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Salford City Council - Record of Decision (Cabinet)
I,
Paul Dennett, City Mayor in Consultation with Cabinet in exercise
of the powers contained within the City Council
Constitution do hereby
approve:
Salford’s Domestic Abuse Support in Safe Accommodation
Strategy 2025 - 2028
The Reasons are:
It is
a statutory requirement (under Part IV, Domestic Abuse Act) for the
Council to produce a Domestic Abuse Support in Safe Accommodation
Strategy every 3 years.
 
The
review of the existing strategy and production of this new strategy
has been achieved by:

Noting the key
outcomes delivered through the 2021 strategy and the services
currently available to support DA victims/survivors.
Analysing the strategic drivers and what wider legislation,
strategy and policy steers us to prioritise/achieve
Analysing data and intelligence to help inform the challenges
locally
Considering what people with lived experience and key
stakeholders/partners have told us about what the issues are in
Salford and what’s important
Conducting an on-line survey on the draft strategic priorities
and objectives
Outcomes fed back to the Domestic Abuse Housing Advisory Group
who recommended the final strategic priorities and
objectives

Options considered and rejected were:

None
– However, work on the action plan has been to ensure that
the actions are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and
time specific.
Assessment of Risk:
Medium
– the strategy seeks to facilitate a joined up approach to
supporting victims/survivors of domestic abuse, while preventing
(where possible) or reducing the impact of domestic abuse. However,
resource and capacity are finite.
The source of funding is: N/A
The
actions are either deliverable within existing resources or where
additional resources/funding is required this is backed up by the
relevant work to establish a business case and to seek/secure
relevant funding (with the appropriate approvals) on a case by case
basis.
LEGAL IMPLICATIONS: Michael Goulden
Senior Lawyer (Housing)
As it
is drafted, I have not identified anything in the proposed
2025-2028 strategy which does not comply with the statutory duties
set out in section 57 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, The Domestic
Abuse Support (Local Authority Strategies and Annual Reports)
Regulations 2021 and the associated statutory guidance.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: Adam Mozley,
Accountant
Whilst
the strategy itself has no financial implications at this stage,
there may be direct financial implications resulting from the
implementation of the strategy. The Government announced that tier
1 local authorities will receive £160 million of funding to
cover the cost of new burdens placed upon local authorities in
meeting their new statutory duty under Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse
Act for this financial year (2025/26). The allocation for Salford
for 2025/26 is £880,038, the cash has been received.
As at 25/06/2025 Salford Council has allocated £784,634 of
the grant funding with the remaining £95,404 currently under
review to ensure full grant usage is being maximised. It is
imperative that we have a fully costed plan of how this funding
will be spent.
Procurement Advice obtained: N/A
HR Advice obtained: N/A
Climate Change Advice obtained: N/A
The
following documents have been used to assist the decision
process:

·        
Salford’s Domestic Abuse Support in Safe
Accommodation Strategy 2025 – 2028
Contact Officer:      Julie
Craik Housing Strategy Team         
Telephone number: 0161 793 2143      

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The appropriate scrutiny to call-in the decision is
the Growth and Prosperity Panel          

 

 

Signed:
            Paul
Dennett        Dated:   19.08.25
                       
City Mayor
 

For Democratic
Services use only

 

This decision was
published on  19.08.25                                           

This decision will
come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 27.08.25 unless it is called-in in accordance with the
Decision Making Process Rules.