Meetings

P-06-1463 Continue to fund school police officers who educate children and support schools

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Meeting: 22/09/2025 - Petitions Committee (Item 6)

6 P-06-1463 Continue to fund school police officers who educate children and support schools

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Minutes:

The paper was noted.


Meeting: 16/06/2025 - Petitions Committee (Item 4)

4 P-06-1463 Continue to fund school police officers who educate children and support schools

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Meeting: 24/03/2025 - Petitions Committee (Item 3)

3 P-06-1463 Continue to fund school police officers who educate children and support schools

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Minutes:

The Committee agreed to write back to the Finance Secretary to commend the Welsh Government for funding the programme for as long as it had, given that policing is not devolved, but to highlight the concerns of Policing in Wales about the planning and consultation process. The Committee also agreed to write to the Home Office to stress the importance of funding the provision of this work in Wales.


Meeting: 02/12/2024 - Petitions Committee (Item 3)

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Minutes:

The Committee considered the petition and noted that these programmes had been running for 21 years, despite the non-devolved aspect, but that difficult choices had to be made by the Welsh Government on funding. Members agreed to write to the Chief Constables and the Police and Crime Commissioners for the four police forces in Wales to ask:

 

  • for clarity on if and how their schools programme had changed;
  • the outcomes of the investment made over the past 21 years;
  • and their views on the impact of the cut to Welsh Government funding.

 

It was agreed to keep the petition open until the next Welsh Government budget cycle