joins a region which has a long tradition of agencies effectively
working together to protect the public, and undertake joint work on dangerous offenders, as well as having
developed creative victim and restorative justice initiatives. As the three responsible authorities, we have worked
harder than ever this year towards maintaining that tradition through the MAPPA.

Several major inspections and reviews have taken place over the past year involving our work, perhaps most
significantly the Review of the Protection of Children from Sex Offenders. We have ensured we are developing and
implementing action plans to meet the recommendations arising out of these reviews. Some of the recommendations
are being put in place at the time of this report's publication - the Probation Service will be rolling out the Violent
and Sex Offender Register (ViSOR) computer system enabling them more direct access to all offenders records and
allow a greater exchange of information with the police and other partners, National Rules of behaviour and conduct
for all residents of Approved Probation Premises have been set - others, such as the use of polygraph testing for sex
offenders, satellite tracking and disclosure of sex offenders details to appropriate members of the public are currently
being considered or trialed.

We are however fully aware that there are many challenges ahead and this area of work is increasing year on year.
Key to meeting those challenges are our good working links with our "duty to cooperate" agencies - health, social
services, accommodation providers, education, youth offending teams - and others who, whilst not under a duty, are
willing to assist and see the value of being involved in the process. We do that with fresh impetus this year as we
integrate the work of MAPPA with the newly forming Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACs) set up to
increase the safety of women and children in cases of domestic violence together with the Local Safeguarding
Children Boards which have now been in existence for over a year.

The case load remains daunting, but the hard work and professionalism of staff across all agencies shows their
dedication to MAPPA and to the diverse communities within Humberside they serve and protect and we again thank
all our colleagues for that.

It must be acknowledged that we will never be able to eliminate entirely the risk of serious offences being committed
but we restate our commitment that we will, through MAPPA, continue to do everything possible to reduce that risk
and to maintain the success achieved so far.

Tim Hollis Stephen Hemming Tony Hassall
Chief Constable Chief Probation Officer HM Prison Service Area Manager
Humberside Police National Probation Service - Humberside Yorkshire and Humberside

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