Derbyshire County Council & Derby City
Council
Equality Impact Analysis Record Form 2011
Department
DCC- Adult Care, DCC Chief Executives,
Derby City & Neighbourhood Partnerships
Service Area
Domestic Abuse/ Sexual Violence
Title of policy/ practice/ service of
function
Derbyshire Domestic Abuse & Sexual
Violence Strategy 2012 - 14
Chair of Analysis Team
Lisa Morris – Service Manager, Domestic
Abuse (DCC)
Throughout this EIA we will refer to victims of domestic and sexual abuse
collectively unless otherwise stated.
Stage 1. Prioritising what is being analysed
a. Why has the policy, practice, service or function been chosen?
b. What if any proposals have been made to alter the policy, service or function?
a) On an annual basis, Derbyshire Constabulary, in partnership with Derby City
Community Safety Partnership and the County’s Safer Derbyshire
Partnership undertakes a joint strategic threat and risk assessment. This
assessment process identifies the priority areas in relation to crime and
community safety for the partnership to focus on over the following 12
months. Domestic violence, rape and serious sexual assault consistently
feature in the top ten priorities across the city and county.
Historically there have been two strategies for domestic abuse, one for the
County and one for the City. This strategy is the first in Derbyshire under the
new collaborative governance structure focussing on both domestic abuse,
sexual violence and the considerable overlap between the two.
b) As a result to changes in the national agenda addressing domestic abuse
and sexual violence, it has become necessary to redevelop the strategy so
that it better takes account of:
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Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Communities
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Communities
Adults at risk/ Vulnerable Adults including those with disabilities
Male victims
Children & Young People
The draft strategy is a result of a comprehensive consultation across both
Derbyshire County and Derby City. (see section 7 for more details)
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c. What is the purpose of the policy, practice, service or function?
This Strategy is the first in Derbyshire under the new joint governance structure
focussing on both domestic abuse, serious sexual violence and the considerable
overlap between the two. The aim of this strategy is to provide a framework around
which both statutory and voluntary agencies will continue to work together over the
next two years in order to:
 Reduce the prevalence of domestic abuse and sexual violence by the use of
preventative interventions
 Raise awareness of domestic abuse and sexual violence as an issue for both
males and females of any age, ethnicity or sexual orientation.
 To work with children, younger adults and adults at risk to improve the early
identification of domestic abuse and sexual violence
 To increase confidence in the Criminal Justice System thus encouraging and
enabling victims to report incidence of domestic abuse and sexual violence
 To identify gaps in service provision
 To ensure quality support services are available for both victims and
perpetrators throughout the County
There is a commitment from all relevant partner agencies to ensure that we
continue to review and improve services for all victims of domestic abuse and
sexual violence in Derbyshire.
Stage 2. The team carrying out the analysis
Name
(Chair) Lisa Morris
Andrea Parkin
Michelle Collins
Jane Harrison
John Cowings
Ann Webster
Area of expertise/ role
Service Manager – Domestic Abuse
(DCC)
Head of Crime Reduction (City &
Neighbourhood Partnerships – Derby
City)
Assistant Community Safety Manager
(DCC)
Partnership Development Officer (City &
Neighbourhood Partnerships – Derby
City)
Critical Friend – Senior Policy Officer,
Equalities (Derbyshire County Council)
Critical Friend – Equalities Manager
(Derby City Council)
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Stage 3. The scope of the analysis
The scope of the analysis is to check that the strategy embraces the new Equality
Act 2010, complies with the new public sector duties (by having due regard for the
need to advance equality of opportunity, eradicate unlawful prohibited conduct and
promotes good relations between people with a protected characteristic and those
without), and endorses the requirements of the Violence Against Women and Girls
Strategy (Home Office).
Collaborative working has given us the opportunity to share a wide range of
knowledge and experience for best overall effect. We are able to agree shared local
priorities and targets/ambitions; share resource and streamline cross agency
processes and ensure a clearly identifiable criminal justice system with all agencies
playing their part and working together. A copy of the new Governance structure
can be found at Appendix A.
In preparation for the production of the strategy a series of consultation events took
place. This included the Domestic Abuse Conference within the County, which
sought the views of over 200 people from a range of agencies and organisations.
Further to this Derby City held a workshop which was attended by a wide range of
partners who were invited to contribute their views and endorse the proposed key
outcomes of the Strategy.
In addition to the statutory agencies we have also consulted with representatives
from the Derbyshire Domestic Abuse & Sexual Violence Co-ordination Group, the
four County Domestic Abuse Action Groups and the City Multi Agency Domestic
Abuse Group which include:
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Derbyshire Friend
Hadhari Nari
Women’s Work
Safe & Sound
Derbyshire Support & Advice for Men (DSAM)
Elected Members – City & County
Furthermore briefings have been given to the Derby City Safer, Stronger
Communities Outcome Board, Derbyshire County Safer Communities Board and
the document has been presented at both Adults and Children’s Safeguarding
Boards across City and County.
