Agenda and minutes

Councillor Singh Johal was appointed as Chair for the meeting.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Dr. Moore and Pickering.

Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in the business on the agenda.

There were no declarations of interest made.

The minutes of the meeting held on 15 December are attached and the Committee will be asked to confirm them as a correct record.

RESOLVED:

that the minutes of the meeting held on 15^th December 2020 be approved as a correct record.

The Monitoring Officer to report on the receipt of any petitions submitted in accordance with the Council’s procedures.

The Monitoring Officer reported that no petitions had been submitted in accordance with the Council’s procedures.

The Monitoring Officer to report on the receipt of any questions, representations and statements of case submitted in accordance with the Council’s procedures.

The Monitoring Officer reported that no questions, representations and statements of case had been submitted in accordance with the Council’s procedures.

The Consultant in Public Health submits a presentation to brief Members of the Licensing and Public Safety Committee on the Leicester City Alcohol Strategy. The presentation will also inform on public health contributions towards the review of the Statement of Licensing policy, and provide an overview on alcohol consumption in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Consultant in Public Health submitted a presentation to brief Members of the Licensing and Public Safety Committee on the Leicester City Alcohol Strategy. The presentation also informed on Public Health contributions towards the review of the Statement of Licensing Policy and provided an overview on alcohol consumption in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Grace Brough, Speciality Registrar, Public Health, delivered the presentation and provided the following information:

·         Work around alcohol harm specifically linked the Licensing was being undertaken.

·         Leicester City previously had an Alcohol Strategy which had expired. The Authority and Partners were working to develop a new strategy.

·         There was an element specifically focussing on Licensing. The Statement of Licensing Policy was being updated and provided an opportunity for Public Health to become involved.

·         The first meeting occurred in October 2020. Officers were keen to get a wide variety of partners involved (as listed in the presentation) to provide a multi-agency approach to assist with the strategy. Health included acute and primary care services. Providers of alcohol treatment services are among the partners involved.

·         The Alcohol Strategy Development Group had met twice, initially to establish the group where the case was put forward as to what work was needed on the Strategy and to get buy-in from the group.

·         Alcohol needs in Leicester were reviewed using a couple of key documents:

o   Alcohol Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)

o   Clear Peer Assessment – a Public Health England tool where a peer group come and review alcohol need in Leicester and the response of Leicester City Council and partners in response to alcohol, and included specific recommendations for the response to alcohol harm, one of which was to renew the Alcohol Strategy.

·         Priorities were agreed for going forward. For the Strategy multi-agency partners were asked based on their work on the ground and expertise what they thought the needs were for alcohol harm in Leicester.

·         Public Health asked how they could influence licensing, where could they be of use and where could they use the public health skills to make the most impact. As a responsible authority, Public Health were consulted on new licensing applications, but there was not a specific licensing objective on health.

·         Other authorities had been looked at to see how their public health had contributed to their Statement of Licensing Policy. The Local Government Association guidance had been looked at to see how health could make an impact and influence, and provided a good example of how Newcastle local authority used data that would not have been previously accessed to influence the creation of five new cumulative impact zones, and might be a consideration in Leicester.

·         It was noted that Derby City Council Public Health Team had adopted the Cardiff model (a model of violence prevention). The principal of it was multi-agency data sharing was key to prevent violence, and a consideration for alcohol related violence with regards to licensing. Derby City had used health data, specifically Accident and Emergency (A&E), for violent  ...  view the full minutes text for item 62.

There being no further items of urgent business the meeting closed at 6.08pm.