CYPM15 Swyddfa’r Comisiynydd Heddlu a Throseddu (Dyfed-Powys)

Senedd Cymru | Welsh Parliament

Y Pwyllgor Plant, Pobl Ifanc ac Addysg | Children, Young People and Education Committee

Plant a phobl ifanc sydd ar yr ymylon | Children and Young People on the margins

Ymateb gan Swyddfa’r Comisiynydd Heddlu a Throseddu (Dyfed-Powys) | Evidence from Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (Dyfed-Powys) (OPCC)

Please set out any views on missing children below.

You may wish to consider:

§ Nature and scale of the issue and regional variations.

§ At risk groups: including the impact of care experience and out of area placements.

§ Practice: issues such as information sharing and data collection.

§ Policy: the effectiveness of devolved policy and practice responses, including Welsh Government oversight. Whether there is effective read across to relevant Welsh Government strategies.

§ Devolved and UK powers: how joined up is the interface between devolved and non-devolved policy such as criminal and youth justice.

Mae’r nifer o bobl sydd ar goll yn ardal Dyfed-Powys wedi amrywio rhwng Ionawr 2021 ac Ionawr 2024, ac nid oes unrhyw batrymau amlwg dros adeg y cyfnod.

Roedd y mwyafrif (51%) o bobl ar goll rhwng Ionawr 2021 ac Ionawr 2024 yn 11 i 17 oed.

Mae Llamau (gwasanaeth a gomisiynwyd) yn darparu gwasanaeth dadfriffio a chyfryngu annibynnol o ansawdd uchel i blant a phobl ifanc yr adroddwyd eu bod ‘ar goll’ yn ardal Heddlu Dyfed-Powys. Mae'r gwasanaeth yn darparu cymorth uniongyrchol i'r person ifanc, cyfryngu teuluol a gwaith grŵp fel y bo'n briodol, ynghyd ag atgyfeiriadau am gymorth arbenigol gan asiantaethau partner.

Gallwch weld ystadegau Llamau Dyfed-Powys yma: https://www.dyfedpowys-pcc.org.uk/media/11923/llamau-22-23-draft-infographic-191023-c.pdf

Ceisiadau Rhyddid Gwybodaeth diweddar ac ymatebion gan Heddlu Dyfed-Powys o ddiddordeb:

https://www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/foi-ai/dyfed-powys-police/disclosure2022/february/asylum-seeker-children-missing-0542022/

https://www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/foi-ai/dyfed-powys-police/disclosure-2023/november/missing-person-reports-9742022/

Please set out any views on children and young people who are victims of criminal exploitation below.

You may wish to consider:

§ Nature and scale across Wales and regional variations (e.g. traditional, drug related, sexual, financial).

§ At risk groups: including care experience, children experiencing trauma in the home and children not enrolled in mainstream education.

§ Policy: The effectiveness of devolved policy including Welsh Government oversight. Whether there effective read across to relevant WG strategies such as Child Sexual Exploitation.

§ Practice: Approaches to prevention, community resilience, early intervention, support provided and exit strategies for victims. Practice issues such as information sharing and data collection.

§ Devolved and UK powers: How joined up is the interface between devolved and non-devolved policy such as criminal and youth justice? Are there any points of tension between criminal law and safeguarding?

Ceisiadau Rhyddid Gwybodaeth diweddar ac ymatebion gan Heddlu Dyfed-Powys o ddiddordeb:

https://www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/foi-ai/dyfed-powys-police/disclosure2022/january/child-exploitation-offences-9602022/

https://www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/foi-ai/dyfed-powys-police/disclosure2022/june/child-sexual-offences-3702022/

https://www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/foi-ai/dyfed-powys-police/disclosure2022/june/child-protection-case-conferences-3612022/

https://www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/foi-ai/dyfed-powys-police/disclosure-2024/february/sexual-assault-reports-9662023/

Please set out any views on other groups of children on the margins.

You may wish to identify other groups of children “on the margins”. These would be groups of children in circumstances that require a specific response from children’s services or other statutory providers and for which there are concerns about the current policy or practice.