Warwickshire

Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements

Annual Report 2004–5
Foreword by Baroness Scotland

The work being undertaken to improve the safety of

communities through the Multi-Agency Public
Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) is vitally important
and a priority for the government. The annual reports
for 2004/5 provide evidence of that active engagement.
Violence and sexual abuse are unacceptable wherever
they occur and it is evident that through MAPPA, such
offenders are identified and better managed than ever
before. As the number of offenders within MAPPA
continues to grow as expected, there is clear evidence
that the Responsible Authority, that is the local Police,
Probation and the Prison Service, is addressing these
additional demands by strengthening local
partnerships, using new statutory powers to restrict the
behaviour of offenders, returning offenders to custody
where they breach their licence or order and using the
findings of research and inspection to strengthen
national guidance and local practice.

Although it is never possible to completely eliminate

the risk posed by dangerous offenders, MAPPA is
helping to ensure that fewer people are re-victimised.

The active implementation of the Criminal Justice Act

(2003) during the last year has clearly enhanced the
ability of a number of agencies, including health, social
services and housing, to work collaboratively with the
Responsible Authority in assessing and managing
those sexual and violent offenders in our communities
who pose the highest risk of serious harm. For the
continued success of MAPPA, this collaboration,
together with the scrutiny of policy and practice, must
become the hallmark of these arrangements. Similarly,
MAPPA must integrate with other public protection
mechanisms dealing with child abuse, domestic abuse
and racial abuse.

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For me, one of the most exciting developments in this
arena in the last 12 months has been the appointment
of lay advisers to assist the Responsible Authority in
the oversight of the arrangements. As ordinary
members of the public, these lay advisers represent a
diverse, able and committed group of people who are
now helping the statutory agencies to oversee the work
being undertaken through MAPPA and communicate
with the public more effectively. Without a growing
sense of public knowledge and confidence about this
work, much of the benefits of the public protection
arrangements will be lost.

I hope this annual report will be useful, informative and

re-assuring to local communities. The agencies and
individuals who have contributed to the achievement of
MAPPA locally are to be commended.

Baroness Scotland
Minister of State for Criminal Justice and
Offender Management

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Contents

1. Introduction 5

2. Key Achievements in
Warwickshire MAPPA 2004-5 7

3. MAPPA in Prisons in the Region 8

4. How We Operate Locally 9

5. Strategic Management Board 14

6. Statistics 15

Appendix A 17

Contacts 19

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1 Introduction

This annual report is the fourth published since the

formation of the Multi-Agency Public Protection
Arrangements (MAPPA). This report documents the
progress that has been made during the year to ensure
that the public are protected from potentially dangerous
offenders.

The focus continues to be on how all agencies work

together, sharing information so that the management
of risk can be as robust as possible. This is assisted by
the use of the three-tier structure that ensures that
resources are directed at those relatively few cases
where they are needed to protect the public.

During 2004 – 2005, the Prison Service became the

third part of the responsible authority, joining the Police
and the National Probation Service. During the same
period, we have also appointed two lay advisors to the
MAPPA Strategic Management Board, the board that
oversees these arrangements. In line with national best
practice, the management of MAPPA cases is
overseen by the Public Protection Unit based at Police
Headquarters and staff within the unit are working hard
to ensure a proactive approach is adopted in tackling
potentially dangerous offenders. This has achieved a
number of positive outcomes.

Warwickshire also achieved accreditation from the

Police Information Technology Unit for the installation
of a new national database for recording information on
dangerous offenders.

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These changes to the structures and arrangements
have enhanced our approach but they will not protect
the public on their own. The staff in all of the agencies
implementing these arrangements have ensured that
the quality of the information shared has been of the
highest standard, assisting in good decision making
and intervention. We would like to thank all staff
involved in MAPPA for their contribution to making
Warwickshire a safer place for us all.

