Building a Safer Society Strategy: Annual Report 2009

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A decision made 15 December 2010 regarding: Building a Safer Society Strategy: Annual Report 2009.

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2010-0082
Decision Summary Title :	BASS AR 2009		Date of Decision Summary:	15 December 2010
Decision Summary Author:	Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, HAD		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Building a Safer Society Annual Report, 2009		Date of Written Report:	15 December, 2010
Written Report Author:	Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, HAD		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Building a Safer Society Strategy, Annual Report for 2009 – record of the cross-departmental, voluntary and community effort going into community safety in Jersey.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the Annual Report for 2009 of Building a Safer Society Strategy, and requested the Greffier of the States to arrange for it to be presented to the States as a Report.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Minister for Home Affairs regards the information as useful in informing the way ahead and recording all the cross-departmental effort going into community safety and wishes that the Report be presented to the States.
Resource Implications: There are no resource implications to the Home Affairs Department resulting from this decision.
Action required: The Executive Officer, Home Affairs, to request the Greffier of the States to arrange for the BaSS Annual Report to be presented to the States.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Home Affairs
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):