Agenda item

With reference to minute 5 of the meeting of the Environmental & Public Protection Scrutiny Committee held on 10th June 2019 the Executive Board considered the final report from the Environmental and Public Protection Scrutiny Committee Task and Finish Group, presented by its Chair Cllr. John James, which had been established to review the Trading Standards Services – Financial Exploitation Safeguarding Scheme (FESS). 

The Group’s main aims for the review had been to explore whether the portfolio of crime prevention, victim support and education activities consolidated within the FESS initiative provided an effective strategy to help combat fraud victimisation and promoted corporate health and wellbeing objectives in the wake of the Social Services and Wellbeing Wales Act 2014 and the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act 2015.

The Executive Board thanked the Committee, Officers and the Chair for their work on the report and the Executive Board Member - Social Care and Health added that she would ensure that its findings were shared with the Safeguarding team particularly as many scams targeted the elderly.

UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED to endorse the final report and recommendations of the Environmental & Public Protection Scrutiny Committee Task & Finish Group’s review of the Trading Standards Services – Financial Exploitation Safeguarding Scheme (FESS).