Bob Golding Liz Stafford Lorraine Mosson-Jones

Assistant Chief Constable Chief Officer Regional Risk Manager
Warwickshire Police Warwickshire Probation West Midlands Prisons
and Chair of the MAPPA
Strategic Management Board

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2 Key Achievements in Warwickshire MAPPA 2004-5
The processes introduced in the
previous year have now been fully
implemented across all agencies
involved in the MAPPA process and
focuses their attention and
resources to improving the quality
of public protection work through
partnership.
The integrated referral process
ensures that we are able to direct
our time and resources to managing
the high risk and dangerous cases,
commonly called the ‘critical few’
whilst still maintaining the
management of the other offenders.
Training
During the year, staff from all
agencies received training from the
Lucy Faithfull Foundation on
defensible decision making, how risk
assessment and risk management
link into the MAPPA process, the
use of internal and external
inhibitors by offenders and the use
of community orders. The staff in the
PPU were trained in the use of
ViSOR.
ViSOR
The introduction of the Violent and
Sexual Offenders Register (ViSOR)
in the Public Protection Unit (PPU)
was achieved according to a
planned time-scale and the
implementation and development of
this system is a significant step in
the management of these offenders.
This application is the first
networked confidential system
created and owned by the Police
Service and linking into the National
Intelligence Model (NIM) which
allows information about dangerous
offenders to be shared by the police
across force boundaries. It also has
direct links to the Police National
Computer (PNC) in that information
from the one system is transferred
directly to the other database.
The role of the Prison Service in
MAPPA 2004-5
One of the important ways in which
the Criminal Justice Act (2003)
strengthened the MAPPA was to
make the Prison Service part of the
Responsible Authority with Police
and Probation in each of the 42
areas in England and Wales. The
Prison Service has been given this
enhanced role in recognition of the
important part it plays in protecting
the public by keeping offenders in
custody, helping them to address the
causes of their offending behaviour
and by undertaking other work to
assist their successful resettlement.
As part of the Responsible Authority,
the Prison Service is now
represented on each of the Strategic
Management Boards (SMBs) in the
42 areas. The prison estate is
configured differently from
Police/Probation areas in that its
establishments are contained within
only 12 geographical areas and two
functional areas – the High Security
estate and Contracted Prisons. For
this reason, arrangements for Prison
Service representation on SMBs
vary across the country but each
Prison Service Area Manager has
entered into an agreement with the
SMBs on how the service will
contribute both strategically and
operationally to the MAPPA.
The main focus of the Prison
Service contribution is at an
operational level. A number of
measures have been put in place
across the prison estate to ensure
that this will be effective and
result in:
● Prompt identification of MAPPA
offenders so that their details can
be used in sentence planning
arrangements, including
interventions to manage and
reduce risk.
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● Regular monitoring of the
behaviour of those assessed as
presenting the highest risk and
sharing information with Police
and Probation colleagues.
● All relevant risk management
information being provided to
multi-agency meetings which
helps to plan an offender’s
release.
● At least three months notification
to Police and Probation of the
expected release dates of those
offenders who have been referred
to the Multi-Agency Public
Protection Panel (MAPPP) and at
least six weeks notification of
those being managed at level 2
risk meetings.
● No changes to release dates or
arrangements being made without
prior consultation with Police and
Probation.
Playing an effective role in the multi-
agency risk management of MAPPA
offenders requires good
communication between criminal
justice partners. The Prison Service
has taken steps to ensure that there
are dedicated points of contact for
public protection at both area level
and in every prison establishment
and that these are published
together with Police and Probation
contacts to ensure better
communication across the
Responsible Authority.
With the ever increasing MAPPA
population and proportion of those
received into prison likely to grow
with the introduction of the new
public protection sentences, the
inclusion of the Prison Service as
part of the Responsible Authority will
continue to be vital in protecting the
public.
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The West Midlands Prisons Area
includes four MAPPA areas:
● Warwickshire
● Staffordshire
● West Mercia
● West Midlands

In preparation for becoming part of

the Responsible Authority, the Prison
Service in the West Midlands
created a new post of Area Risk
Manager to lead on MAPPA. The
Area Risk Manager works with
MAPPA in Warwickshire as well as
West Midlands, Staffordshire, and
West Mercia, attending the Strategic
Management Board and working
with the Public Protection Unit to and these coordinators attend The prisons in this area are
improve the efficiency of systems regular area meetings to support the determined to ensure that the best
and communication between the development of sound and possible links are established with
prisons and the community. A model consistent practice and procedures. MAPPA and the community at a
for communication is being finalised This has included the development strategic and operational level.
to establish common practices of shared training materials and
across the region. The Area Risk consistent documentation.
Manager provides regular feedback
to the Area Manager and Governors Risk Management Teams
in the area on national, regional and Each prison has established a Risk
local developments. Management Team that meets at
least once a month. The Risk
Key Achievements Management Team:

Public Protection Coordinators ● Discusses individual prisoners

Each of the prisons in the region has that are subject to MAPPA and
identified someone to coordinate who have been assessed as
public protection and MAPPA work being at high or very high risk of
serious harm to others.

