Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:51 pm on 14 December 2016.
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. It’s been some years now since Professor Jonathan Shepherd did pioneering work in Cardiff to collect A&E data to reduce violence in Cardiff city centre. Since then, the English Government have used that approach and hard-wired it into the operation of public services in England. What can be done to make sure that we maintain the momentum behind our own programme, and what are the opportunities under the implementation of the ask-and-act policy under the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015 to make sure that data are collected and acted upon?