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Dounreay to hold supply chain event
Six framework contracts were awarded to organisations earlier this year to deliver a number of construction, demolition and engineering projects that will take decommissioning of the site into a new phase. This is expected to see historic wastes from the site’s shaft, silo and low level waste pits retrieved, repackaged and consigned to modern waste facilities.
The framework contracts, worth up to £400 million, are due to last up to 4 years with the possibility of extensions up to an additional 3 years.
Head of Commercial Services Jane MacKenzie said:
Dounreay is jointly hosting this event with all of the companies that have been appointed a Decommissioning Services Framework contract. This is an opportunity to find out more about the type of projects we expect to deliver and discuss opportunities for other businesses to get involved and support them.
The event will be held on 5 September in Wick, Caithness and is only available to companies who register in advance. Spaces are limited to 2 per organisation and registration is available here.
Once the UK’s centre of fast reactor research, Dounreay is now aiming to be recognised globally for decommissioning excellence. The work is being delivered by Dounreay Site Restoration Limited, a company owned by Cavendish Dounreay Partnership, on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Crime news: extension of 2017 crime contract to 31 March 2021
We are extending the 2017 standard crime contract by 12 months to 31 March 2021. Contract extension notices are being issued to individual providers to notify them of the extension.
Why is this happening?
This is being done so that we can consider the outcome of Ministry of Justice reviews into criminal legal aid and the means tests before we put a new crime contract in place. These reviews are due to report towards the end of summer 2020.
Next Steps
Providers do not need to take any action for this extension to take effect. We will issue the new schedules before the end of March 2020.
Further information
Standard crime contract 2017 – to download ‘headline intentions on extending the 2017 standard crime contract’ document
Means test review into thresholds for legal aid entitlement thresholds
Funding for Violence Reduction Units announced
Eighteen PCCs have been awarded £35 million to set up specialist teams to tackle violent crime in their area, the government has announced today (Monday 12 August).
The Violence Reduction Units will bring together different organisations, including the police, local government, health, community leaders and other key partners to tackle violent crime by understanding its root causes. The new units will be responsible for identifying what is driving violent crime in the area and coming up with a co-ordinated response.
The announcement follows a roundtable at Downing Street, hosted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, bringing together the police, probation and prisons and leaders to discuss how to cut crime and improve the criminal justice system.
The Prime Minister has vowed to give police the powers and resources they need to urgently tackle serious violence, cut crime and target county lines gangs.
Recruitment of 20,000 new police officers – a commitment made by the Prime Minister when he took office – will begin next month. Yesterday, the Home Secretary confirmed that all 43 police forces in England and Wales can use enhanced stop and search powers.
Policing Minister Kit Malthouse said:
To beat knife crime we must do two things: first we need assertive, high profile police enforcement and second, we need a coordinated approach to the long term solutions to violence in society, especially amongst the young. These new units should help us get results on both
APCC Serious Violence Deputy Lead, Marc Jones PCC said:
This funding to tackle serious violent crime is welcome.
We know that that best way to reduce violence in our communities is to invest in preventative measures, adopting a whole system public health approach, and that PCCs are best placed to deliver this work locally.
We will continue to work with the Home Office and our partners to ensure long term investment for all police force areas to tackle the scourge of serious violence.
The cash is being awarded after PCCs in the 18 areas worst affected by serious violence secured their provisional allocation through successful bids.
Each unit will be tasked with delivering both short- and long-term strategies to tackle violent crime, involving police, healthcare workers, community leaders and others.
The £35 million for violence reduction units comes from a £100 million serious violence fund announced in March.
| Force Area | Original surge allocation (April 2019) | Additional surge allocation (May 2019) | Final funding for Violence Reduction Unit (August 2019) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Police | £17,000,000 | £3,840,000 | £7,000,000 |
| West Midlands | £6,000,000 | £1,620,000 | £3,370,000 |
| Greater Manchester | £4,000,000 | £800,000 | £3,370,000 |
| Merseyside | £3,500,000 | £700,000 | £3,370,000 |
| West Yorkshire | £3,000,000 | £1,020,000 | £3,370,000 |
| South Yorkshire | £2,000,000 | £580,000 | £1,600,000 |
| Northumbria | £2,000,000 | £320,000 | £1,600,000 |
| Thames Valley | £1,500,000 | £440,000 | £1,160,000 |
| Lancashire | £1,500,000 | £320,000 | £1,160,000 |
| Essex | £1,500,000 | £260,000 | £1,160,000 |
| Avon and Somerset | £1,500,000 | £220,000 | £1,160,000 |
| Kent | £1,500,000 | £160,000 | £1,160,000 |
| Nottinghamshire | £1,000,000 | £540,000 | £880,000 |
| Leicestershire | £1,000,000 | £400,000 | £880,000 |
| Bedfordshire | £1,000,000 | £380,000 | £880,000 |
| Sussex | £1,000,000 | £340,000 | £880,000 |
| Hampshire | £1,000,000 | £260,000 | £880,000 |
| South Wales | £1,000,000 | £200,000 | £880,000 |
| Total England & Wales | £51,000,000 | £12,400,000 | £34,760,000 |
Corporate information: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs – Statistics at Defra
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