The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent has been presented with a national award.

The Gwent OPCC is one of just nine of the 41 offices in England and Wales which have recently been presented with a new National Quality Mark for Transparency.

The Quality Mark has been awarded by CopaCC, an independent national body which monitors police governance.

During an event hosted in London by leading police auditors, Grant Thornton, the Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent, Paul Harris, and Siân Curley, the Head of Corporate Governance for the Gwent OPCC, were presented with the award by CoPaCC Chief Executive, Bernard Rix.

The award recognises how the PCC and his office provide the public with key information in accessible format on their website including information about who they are and what they do, what they spend and how they spend it, what their priorities are, how they make their decisions and information around complaints, policies and procedures.

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent, Ian Johnston, said, “Transparency is essential as I am held to account at a local level by the public so I am delighted that we have been recognised for our efforts. It has been important to me from day one as Commissioner to be as open and transparent as possible.”