● Gathers information to support the

risk assessment and risk
management of these offenders
while they are in custody and in
preparation for their release and
shares it with the appropriate
agency in the community.

● Works to make sure that those to

be managed at level 2 or level 3
on release are prioritised for
further assessments and for
interventions that will reduce their
risk, including sex offender
treatment programmes and other
group work for violent offenders.

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4 How We Operate Locally
The agencies involved in the
MAPPA processes in Warwickshire
continue to strive to make this a
safer place to live. Warwickshire
Police, Warwickshire Probation
Service, the Health Trusts, the
Borough and District Councils and
Warwickshire County Council fund
the work of the MAPPA Strategic
Management Board (SMB) and the
coordinator.
Structure of the Warwickshire
MAPPA
Following Home Office guidance,
Warwickshire has restructured its
Multi-Agency Public Protection
Arrangements (MAPPA) to reflect
three levels of activity and has
appointed a MAPPA Coordinator.
MAPPA Level 1
All cases that come through the
MAPPA referral process are carefully
screened to assess the level of risk
and level of harm an individual
presents. The referral is sent out to
the participating agencies to check
whether they have any information
about the risk of harm an offender
presents, and then the referral is
returned back to the Public
Protection Unit where a decision is
made as to the level that is most
appropriate for managing the case.
The MAPPA Coordinator will make
the decision in conjunction with the
referring agency about whether the
case should be placed on a level 2
meeting. If the case is not placed at
level 2, the referring agency will
manage it. This could entail a
different type of multi-agency
meeting (eg a mental health case
conference), or it could be dealt with
by the referring agency through the
usual liaison with partner agencies.
MAPPA Level 2
The next level of activity is level 2,
which is a local meeting held in each
district of Warwickshire once a
month. The MAPPA Coordinator
chairs this and membership of the
level 2 meetings includes Police and
Probation, Social Services, housing
departments, Mental Health
Services and a representative of the
prison. It will focus on high-risk
cases where high levels of harm are
likely but the level of resource
needed to manage that risk is not
likely to be unusual or extraordinary.
Level 2 meetings tend to deal with
offenders who are assessed as
likely to commit offences such as
rape, child abuse, arson or serious
violence. The MAPPA Coordinator
will ensure that where a victim’s
wishes are known by the Victim
Contact Unit, that the victim has the
opportunity for their views to be
presented to the panel. They are
used to help plan the return of
dangerous offenders from prison into
the community and are also a forum
where the Probation Service can
check with agencies about the
appropriateness of its
recommendations to release certain
offenders.
MAPPA Level 3
The highest level of MAPPA
comprises the Multi-Agency Public
Protection Panel or MAPPP which
deals with the ‘critical few’ cases
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which pose the highest risk of very
serious harm to the community. The
MAPPP is chaired by a Detective
Superintendent or Assistant Chief
Probation Officer to reflect serious
high-level ownership of the issues.
Agencies invited in addition to the
Police and the Probation Service are
likely to include Social Services,
housing departments, Mental Health
Services, a representative of the
prison and any other relevant
agency that can contribute towards
the management of the offender’s
risk.
The distinguishing feature of the
MAPPP is the need for high-level
managerial representation at the
meeting to guarantee availability of
unusual or extraordinary resources
to manage a particular offender.
A MAPPP might also be called to
manage any offenders who are likely
to attract media attention and public
interest and concern.
Referrals to MAPPA
The Police automatically refer
Registered Sex Offenders. Probation
automatically refers all those
offenders who have received a 12-
month or longer custodial sentence
for a violent or sexual offence, who
are not already registered as a sex
offender. Mental Health Services
have to refer all cases where an
offender is found not guilty of a
sexual or violent offence by reason
of insanity and made subject to a
Hospital Order or Guardianship
Order. Any agency can refer an
offender who is believed to pose a
high risk of harm to the community,
and who has been convicted of a
serious offence in the past.
How agencies make the referral
There is a referral form which
agencies are required to complete if
they wish to refer a case through for
a MAPPA response. In the first
instance, professionals who are
unsure of the MAPPA process
should have a discussion with the
MAPPA Coordinator or agency
representative, to discuss their
concerns and whether a referral is
appropriate.
The MAPPA Coordinator can be
reached at the Public Protection Unit
at Police Headquarters in Leek
Wootton.
The public cannot make a referral to
the MAPPA. If a member of the
public has concerns about an
individual, they need to speak to the
Police in most instances or the
agency that is dealing with that
person (eg Mental Health Services,
Social Services).
Sex Offender Treatment
Programme
Warwickshire participates in a
regional Sex Offender Programme