Although we have not consulted directly with the public/service users their views
have been sought through the various agencies that support them.
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Stage 4. Data and consultation feedback
a. Sources of data and consultation used
Source
Safer Derbyshire Research &
Information Team including Police data,
Agency data, LCJB data
British Crime Survey (2009/10)
Walby & Allen (March 2004)
Violence Against Women and Girls
Strategy (2010)
Section 9 Domestic Violence, Crime and
Victims Act (2004)
The Stern report (2010)
Commercialisation & Sexualisation of
Childhood – Reg Bailey (2010)
Area Based Grant Evaluation (2010)
Annual strategic risk and threat
assessment
Derbyshire Community Safety
Agreement
The Derby Plan (2011-2026)
Derby City Council Plan (2011-2014)
Co-ordinated Action Against Domestic
Abuse (CAADA) data
Reason for using
Intelligence & Analysis
National background data
Academic research & findings
National Strategy/Government Direction
Legislation/Government Direction
Academic research/Government
Direction
Academic Research/Government
Direction
Consultation exercise with service
providers
Multi Agency risk and threat annual
process – highlights priorities for
County/City
Reduction of Domestic Abuse is a key
outcome for the Community Safety
Agreement
Result of three wishes consultation –
City’s vision
Shows how the City’s vision will be taken
forward
Nationally recognised domestic abuse
expertise
Stage 5. Analysing the impact or effects
a. What does the data tell you?
Protected Group
Age
Findings
Our research indicates that domestic abuse/sexual
violence is ageless and can affect anyone.
Domestic Abuse
According to police data females aged 16-24 are the
highest risk group accounting for 32.5% of the referrals in
2011/12.
Sexual Violence
According to police data the greater proportion of
reporting relates to people aged 17 and under (57% of
total referrals between 2010/12)
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Disability
Gender (Sex)
Those victims self referring to the Sexual Assault referral
Centre are predominantly between the ages of 18-25.
In 2011, there were 54 self referrals, 16 preferred not to
disclose their age, whilst 19 clients were between the age
of 14yrs and 29 yrs.
The data tells us that disability is a factor and those with a
disability can be more vulnerable to abuse.
Domestic Abuse
Research tells us that domestic abuse can affect males
and females. National data suggests that 1 in 4 women
and 1 in 6 men will be affected by DV at some stage in
their lives however the data source is deemed unreliable
due to under-reporting.
In Derbyshire there were 3465 female victims of domestic
abuse in 2011/12 and 874.
Sexual Violence
Research and statistical data from both national and local
sources tells us the sexual violence is predominantly
perpetrated by males against females. Derbyshire data
for 2011/12 indicates that 89.6% (N=457) of serious
sexual offences were perpetrated by male on female.
Further analysis indicates that 9.4% (N=48) of serious
sexual violence was perpetrated by male on male, 0.04%
(N=2) was female on male and 0.6% (N=3) was female
on female.
Gender reassignment
There is neither national or local data available to
evidence this at present. Contact has been made with
the national charity Broken Rainbow and they are
currently trying to pull together statistics that reflect DV
and Gender reassignment
Marriage and civil
partnership
According to the 2009/10 British Crime Survey 2.4% of
males who had experienced domestic abuse were
married compared to 3.7% of females who were married.
We currently don’t collect this data locally as we don’t
separate between marriage and partner.
Pregnancy and
maternity
Domestic Abuse
Statistics from Women’s Aid suggest that females who
are pregnant or have recently given birth are known to be
a higher risk group with approximately 30% of abuse
starting during pregnancy.
During 2011/12 there were 7 domestic abuse referrals
received from Maternity units.
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Sexual Violence
National statistics from AVA (against violence and abuse)
suggest that approximately 4% of rapes result in
pregnancy.
It is the intention of the Sexual Assault Referral Centre
(SARC) to collect this data. We will revisit this as part of
the annual review.
Race
Data on ethnicity is collated. Due to the demographics of
Derbyshire, White British is consistently the highest
reported group however it is recognised that incidents
from BME communities are under-reported.
Domestic Abuse
Derbyshire data for 2011/12 indicates that across City
and County 76.7% of domestic abuse victims were White
British (68.8% in City and 81.1% in County)
According to the 2009/10 British Crime Survey 4.3% of
male victims of domestic abuse in the past 12 months
were White British compared to 7.5% of female
respondents.
Sexual Violence
Derbyshire data for 2011/12 indicates that 73.7% of
victims of sexual violence across Derbyshire were White
British.
According to the 2009/10 British Crime Survey 0,4% of
male victims of domestic abuse in the past 12 months
were White British compared to 2.3% of female
respondents.
