Agenda, decisions and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor McKenzie.

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of Urgent Business. (Late items of Urgent Business will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items of Urgent Business will be dealt with under Item XX below. New items of exempt business will be dealt with at Item XX below).

There were no items of urgent business.

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All Members declared a non-pecuniary interest in relation to item 10, as they knew of the School Governor Appointment.

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This agenda contains exempt items as set out at Item [22] : Exclusion of the Press and Public.  No representations with regard to these have been received.

This is the formal 5 clear day notice under the Regulations to confirm that this Cabinet meeting will be partly held in private for the reasons set out in this Agenda.

There was none.

There was none.

To agree the minutes of the previous meeting of Cabinet held on 30 May 2022.

RESOLVED:

That the Minutes of the previous meeting of Cabinet held on the 30 May 2022 were approved.

RESOLVED:

  I.  That the scheme for Climate, Homes and Economy (Non-Housing) as set out in section 11.2 and 11.3 be given approval as follows:  

Parks Infrastructure: Spend approval of £1,000k in 2022/23 is requested to fund essential maintenance and refurbishments to the existing parks infrastructure.

 Parks Bins Replacement: Spend approval of £100k in 2022/23 is requested to replace existing single use litter bins in the borough parks with dual use recycling bins.

  II.  That the scheme outlined in section 12.1 be noted.

  III.  To authorise either the surrender of the existing lease and regrant of a new lease of 125 years or the extension of the existing lease to 125 years to The Bootstrap Company, The Printhouse, 18-22 Ashwin Street E8 3DL (which forms part of 18 - 24 Ashwin Street as shown edged in red for indicative purposes only on the plan at Appendix 1).

  IV.  To delegate authority to the Corporate Director of Finance and Resources to agree all commercial terms of the transaction.

  V.  To delegate authority to the Director of Legal to settle, agree and enter into all documentation necessary for this transaction.

REASONS FOR DECISION:

The decisions required are necessary in order that the schemes within the Council’s approved Capital programme can be delivered and to approve the property proposals as set out in this report.

In most cases, resources have already been allocated to the schemes as part of the budget setting exercise but spending approval is required in order for the scheme to proceed. Where, however, resources have not previously been allocated, resource approval is requested in this report.

To facilitate financial management and control of the Council's finances.

Mayor Glanville introduced the report.

RESOLVED:

  I.  That the scheme for Climate, Homes and Economy (Non-Housing) as set out in section 11.2 and 11.3 be given approval as follows: 

Parks Infrastructure: Spend approval of £1,000k in 2022/23 is requested to fund essential maintenance and refurbishments to the existing parks infrastructure.

 Parks Bins Replacement: Spend approval of £100k in 2022/23 is requested to replace existing single use litter bins in the borough parks with dual use recycling bins.

  II.  That the scheme outlined in section 12.1 be noted.

  III.  To authorise either the surrender of the existing lease and regrant of a new lease of 125 years or the extension of the existing lease to 125 years to The Bootstrap Company, The Printhouse, 18-22 Ashwin Street E8 3DL (which forms part of 18 - 24 Ashwin Street as shown edged in red for indicative purposes only on the plan at Appendix 1).

  IV.  To delegate authority to the Corporate Director of Finance and Resources to agree all commercial terms of the transaction.

  V.  To delegate authority to the Director of Legal to settle, agree and enter into all documentation necessary for this transaction.

REASONS FOR DECISION:

The decisions required are necessary in order that the schemes within the Council’s approved Capital programme can be delivered and to approve the property proposals as set out in this report.

In most cases, resources have already been allocated to the schemes as part of the budget setting exercise but spending approval is required in order for the scheme to proceed. Where, however, resources have not previously been allocated, resource approval is requested in this report.

To facilitate financial management and control of the Council's finances.

RESOLVED:

That the Cabinet is asked to note the update on the overall financial position for March covering the General Fund, Capital and HRA

REASONS FOR DECISION

To facilitate financial management and control of the Council's finances

Councillor Chapman introduced the report to the Cabinet.

RESOLVED:

That the Cabinet is asked to note the update on the overall financial position for March covering the General Fund, Capital and HRA

REASONS FOR DECISION

To facilitate financial management and control of the Council's finances

RESOLVED

  I.  The Cabinet noted, and endorsed the continued direction of travel, in terms of partnership and integration across the breadth of children’s health, mirroring current integration of children’s social care and education, and progressing integrated children’s health work to date.

  II.  Endorsed and approved the establishment by the Council (with the City of London Corporation and other applicable partners) of a Joint Children and Families Health Framework as a mechanism to support this.

  III.  Endorsed and approved the development of several key partnership principles that will underpin all children’s health work going forward, to be formally agreed and signed up to by all relevant partners.

  IV.  This endorsement is based on the understanding that the joint health framework will provide strategic direction for the re-commissioning of 0-19 services and potentially pave the way for key decisions on staffing structures/services, in-sourcing and pooled budgets over the next 5 years.

