Agenda, decisions and minutes

The Mayor declared a prejudicial interest in Item 4 as a Trustee of the

Surrey Canal Triangle Sports Foundation and he withdrew from the meeting

during consideration of this item.

The Mayor declared a prejudicial interest in Item 4 as a Trustee of the

Surrey Canal Triangle Sports Foundation and he withdrew from the meeting

during consideration of this item.

Approved.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on September 7 2016 be

confirmed and signed as a correct record.

The Mayor observed one report had been delivered ahead of schedule.

The Mayor observed one report had been delivered ahead of schedule.

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

New Bermondsey CPO - scrutiny call in addendum – matter adjourned until a

date to be advised.

New Bermondsey CPO – Overview & Scrutiny Business Panel call in

The Cabinet, chaired by Councillor Smith, received a call-in from the

Overview & Scrutiny Business Panel of the decisions they had taken on

September 7 regarding the New Bermondsey Compulsory Purchase Order.

Councillor Smith advised the Cabinet that he had been informed Council

officers had received a copy of a document that was the subject of external

investigation. Because of the ongoing investigation it was therefore not

possible to complete the reconsideration of the decision made on 7

September. Councillor Smith proposed that further reconsideration of the

matter be adjourned to a future meeting.

Councillor Alan Hall received an assurance from the Head of Law that no

decisions could be implemented until such time as the call-in had been

considered by the Cabinet.

RESOLVED that consideration of the call-in on the New Bermondsey CPO be

adjourned until further notice.

Having considered an officer report and additional tabled legal implications,

and presentations by the Cabinet Member for Resources, Councillor Kevin

Bonavia, the Chair of Overview & Scrutiny and by the UNITE rep at Lewisham

CAMHS, the Mayor agreed that:

(i) the areas of anticipated savings for the period 2017/18 to 2019/20 as set

out be noted;

(ii) the comments of the Public Accounts Select Committee on the 22

September 2016, which incorporates the views of the respective Select

Committees be received and responded to as shown below;

(iii) the actions listed below for each saving totalling £5.99m in 2017-18 be

agreed for the detailed proposals in Appendices i to vi

A18a               Consultation and Monitoring required and report to Healthier

                        Communities SC prior to returning to Mayor & Cabinet.

A18b               Consultation not required.

A19;                Delegated to Officers but Monitoring required.

A20;                Consultation not required.

A21 a & b       Consultation not required.

B3                   Consultation not required.

E6;                  Consultation not required.

E7                   Consultation not required.

I11 a & b        Consultation not required.

L8;                   Comments from Select Committee accepted with new contracts

                        to reflect Council values and the London Living wage.

L9;                   Saving not taken and Officers asked to review outputs and what

value has been produced by each Assembly.

L10                 Consultation not required.

M3                   Consultation not required.

M4;                  Consultation not required.

M5;                  Consultation not required.

M6;                  Housing Select Committee to see full report prior to Mayor &

                        Cabinet consideration

M7 a & b        Consultation not required.

Q6 a to f;        CYP Select Committee to receive monitoring information after

                        implementation

Q7 a & b;        Monitoring by Select Committee to take place and no further

                        savings to be required from this area in the next two

Q8;                  Consultation not required.

Q9;                  Consultation not required.

Q10;                CYP Select Committee to receive monitoring information after

                        implementation

Q11 a             CYP Select Committee to see full report prior to Mayor &

                        Cabinet consideration

Q11 b             CYP Select Committee to see full report prior to Mayor &

                        Cabinet consideration

(iv) officers be authorised to carry out consultation where public/stakeholder

consultation is necessary in relation to the proposal and that officers bring a

full report to Mayor & Cabinet at the earliest opportunity;

(v) officers be authorised to carry out consultation where staff consultation is

necessary in relation to the proposal and delegate the decision to the

relevant Executive Director for the service concerned;

(vi) where no consultation is required, the saving proposal be approved, or the

decision be delegated to the relevant Executive Director for the service

concerned;

(vii) officers be requested to complete further work to clarify the proposal and re submit the saving proposal at the earliest opportunity;

(viii) the work in hand for savings B3 (see 9.13) and M3 (see 9.44) totalling

£0.6m be noted and the work of officers to deliver these savings be endorsed;

(ix) the decisions at Mayor and Cabinet meetings on the 12 November 2014

and 30 September 2015 be noted and the previously agreed savings of

£17.4m for 2017/18 be approved;

(x) the update on progress in relation to Public  ...  view the full decision text for item 489.