which was led by West Midlands
Probation Service. Since 1 April
2005 the four Probation areas in
the region have collaborated and
established a regional unit to carry
out this work. Sex offenders who
complete the Community Sex
Offender Group Work Programme
are half as likely to re-offend as
untreated offenders. This was the
overall finding of a five year
evaluation project run by Dr Jayne
Allam, a psychologist at the
University of Birmingham.
The Community Sex Offender Group
Work Programme works with
offenders released from prison on
licence or those serving community
sentences. The programme has
been nationally accredited for use
with offenders and is part of the
Probation Service’s ‘What Works’
approach, which develops evidence
based methods for working with
offenders that have been shown to
be effective. It combines intensive
group therapy work and
psychometric testing, and is
regularly assessed for effectiveness.
Sex offenders can be directed to from William and arrangements
attend as part of a community were made for her protection.
sentence or as a condition of their
release from prison. The programme Further enquiries showed that
can last for up to 200 hours, with William was a foreign national and
individuals being required to attend could be deported from the UK to
weekly, for between 18 months and his country of origin and that he
two years. was wanted in that country for
serious crime.
The programme helps the offender
think about their offences and the The PPU contacted the Immigration
impact on the victim, and helps them Service and the prison to ensure
learn new skills to constrain and that processes were in place for his
control their behaviour which deportation. They then contacted the
complement the external controls family of the victim in that country to
that are imposed through MAPPA. inform them of his release and
deportation. The family was
The best way to explain how the reassured that the authorities were
MAPPA works to protect the public is aware of his arrival and were
by giving case examples of the work dealing with the case. He was
done to manage the risks. subsequently arrested and charged
with the offence.
It should be remembered that
although agencies seek to minimise The PPU then visited Anne again to
and reduce the risks to the public, inform her that William had been
the Multi-Agency Public Protection deported.
Panel cannot eradicate risks to the
community altogether without an Case study two
offender being returned to custody.
The decision to return a person to Harry has a history of offending
prison is ultimately a decision for the behaviour, some of it sexual, against
Courts, but by working together, numerous victims. He has been
agencies can significantly reduce assessed within the Health Service
the risks. as having mild learning difficulties
and he also suffers from chronic
Case study one social anxiety and prolific self harm.
William is a dangerous offender who
has received a long prison sentence
for a serious assault on Anne, his ex
partner. Information was sent to the
MAPPA coordinator from both the
Probation Service and the Prison
Service stating that William was
likely to receive an early release
from his sentence. As he was
considered to be one of the ‘critical
few’, he was discussed at a multi-
agency meeting which outlined the
risks William posed, particularly to
his ex partner. The Public Protection
Unit (PPU) was tasked with
contacting Anne to inform her of his
impending release. She was very
distressed about the threat she felt
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He is coming to the end of a lengthy
prison sentence for a serious sexual
assault. He will be on licence for two
years under the supervision of the
Probation Service.
He was referred by the Prison
Service due to his offence and
because of his aggressive sexual
behaviour, he was then referred to
the MAPPA Coordinator by the
health service. He was discussed at
a multi-agency meeting where the
risks he posed to himself and the
community upon his release, were
discussed.
Harry wished to go and live at his
parents address but this would have
caused problems as the address
was close to his previous partner,
Carol, who was still living at the
address they shared and she had a
new born child that he was not the
father of. The meeting decided it
would be better for him to live in an
approved hostel for some period
after his release. It was also decided
that he would benefit from attending
the sex offender group programme
run by the Probation Regional Sex
Offender Unit and that he saw a
psychologist.
The meeting then requested that he
had these conditions placed on to
his licence as well as deciding that
he should be tagged on his release
with a condition not to approach
Carol. On learning of Harry’s
impending release, Carol with the
help of the Local Housing Authority
moved to an address in another part
of the county. Harry has now been in
the community for a number of
months. He has complied fully with
the conditions of his licence,
attending the sex offender
programme run by Probation, kept
all his appointments with the
psychologist and has not attempted
to locate or approach Carol.
Case study three: Linking MAPPA
in Prisons with the Community
Charles was convicted of threats to
kill and false imprisonment and
received a custodial sentence for
offences against his female partner.
There had been a history of him
being violent towards her within their
relationship. Charles also had a
significant and varied history of
