Anti-Racism Action Plan for Wales 211/2025

FOI Reference: 211/2025

Request:

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I request the following information:

1. What work has the police force done to comply with or adhere to the Welsh Government's "Criminal Justice Anti-Racism Action Plan for Wales."?
2. Has the police force employed any people to assist its compliance with or adherence to the "Criminal Justice Anti-Racism Action Plan for Wales."? If so, please specify the names of the roles and the total salaries paid. 
3. Has the police force paid any external contractors or organisations to provide goods/services to assist its compliances with or adherence to the "Criminal Justice Anti-Racism Action Plan for Wales."? If so, please specify the goods/services procured, the value of the tender and the name of the supplier. 

Response 1:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:

• Dyfed-Powys Police has an Anti-racism Working Group (combining both the Criminal Justice Anti-racism Action Plan and Police Race Action Plan), which includes internal workstream leads, representation from our internal Ethnic Minority Staff Support Network, an Independent Advisory Group (https://www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/police-forces/dyfed-powys-police/areas/about-us/about-us/independent-advisory-group/) member, an Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (https://www.dyfedpowys-pcc.org.uk/) representative, and other key internal officers and staff to ensure the delivery of the national plans at a local level.
• Internally, the Anti-racism Working Group report to the Embracing Diverse Representation Group meeting and items can be escalated to the People, Culture and Ethics Board. Each workstream lead within Dyfed-Powys Police works with external counterparts in criminal justice organisations subscribed to the plan to work together to set the direction. We report progress/issues to Criminal Justice Board Wales, and to the Independent Oversight Advisory Panel (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-justice-anti-racism-action-plan-for-wales-annual-report-23-24/criminal-justice-anti-racism-action-plan-for-wales-annual-report-2023-24#the-independent-oversight--advisory-panel).
• Dyfed-Powys Police has published a Strategic Equality Plan for 2024-2028 (https://www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/media/downloads/dyfed-powys/about-us/equality-and-diversity/our-equality-objectives/strategic-equality-plan-2024-2028.pdf) – this document was written to embed the Criminal Justice Wales Anti-racism Action Plan into our equality objectives. We will be publishing an annual report which will include work that has been completed against the anti-racism plans – this is due to be published on our website by July/August 2025. We have also published our Positive Action Strategy 2024-2028 (https://www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/media/downloads/dyfed-powys/careers/positive-action/positive-action-strategy-final-2024---2028.pdf). We will be publishing an annual report against this strategy, which is also due to be published on our website by July/August 2025.
• Data, in line with the plan, has been shared with Criminal Justice Board Wales – they will publish all partner data in due course.
• We have a contract with an external training provider to deliver Race-related Cultural Awareness training. There is publicly available information about this course on Sell2Wales: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR476252. The training started in January 2025.

Response 2:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:

• No – we do have a vacancy, however the role has not formally been filled. It has recently been advertised internally as Equality, Diversity and Engagement Co-ordinator and it has previously been advertised three times externally under two different names:
  • Equality, Diversity and Engagement Co-ordinator and
  • Police Race Action Plan & Criminal Justice in Wales Anti-Racism Co-ordinator

Response 3:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:

• Yes – No Boundaries; training costs this year comes to £8,522.50                                   

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 01/04/2025)