This report provides an update on progress in relation to the ongoing work programme being undertaken in support of the Wirral West Constituency Committee.

The Constituency Manager presented her report, which provided an update in relation to the ongoing work programme being undertaken in support of the Wirral West Constituency Committee.

With regard to the continued development of joined up mechanisms for community engagement, she commented that further consideration had been given specifically to the format and structure of meetings in relation to contributions from Merseyside Police. It was proposed that Merseyside Police should undertake separate ‘Have Your Say’ meetings across the constituency to ensure that members of the public were provided with a dedicated opportunity to inform policing priorities. The Committee would retain a Public Question Time, though which the public would continue to be able to raise questions about the work of the Committee and local issues. The Constituency Manager indicated that she would work closely with the Neighbourhood Inspector to ensure that any actions arising from the ‘Have Your Say’ meetings, which required joint working with the Council and other agencies, were taken forward as appropriate. The Constituency Committee would also be kept regularly informed of the outcomes of the ‘Have Your Say’ meetings and policing priorities.

She set out a provisional timetable with dates for Constituency Committee and ‘Have Your Say’ meetings, from April 2014 onwards, which would continue to be held on a rolling basis across the Constituency. Once the timetable was finalised, it would be publicised across the Constituency and published on the Council’s and Police’s websites.

She reported also on the development of the Constituency Plan, which would be presented for approval to the next meeting. To facilitate this, two workshops would be arranged in the coming months to explore the priorities and to finalise the draft Plan. A wider engagement strategy would also be put in place to support the development of the Plan, building on the events that had taken place with regard to the allocation of the Constituency Fund.

Resolved – That the report be noted and the approaches in relation to joining up consultation activities and the development of the Constituency Plan, be endorsed.