offending which included both violent
and acquisitive offences.
The prison acted in a number of
ways to manage Charles:
● Assessment and treatment
● Monitoring
● Information-sharing
Assessment and Treatment
Charles was assessed for
involvement in offence related group
work and as a consequence was
referred to and completed two
significant treatment programmes:
Enhanced Thinking Skills and
Focus. These programmes were
intended to reduce his risk of re-
offending.
Monitoring
Staff in the prison monitored
Charles’ behaviour in prison and
became concerned that some of his
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telephone calls out of the prison
were not healthy and were
potentially related to future risk of
offending. Concerns were raised
specifically about the victims of his
offences and their children.
Information Sharing
Charles was discussed at the
prison’s Risk Management Team
with information gathered from a
number of departments, including
Health Care and the Police.
The prison’s Public Protection
Coordinator collated risk information
and shared this with Charles’ outside
probation officer, Social Services
and the agency likely to provide
accommodation for him on release.
Sound links were established
between the MAPPA processes in
the community and the public
protection systems within the prison.
Effective management of this
particular offender was supported by
regular and positive communication
between the prison and the
agencies in the community.
The MAPPA protect the public in
some of the following ways:
● They share critical information
about high-risk offenders so that
each agency has the most
complete picture they can get in
making decisions and managing
that person.
● They make critical decisions
together and bring greater
accountability into that process on
behalf of the community. For
example, if the Probation Service
wanted to recommend releasing
a dangerous person into the
community from prison they would
have to justify that decision to the
panel as well as to the Prison
Parole Board.
● In certain cases they make
decisions to inform schools,
parents or employers about the
risks an offender poses.
● They enable special resources to
be found for difficult cases which
would not usually be available.
For example, specialist risk
assessments from outside experts
or specialist housing provision
which would reduce the offender’s
potential opportunity to offend.
● Each agency has a range of
different legal powers which can
be sought to control or prevent
behaviour, including Anti-Social
Behaviour Orders, Notification
Orders, Sexual Offences
Prevention Orders, Foreign Travel
Orders and Licence Conditions,
power to evict, electronic tagging
and Curfew Orders. These, when
used together, can often help
make a package of measures that
ensure offenders are managed
more safely.
● Panels can sometimes offer
specific measures to help protect
victims, such as accommodating
the offender in another area. The
panels can also inform victims of
the plans being made for release
and rehabilitation of high-risk
offenders, and give victims police
alarms and reassurance.
Day in the life of a probation
officer
As I supervise a large number of
offenders in the community, as well
as some serving prison sentences
for serious offences, my role as a
probation officer is both challenging
and demanding.
Each offender who I supervise (for
example sex offenders, violent
offenders, arsonists etc) will have
their own specific needs and
underlying issues that need to be
addressed to reduce their offending
behaviour. To enable me to identify
suitable interventions to reduce their
offending, I use the nationally
accredited OASys probation risk
assessment tool. This is a complex
document that requires the offence
and the offender’s lifestyle to be
examined in detail with them.
I complete a risk screening and full
risk analysis to determine if the
offender is deemed low, medium,
high or very high risk, and identify
those factors which impact on their
offending behaviour. When this
assessment is complete, I will
devise a supervision plan which will
include the work that he or she is
required to do and any restrictions
that are likely to be placed on them.
This could include being required to
undertake anger management work,
sex offender treatment programmes
or drug and alcohol management
courses and could involve
restrictions such as a curfew, being
banned from contacting victims or
entering certain areas of
Warwickshire as part of the licence
conditions.
I also carry out a number of home
visits in line with the National
Standards set by Government to
ensure the number of visits an
offender receives from their
probation officer. Where offenders
fail to comply with their community
sentence or licence conditions,
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I instigate enforcement procedures.
This often means that when an
offender breaks the conditions of
their licence from prison (eg by
contacting a victim), they are
returned to prison to serve out the
rest of their sentence.
Whilst supervising high-risk
offenders, I have to liase regularly
with the Public Protection Unit to
pass on information or seek advice
to ensure they are managed
effectively.
In one case I was supervising,
I contacted the unit to advise them
that I had received information from
another offender who was the
personal friend of a registered sex
offender. In conversation, the friend
stated that this particular offender
had formed a relationship with a
