MARAC

The Council collect information about you and members of your household for the purpose of making an assessment, using up to date risk information to identify and link the provision of appropriate services for victims and their children in domestic abuse cases, to increase their safety as well as the public

The legal basis for this processing is ‘Public Task’ and ‘Legal Obligation’, in accordance with The Local Government Act, 1972, which empowers local authorities to do anything necessary to facilitate the discharge of their statutory functions in accordance with the following legislation:

• Care Act 2014, supporting people at risk of abuse
• Human Rights Act, a right to life
• Housing Act 1985, as amended, Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Act 2018
• The Crime and Disorder Act, Section 115 allows anyone to disclose information to a police authority/local authority if that disclosure is necessary for the purposes of crime prevention.

Information collected regarding gender, health, sexuality and criminal convictions is classed as ‘special category’ data, and is processed in accordance with Article 9(2)(h), health & social care purposes and Article 10, processing of personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences.

The data collected is:

• Name
• Date of birth
• Contact details
• Family data
• Diversity data
• Perpetrators details
• Relationship status
• Medical information
• Intimate details of abuse

The information will be accessible by members of Community Safety who represent the Council at the Conference, and departments within the council who facilitate change, including Housing Options, Housing Tenancy Management (Landlord) Services, Benefits, Repairs & Maintenance and Registered Social Landlords where appropriate

By virtue of presenting individual cases at the conference to determine risk, information may also be shared with the following Worcestershire MARAC partners:

• Action for Children Worcester City early Help
• Basement Project
• Bromford Housing Association
• Bromsgrove District Housing Trust
• DAWN Project
• Early Intervention Family Support
• Festival Housing Group
• Hereford & Worcester Fire + Rescue
• HMP Hewell
• MAGGS Day Centre
• National Probation Service: senior manager
• NEXUS Housing Association
• Redditch Borough Council
• Rooftop Housing Group
• St Paul’s Hostel
• Swanswell
• Victim Support
• Warwickshire and West Mercia Community Rehabilitation Company
• Waterloo Housing Association
• West Mercia Police
• West Mercia Women’s Aid
• Worcester City Council
• Worcester City Housing
• Worcester Community Housing
• Worcester University
• Worcestershire Acute Hospital Trust
• Worcestershire Adult Safeguarding Team
• Worcestershire Children’s Services
• Worcestershire Childrens Services Elective Home Education
• Worcestershire County Council
• Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust
• Worcestershire Family Intervention Project
• Worcestershire Youth Offending Team
• WRASASC(West Mercia Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre)
• Wychavon District Council
• Wyre Forest Community Housing Trust
• Wyre Forest District Council
• Worcestershire YMCA

In some circumstances, this data is not collected directly from the data subject, it is sometimes passed to the Council from another agency. Conversely, you may be signposted to other agencies and your information may be shared. 

Where a referral is made, this information will be kept for a 6 year clear period, following date of last contact.  Where there is a child, this information will be kept for up to 25 years, I.e., from the date of birth of the youngest child in the family.

Statistical data only is shared with other agencies and government departments; otherwise this information will not be shared/sold to any other service/organisation unless we have a duty to do so under law. This data will not be transferred outside of the EEA.  No decisions around this data are made by automated means.