Religion and belief
including non-belief
Data on religion isn’t specifically collected however it is
recognised that cultural differences have an impact on
Forced Marriage, Honour Based Violence and Female
Genital Mutilation
In 2011/12 there were 87 referrals made to the police that
were linked with honour based violence and/or forced
marriage.
According to the Forced Marriage Unit there were 1468
instances of forced or possible forced marriage in 2011.
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Sexual orientation
Domestic Abuse
National statistics suggest that domestic abuse occurs at
the same ratio as heterosexual relationships. Whilst we
do collect data locally re sexual orientation for high risk
cases of domestic abuse this is minimal and inconclusive.
In 2011/12 we only received 3 referrals to MARAC for
victims who identified themselves as LGBT.
Sexual Violence
Whilst data is collected it is minimal. Clients often prefer
not to answer the question. However, in 2011 when
clients were asked 393 responded of those, 200 declined
to say, 184 responded as Heterosexual, 3 as Gay, 2 as
Lesbian and 4 as Bi-sexual.
Non-statutory
Socio-economic
Whilst domestic abuse can happen to everyone we do
recognise that the higher proportion of reporting does
come from areas of deprivation.
Domestic abuse
According to the 2009/10 British Crime Survey the
greater proportion of both male (4.7%) and female
(10.7%) of domestic abuse victims were from the 20%
most deprived output areas.
Sexual Violence
According to the 2009/10 British Crime Survey the
greater proportion of both male (0.7%) and female (2.7%)
of sexual violence victims were from the 20% most
deprived output areas.
Rural
We are currently looking at local data in relation to this.
Domestic abuse can happen to everyone however due to
limited access to services reporting from rural areas is
significantly lower.
Domestic Abuse
According to the 2009/10 British Crime Survey 3.8% of
male victims of domestic abuse were from rural areas
compared to 7.2% of females.
In 2011/12 there were 525 domestic abuse referrals in
High Peak and Derbyshire Dales, accounting for 18.8% of
the total referrals for the County.
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Sexual Violence
According to the 2009/10 British Crime Survey 0.2% of
male victims of sexual violence were from rural areas
compared to 2.3% of females
In 2011/12 sexual violence referrals for High Peak and
Derbyshire Dales accounted for 16.4% of calls for
services in the County and 13.9% of sexual offence
crimes.
b. What does customer feedback, complaints or discussions with stakeholder
groups tell you about the impact of the policy, practice, service or function on the
protected characteristic groups?
Protected Group
Age
Findings
We recognised that previous strategies did not embrace
all of the protected groups. Following extensive
consultation with statutory and voluntary partners this
strategy strives to address the impact of domestic abuse
and sexual violence on all of the eleven protected groups.
The strategy will be refreshed on an annual basis and the
drivers for this will be:
 Changes in national legislation
 Changes in local priorities/risk and threat
 Impact of the Police & Crime Commissioner
NB: The requirements of the various protected
characteristic groups e.g. someone with a hearing
disability would be addressed within that organisations
service procedures.
Disability
As services are re-commissioned the service
specification will take account of the Equality Act
requirements
As above
Gender (Sex)
As above
Gender reassignment
As above
Marriage and civil
partnership
Pregnancy and
maternity
Race
As above
Religion and belief
including non-belief
As above
As above
As above
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Sexual orientation
As above
Non-statutory
Socio-economic
As above
Rural
As above
c. Are there any other groups of people who may experience an adverse impact
because of the proposals to change a policy or service who are not listed
above?
The purpose of making these changes to the strategy is to ensure that all groups
are considered.
d. Gaps in data
What are your main gaps in information and understanding of the impact of your
policy and services? Please indicate whether you have identified ways of filling
these gaps.
Gaps in data
General under-reporting in the following
areas:
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Forced Marriage
Honour Based Violence
Stalking & Harassment
Travelling Communities
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual &
Transgender – particularly
transgender
 People with disability including
learning disability/autism
 Male victims
 Mental ill health
Action to deal with this
Education, Training, Increase
confidence in reporting, awareness
raising, analysis, surveys, research,
communication strategies, development
of task and finish groups to address key
actions, Improved monitoring by police
and other reporting agencies
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Stage 6. Ways of mitigating unlawful prohibited conduct or unwanted
adverse impact, or to promote improved equality of opportunity or good
relations
This strategy is written for the attention and direction of professionals and service
providers working with victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence. It is the
individual agency’s responsibility to interpret and deliver the appropriate service to
their client group. Whilst this is a publicly accessible document it is intended in
practice to be used by professionals. Therefore due to financial constraints partners
have agreed that this document will only be produced in an English format.
We have mitigated any adverse impact on the professionals and service providers
that this strategy is aimed at by taking into their needs and concerns via the
consultation process.