local woman who had young
children. I was therefore able to
pass this information on to the
Public Protection Unit who were
able to make relevant enquiries
to ensure the safety of the local
woman and her children.
In performing the above role,
I believe I provide an effective and
essential service to the Criminal
Justice System and the public.
Day in the life of a police officer
in the Public Protection Unit
As the detective constable in the
Public Protection Unit, my role
involves managing the Registered
Sex Offenders within Warwickshire
and I am also the officer responsible
as the police liaison point for the
Multi Agency Public Protection
Arrangements.
Registered Sex Offenders are
required to register within three days
of a caution or conviction or within
three days of their release from
custody. Following their initial
registration, I will complete an initial
visit to that offender to establish their
current circumstances, ensure they
are aware of their registration
requirements and to complete an
initial assessment of their risk to the
community. As part of the risk
assessment process I will also liase
with other agencies such as Social
Services, the Probation Service,
Mental Health Services and housing
departments. Each offender is
classified as very high, high,
medium or low risk of re-offending,
using nationally recognised
assessments tools, which have been
validated by research for accuracy.
I liase closely with other agencies to
ensure that the public is protected
appropriately. For example, I
received information that a
Registered Sex Offender had formed
a relationship with an elderly
vulnerable woman whose
grandchildren regularly visited. It was
known that he presented a risk both
to vulnerable women and children.
As a result of this, action was taken
to warn the woman of the risks
posed by the offender. This is a
typical, routine example where close
liaison and working together between
agencies has prevented a vulnerable
adult and children being abused.
I also, in line with the National
Intelligence Model, inform the local
police and enter their details on the
force intelligence system about any
offenders living in their area. I also
pass this information to the force
analysts for inclusion in force and
divisional assessments.
If offenders have associations in
other police areas we make that
force aware of the issues and often
attend their MAPPA meetings.
Working with Victims
To prevent offenders re-victimising
their victims or others, the MAPPA
has to work effectively with the
victims of crime. This is why the
MAPPA links directly into the work of
the Victim and Witness Information
Partnership (VIP) in Warwickshire.
Work of the VIP
The VIP brings together the Police,
Crown Prosecution Service,
Probation Service, Youth Offending
Service, Magistrates Courts and
Crown Courts with domestic
violence support agencies, Victim
and Witness Support and anti-social
behaviour coordinators.
It provides a source of information
for the victim about the progress of
their case through the Criminal
Justice System, through email, the
telephone or a drop in centre. The
VIP also ensures that intimidated or
reluctant witnesses are supported
through special measures in or
outside court.
The VIP electronically joins up the
information of all these different
agencies around the offender’s case
and sets up a joined up support
service so that the victim only has
one place to go for all the
information and support they need.
The Victim Contact Unit does the
following things to support victims of
crime where the offender received
12 months or longer in custody for a
sexual or violent offence:
● Makes contact with the victim.
● Consults the victim about the
release plans for the offender and
makes the victim’s views known
to the supervising probation
officer, the prison authorities and
the MAPPA.
● Makes recommendations about
licence conditions or other
aspects of an offender’s
resettlement plan.
● Keeps victims informed about any
significant developments during
sentence or after release,
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including notification of release
dates and any additional
measures to increase their safety.
MAPPA and VIP
For the MAPPA to do their work
effectively they need to understand
the victim’s perspective in the case
properly. The VIP liaises directly with
the MAPPA and provides a separate
report on each case that is heard at
either level 2 or 3. The report is
made after consultation with the
victim. The VIP makes its report
directly to the independent chair of
the panel. This report will detail the
impact of the offence on the victim
and their fears, views and wishes
about future plans around the
offender.
The difference this link with the
victim makes can be very significant.
Knowing the area where the victim
lives and how the victim was
affected by the offence can help the
MAPPA meetings plan where the
offender should be directed to live
after custody for the duration of their
licence. In some cases the meeting
can place an offender away from the
victim. In others, the Probation
Service can seek a condition of the
licence that prevents the offender
making any contact with the victim.
Victims often have a keen sense of
the risk posed by an offender,
especially if the offence was part of
an ongoing relationship with the
offender. This information can be
very useful to the assessment and
management of the offender. Where
a victim fears that an offender will
target them again, the MAPPA can
help minimise these risks and fears
