Agenda item

Report of the Health and Wellbeing Policy Officer, Community & Children's Services Department.

The Group received a briefing report of the Health and Wellbeing Policy Officer in the Children and Community Services Department which provided an overview of the report ‘A substance Misuse Health Needs Assessment for the City of London’ which gives an assessment of substance misuse needs in the residents, workers and rough sleepers in the City and aims to help inform the development of a commissioning strategy.

The Commander of the City of London Police referred to ‘Operation Fennel’, an innovative way of dealing with aggressive begging on the streets of the City which gives offenders the opportunity to access and engage in a range of referral services. Members discussed the differing merits of Antisocial Behaviour Orders (ASBOs), Public Space Protection Orders and Section 35 Dispersal Powers.