The purpose of the strategy is also to ensure that professionals and service
providers are aware of any statutory or legal obligations such as domestic homicide
reviews.
Stage 7. Do stakeholders agree with your findings and proposed response?
Yes.
This has been endorsed by the following groups:
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Local Domestic Abuse Action Groups (DAAGs – County)
Multi Agency Domestic Abuse Group (MADAG – City)
City & County Domestic Abuse & Sexual Violence Co-ordinating Group
Including Derbyshire Friend, Hadhari Nari, Derbyshire Support &
Advice for Men (DSAM)
City & County Domestic Abuse & Sexual Violence Governance Group
Including DCC, CNP, Police, Health, YOT, LCJB, Probation, DFRS
Derbyshire Safeguarding Adults at Risk Partnership Board
Derby City Safeguarding Children’s Board
Derby City Safer Stronger Communities Outcome Board
Derbyshire County Council Adult Care Senior Management Team
Derby City Equalities Group
Derbyshire County Council Corporate Equalities Group
Derbyshire Homelessness Officers Group
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Stage 8 and 9. Objectives setting/ implementation
Objective
Planned action
Who
When
Ensure that services
provided meet the needs of
service users
Ensure that service providers
are responsible for the
collation, management and
distribution of qualitative data
and feedback from service
users via services
To identify what data is
currently recorded by service
providers.
Where a gap is identified and
it is reasonably believed that
the data can be collected then
processes will be put in place
for that data to be collected
and shared. E.g. Gender
reassignment, marriage and
civil partnership, religion and
belief including non-belief.
Undertake a scoping exercise
within rural communities in
Derbyshire to ascertain any
issues with regards reporting
and accessing services
Refresh the strategy
Service Providers
including SARC,
FJC, IDVA, DV
providers etc
Ongoing
Co-ordination
Group, DAAGs,
MADAG
Co-ordination
Group/ SDRI
End of Q2 –
June 2012
Via SDRI performance
monitoring
End of Q4 –
March 2012
Via feedback to Coordination Group
Co-ordination
Group task and
finish group
Scoping –
short term
with Medium
to long term
actions
Annually
Co-ordination Group
Address the gaps in data
Identify the reason for
under-reporting in rural
areas
To ensure that the strategy
continues to be fit for
purpose
Co-ordination
Group
How will this be
monitored?
Contract
Management,
performance
monitoring
Co-ordination Group
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Stage 10. Monitoring and review/ mainstreaming into business plans
Please indicate whether any of your objectives have been added to service or business plans and your arrangements for
monitoring and reviewing progress/ future impact?
The Strategy and subsequent delivery plan will be monitored and reviewed by the Derbyshire Domestic Abuse and
Sexual Violence Co-ordination Group. Performance monitoring will be carried out by Safer Derbyshire Research and
Information Team on a quarterly basis.
The strategy also feeds into the Derbyshire Community Safety Agreement which is reviewed by the Safer Communities
Board and performance management is collated on CorVu.
The Derby Plan is reviewed and monitored by the Derby City and Neighbourhood Leadership Board and performance
management is collated on DORIS.
Stage 11. Publishing the completed analysis
Completed analysis approved by
on
01 August 2012
Where and when published?
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Appendix A
Safer Communities
DCJB
Safer Stronger Communities
Serious Sexual Violence/Domestic Violence Governance
(Quarterly)
To provide overall direction, management and guidance to the MARAC, SARC, FJC and SDVC
Governance of MARAC/SARC/FJC/SDVC.
CAADA compliance.
Equality analysis.
Deal with escalated issues.
Performance - exception reporting.
High level decision making.
Review risks.
Budgetary control where appropriate.
Identify funding streams
Replaces MARAC Governance Board/SARC Strategic FJC Strategic Mtgs
DV/SSV/V&W Co-ordinating Group City and County
(Quarterly)
Development and governance of joint city/county strategic plan.
Tasking operational groups.
Deal with issues escalated from Operational groups.
Review and development of the MARAC process
Escalate issues to the appropriate Governance Group.
Review performance including issues identified from service. questionnaires.
Review risks.
Implement equality analysis.
Ensure implementation of new policies and procedures.
Replaces V&W Group/SSV Group/County DV Forum
CSP Strategic Groups local decision making
County DAGs
Domestic Abuse Action Groups x 4
Ensure delivery of the strategic plan.
Identify issues and resolve issues or escalate
issue to Strategic Group.
Conduct case reviews.
Ensure quality service delivery and identify
gaps.
Delivery of new policies and procedures
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SDVC
South
and
North
MARACs
4 County
1 City
City MADAG
Multi Agency Domestic Abuse Group (Bi-monthly)
Ensure delivery of the strategic plan.
Identify issues and resolve issues or escalate issue to
Strategic Group.
Conduct case reviews.
Ensure quality service delivery and identify gaps.
Delivery of new policies and procedures.
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