by taking special measures and
providing information, advice and
reassurance to the victim.
Some decisions and plans have
been changed as a result of hearing
the victim’s perspective.
5 Strategic Management Board
Warwickshire has established a
Strategic Management Board (SMB)
that meets quarterly to monitor and
review the effectiveness of MAPPA,
make recommendations for change
and publish the annual report. The
chair of the board rotates between
the Chief Probation Officer and the
Assistant Chief Constable. In
addition to the Police and Probation,
the board has representation from
the Prison Service, Social Services,
the Youth Offending Service, the
education and housing departments
and the primary care trusts in
Warwickshire. In addition, a
representative of the electronic
tagging service is also invited to
attend the board. The board has
direct links with the Warwickshire
Area Child Protection Committee
(ACPC), which is a committee that
organises and oversees the work of
the Warwickshire agencies to help
protect children from abuse within
Warwickshire. The Police, Probation
and Social Services representatives
on the SMB also sit on the
Warwickshire ACPC to develop
strong links and continuity of policy.
Two lay members from the public
have been appointed to sit on the
Strategic Management Board to add
an extra element of public scrutiny
to the MAPPA in Warwickshire.
Lay Advisers
As Lay Advisors, we have
undertaken detailed training,
provided directly by the Home
Office, in both the role of the MAPPA
and our place within those
arrangements.
On taking up our post in
Warwickshire, we have been
welcomed and included
unconditionally by all we have come
across – a situation not to be taken
for granted.
The learning curve has been very Some of the visits we have made
steep and continues to be so. include:
● Shrewsbury Prison.
We have attended all Strategic
Management Board (SMB) meetings ● A level 3 meeting.
since our appointment. Through
● A level 2 meeting.
these meetings we have met the
other members of the SMB and ● Local Approved Premises
been offered considerable support with Chief Officer
and induction, including visits to key of Probation.
places and one to one meetings with ● Local Authority Housing
the SMB members who have given Department.
of their time freely. We both
appreciate all the efforts that have ● Local Primary Care Trust.
contributed to our understanding of ● Senior Police Officer.
the process and look forward to
continuing to experience such a ● Social Services Department.
cooperative working environment.
We are hoping also to be able to
We are now feeling better able to accompany a Forensic Community
contribute meaningfully to the Psychiatric Nurse to a local police
process and are starting to be able station.
to identify some questions that we
feel we can ask to the benefit of the The future of the role of Lay
process and its successful Advisers rests with the continued full
outcomes. inclusion and participation in the
MAPPA process.
The processes involved in MAPPA
are many and detailed. The amount
of thought and discussion that takes
place in consideration of public
protection issues is reassuring.
Our role as Lay Advisers is to offer
the public’s point of view and input
ordinary concerns to a team of
highly trained professionals. Our role
is one that we believe can only
benefit both the process and the
required outcome of protecting
public interests.
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6 Statistics
The statistical information this year
continues the trend from last year
and only includes those cases
where the offender is in the
community. The main changes in the
figures this year reflect the
requirement introduced by the Home
Office to include those managed at
level 2 as well as those managed at
level 3.
Registered Sex Offenders
There has been an increase in the
number of persons required to
register during the last twelve
months from 183 to 231. This
increase partly reflects the increase
in number of offenders arrested
under Operation Orr, child
pornography on the internet and
partly from the change in legislation
brought about by the Sexual
Offences Act 2003 which made it a
requirement for more people to
notify the police of their details. It
should be remembered that not all
of the registered sex offenders living
in the community pose a high risk of
re-offending. Those who do are
subject to a higher level of
monitoring.
Violent Offenders Some of these are mentally
disordered offenders referred by the
The number of potentially dangerous Mental Health Service, which has
offenders (usually violent offenders) caused the numbers to significantly
in Warwickshire have not increase from last year, up to 67
significantly changed from the from 37. This reflects a more
previous year. integrated approach to the
management of these offenders as
Of those cases managed at level 2 the Health Service became more
or 3 as set out in the statistics in involved in MAPPA
Appendix A at ix c, 2 were charged
with further violent offences. One
was charged with murder and
received life imprisonment, the other
received 42 months custody for
offences of wounding and theft.
Other Offenders
These are offenders who are not
registered sex offenders or who do
not have a twelve month sentence
or longer for a violent offence. It
includes those offenders who are
not automatically picked up in the
other two categories but who pose
significant risks to the community.
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 Appendix A

