The Cabinet considered a report of the Executive Director (Adult and Communities) presenting the Street Prostitution Strategy and Charter of Agreement for consideration.

1. That the Street Prostitution Strategy and the Charter of Agreement, set out at Appendices 1 and 2 to the submitted report, be approved.

2. That the work undertaken in the Strategy and through the Charter of Agreement be overseen by the Violence and Vulnerability Board.

Reasons for decision:

To adopt the Street Prostitution Strategy and Charter of Agreement to support this socially excluded and vulnerable group and to ensure that the Strategy has overall Senior Leadership support via the Violence and Vulnerability Board.

Other options:

Not to adopt the Street Prostitution Strategy and Charter of Agreement in its present form and work continues with the current outreach service and drop-in provision currently being provided by the Voluntary Sector partners to support this vulnerable group.

Note: This is an Executive Function

Eligible for call-in to: People Scrutiny Committee

Cabinet Member: Cllr Jones