REASON FOR DECISION

The recent 2022 City & Hackney Health Needs Assessment (HNA) (https://hackneyjsna.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FINAL_-A-health-needs-assessment-for-the-population-aged-0-to-25-for-the-City-of-London-and-Hackney-Google-Docs.pdf) for CYP 0-19 (up to 25 for those with a statutory responsibility)  identified that services need to be joined up at a strategic level to deliver maximum impact.  Financial constraints, staffing challenges (recruitment and retention), rising demand, increasing levels of complex needs, and widening health inequalities (mainly due to the impact of COVID) have increased pressure on services. Large disparities exist between children and young people within the borough, particularly for vulnerable CYP, those from ethnic backgrounds other than white and for CYP with SEN. Compared to London and the rest of England, CYP in the borough are less likely to have achieved a good level of development and are more likely to be severely obese by the end of reception. Hospital admissions for lower respiratory tract infections in infants are above regional and national rates and the rate of STI diagnoses in 15 - 24 years olds was fourth highest of all local authorities in 2021.

A key finding of the consultation undertaken as part of the HNA identified that joint principles, structures and ways of working that will support the integration of services and the re-commissioning of 0-19 (up to 25yrs) services are urgently needed.

The joint health framework will consolidate and support our strategic direction, embed key integration principles and outline the direction of travel for the re-commissioning and provision of 0 - 19 services. It will serve as a blueprint for new ways of working that could potentially lead to changes in organisational structures, working processes and cultures including the possible integration of businesses, the pooling of budgets and/or in-sourcing.

Significantly, a joint framework and a set of key principles will support the current re-commissioning of the 0-19 public health services (health visiting, family nurse partnership, school nursing and others), and other significant developments.

A lot of work on integrating services has already been undertaken or is at the planning stage, the framework and action plan will assemble these across the Children Young People Maternity and Families workstream governed by the Integrated Care Partnership  ...  view the full decision text for item 9.

Councillor Kennedy outlined the report to Cabinet.

RESOLVED

  I.  The Cabinet noted, and endorsed the continued direction of travel, in terms of partnership and integration across the breadth of children’s health, mirroring current integration of children’s social care and education, and progressing integrated children’s health work to date.

  II.  Endorsed and approved the establishment by the Council (with the City of London Corporation and other applicable partners) of a Joint Children and Families Health Framework as a mechanism to support this.

  III.  Endorsed and approved the development of several key partnership principles that will underpin all children’s health work going forward, to be formally agreed and signed up to by all relevant partners.

  IV.  This endorsement is based on the understanding that the joint health framework will provide strategic direction for the re-commissioning of 0-19 services and potentially pave the way for key decisions on staffing structures/services, in-sourcing and pooled budgets over the next 5 years.

REASON FOR DECISION

The recent 2022 City & Hackney Health Needs Assessment (HNA) (https://hackneyjsna.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FINAL_-A-health-needs-assessment-for-the-population-aged-0-to-25-for-the-City-of-London-and-Hackney-Google-Docs.pdf) for CYP 0-19 (up to 25 for those with a statutory responsibility)  identified that services need to be joined up at a strategic level to deliver maximum impact.  Financial constraints, staffing challenges (recruitment and retention), rising demand, increasing levels of complex needs, and widening health inequalities (mainly due to the impact of COVID) have increased pressure on services. Large disparities exist between children and young people within the borough, particularly for vulnerable CYP, those from ethnic backgrounds other than white and for CYP with SEN. Compared to London and the rest of England, CYP in the borough are less likely to have achieved a good level of development and are more likely to be severely obese by the end of reception. Hospital admissions for lower respiratory tract infections in infants are above regional and national rates and the rate of STI diagnoses in 15 - 24 years olds was fourth highest of all local authorities in 2021.

A key finding of the consultation undertaken as part of the HNA identified that joint principles, structures and ways of working that will support the integration of services and the re-commissioning of 0-19 (up to 25yrs) services are urgently needed.

The joint health framework will consolidate and support our strategic direction, embed key integration principles and outline the direction of travel for the re-commissioning and provision of 0 - 19 services. It will serve as a blueprint for new ways of working that could potentially lead to changes in organisational structures, working processes and cultures including the possible integration of businesses, the pooling of budgets and/or in-sourcing.

Significantly, a joint framework and a set of key principles will support the current re-commissioning of the 0-19 public health services (health visiting, family nurse partnership, school nursing and others), and other significant developments.

A lot of work on integrating services has already been undertaken or is at the planning stage, the framework and action plan will assemble these across the Children Young People Maternity and Families  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9.

RESOLVED:

That the Cabinet approved the following nominations as set out below:

Deputy Mayor Bramble introduced the report to Cabinet.

RESOLVED:

That the Cabinet approved the following nominations as set out below:

To consider any items admitted at Item 2 above.

There were none.

Note from the Governance Services Manager

Items X ,X  and  allow for the consideration of exempt information in relation to items 12, 17  and 3 respectively.

RESOLVED:

That the press and public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting as the items below contain exempt information, as defined under paragraph, 3 & 5 of Part 1, schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

There was no requirement for the meeting to move into an exempt session.

To consider any EXEMPT items admitted at Item 2 above.