Agenda item

Report of the Superintendent of Hampstead Heath.

The Committee received a report of the Superintendent of Hampstead Heath which provided an update on the continued partnership between the City of London Corporation, Hampstead Heath Constabulary and the Terrence Higgins Trust in 2013.  The Superintendent asked the Committee to continue to support the partnership working between the City of London Corporation and the Terrence Higgins Trust.

The Superintendent informed the Committee that the main concerns regarding the West Heath was drug use and litter on the Heath.  The issues regarding litter will be tackled by the increased provision of bins on West Heath, as well as by the two existing staff removing waste from West Heath each morning.

After the Superintendent’s briefing a Member asked for clarification about evidence of homophobic crime on West Heath to which the Superintendent noted that occurrences of homophobic crime were very rare.  A Member also asked the Superintendent if there had been an increase in the level of staffing required to remove waste from West Heath.  The Superintendent responded to say that two members of staff had always been employed on West Heath and these staff had a number of responsibilities, but the removal of waste had become a priority.

A Member also queried the financial implications section of the report and asked whether the Terrence Higgins Trust had incurred any cost due to their partnership with the City of London Corporation, to which the Superintendent confirmed that the City make a contribution of £6,000 to the Trust to fund the outreach works, leaflet production and diversity training.

RESOLVED: That the Committee approves the continuation of the partnership between the City of London, Hampstead Heath Constabulary and the Terrence Higgins Trust.