Statistical information
Number of sexual, violent and other offenders covered by Warwickshire
Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) No. of offenders

1. Category 1 MAPPA offenders: Registered Sex Offenders (RSOs)

i) The number of RSOs living in Warwickshire on 231

31 March 2005.

This information excludes RSOs in prison.

ia) The number of RSOs per 100,000 head of population. 45

ii) The number of sex offenders having a registration 10

requirement who were either cautioned or convicted for
breaches of the requirement, between 1 April 2004 and
31 March 2005.

iii) The number of (a) Sexual Offences Prevention Orders

(SOPOs) applied for, (b) interim SOPOs granted and (c) full
SOPOs imposed by the courts in Warwickshire between
1 April 2004 and 31 March 2005. a) 0
b) 0
c) 3

iv) The number of (a) Notification Orders applied for, (b) interim
Notification Orders granted and (c) full Notification Orders
imposed by the courts in Warwickshire between 1 April 2004
and 31 March 2005. a) 1
b) 0
c) 1

v) The number of Foreign Travel Orders (a) applied for and (b)
imposed by the courts in Warwickshire between 1 May 2004
and 31 March 2005. a) 0
b) 0

2. Category 2 MAPPA offenders: violent offenders and other sexual

offenders (V&OS)

vi) The number of violent and other sexual offenders (as defined 68
by Section 327 (3), (4) and (5) of the Criminal Justice Act
(2003)) living in Warwickshire between 1 April 2004 and 31
March 2005.

3. Category 3 MAPPA offenders: Other Offenders (OthO)

vii) The number of ‘other offenders’ (as defined by Section 325 67

(2)(b) of the Criminal Justice Act (2003)) between 1 April 2004
and 31 March 2005.

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4. Offenders managed though Level 3 (MAPPP) and Level 2 (local Level 3 Level 2
inter-agency management)

(viii) Identify how many MAPPA offenders in each of the three

Categories (ie (1)- RSOs, (2)- V&O and (3)- OthO above) have
been managed through the MAPPP (level 3) and through local
inter-agency risk management (level 2) between 1 April 2004
and 31 March 2005. RSO 3 19
V&O 2 44
OthO 0 24

The level 3 figure is the ‘critical few’. The criteria for referring a case to the
MAPPP are defined in MAPPA Guidance as those in which the offender:
● is assessed under OASys as being a high or very high risk of causing
serious harm; AND
● presents risks that can only be managed by a plan which requires close
cooperation at a senior level due to the complexity of the case and/or
because of the unusual resource commitments it requires; OR
● although not assessed as a high or very high risk, the case is
exceptional because the likelihood of media scrutiny and/or public
interest in the management of the case is very high and there is a need
to ensure that public confidence in the criminal justice system is
sustained.

The level 2 figure should include those offenders who have not been
managed at level 3 at any point in the counting period and meet the criteria
set out in the MAPPA Guidance as follows:
● The management of the offender requires the active involvement of
more than one agency but the complexity of managing the risk is not so
great as to require referral to Level 3, the MAPPP.

(ix) Of the cases managed at levels 3 or 2 (ie (viii)) between

1 April 2004 and 31 March 2005 how many, whilst managed at
that level:
(a) were returned to custody for a breach of licence? a) 1 9
(b) were returned to custody for a breach of a restraining
order or sexual offences prevention order? b) 0 0
(c) were charged with a serious sexual or violent offence? c) 0 2

For these purposes a serious sexual and violent offence is one of the
following (ie the same offences as used to trigger reporting in the National
Probation Service as a ‘serious further offence’):
murder; attempted murder; arson (where there is an intent to endanger life),
manslaughter; rape; kidnap/abduction or attempted kidnap/abduction.

Any other very serious violent or very serious sexual offence, armed robbery
(defined as robbery involving a firearm), assault with a deadly weapon or
hostage taking.
Any other violent or sexual offence where the offender/ offence is likely to
attract significant media interest or which raises wider issues of national
interest.

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Contacts

National Probation Service, Warwickshire Area Address Phone

Liz Stafford National Probation Service 01926 405800

Area Chief Probation Officer Warwickshire
2 Swan Street
Warwick
CV34 4BJ

Warwickshire Police Address Phone

Detective Superintendent Brian Donley Warwickshire Police HQ 01926 415000

PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB

Detective Constable Steve Cox Warwickshire Police HQ 01926 415000

Public Protection Unit PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB

MAPPA Coordinator Address Phone

Derek Ridgway Warwickshire Police HQ 01926 415000

PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB

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