The report was introduced by the Cabinet Member for Resources, Councillor

Kevin Bonavia who noted additional legal implications on the savings

proposals had been tabled at the meeting. Councillor Bonavia stated the

current government was intent on making incessant budget reductions until at

least 2020 and he thought it likely that all the services the Council offered

would see an impact. He pointed out the legal duty to agree a balanced

budget had been reinforced by the Labour Party Annual Conference which

had voted to make it mandatory for all Labour Party Councillors to adhere to

the requirement to set balanced budgets.

The Executive Director for Resources and Regeneration’s representative

reported on the scrutiny which had been undertaken in respect of the savings

proposals and observed that even if all the proposals currently before the

Mayor were agreed there would still be a significant shortfall that would have

to be bridged in order to set another balanced budget.

Councillor Alan Hall, Chair of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee, reported

the savings proposals had been closely examined by each of the Select

Committtees. He referred the Mayor to the compilation referral prepared by

the Public Accounts Select Committee on behalf of all the Select Committees

and he noted that there were a number of requests for either further

consideration or ongoing monitoring on various of the proposals.

The Mayor considered each of the savings individually and reached the

decisions shown below having regard to the written views of the Public

Accounts Select Committee. In regard to savings Q7a & Q7b the Mayor was

addressed by Maggie Palmer, the Lewisham CAMHS UNITE representative.

She outlined the role, responsibilities and heavy caseload of CAMHS, a

service which had been praised by the Department of Health. She urged the

Mayor to use what she perceived to be the Council’s enormous reserves to

prevent any cuts in the service she represented. The Executive Director for

Resources and Regeneration’s representative pointed out the Council only

held £13M in unallocated reserves and that it would be prudent to maintain

these in case of unexpected catastrophes.

The Mayor stated he had no doubts about the value of mental health services

and he sought further clarification on the impact of the proposed reduction

from the Executive Director for Children and Young People’s representative

who reported the rigourous application of eligibility criteria would ensure

children with complex needs received attention while those who were not

eligible for the service would no longer access this service.

The Mayor stressed his high regard for the quality and significance of the

CAMHS service set in the context of the Council’s overall budgetary position.

In taking the saving he accepted the Select Committee’s request for regular

monitoring and indicated that he would not expect CAMHS to be revisited for

savings contributions in the next two annual budget rounds.

The Mayor also addressed additional recommendations offered by the

Sustainable Development Select Committee. He firstly accepted the

suggestion that the Borough’s Planning teams should use improved IT.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 489.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Health, Well-Being & Older People, Councillor Chris Best, the

Mayor agreed that:

(1) having reviewed the comments from the Chief Officer of Lewisham Clinical

Commissioning Group (Appendix 12), including his request to reflect on the

£2m reduction in the Public Health budget agreed at Mayor & Cabinet in

September 2015; the decision be confirmed;

(2) the consultation activity as described be noted;

3) the proposals to deliver £800,000 savings from ‘staying healthy’ services

for obesity & physical activity, health improvement, smoking and NHS

Healthchecks be approved;

4) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Resources and

Regeneration to approve the procurement process from Staying Healthy

services;

5) proposals for health visiting and school nursing services to deliver savings

of £1,714,728 be approved;

6) a competitive dialogue procurement process for tenders for Health

Visiting and Children’s Centres and a competitive tender process for School

Nursing with a proposed timeline, be approved;

7) the proposals for sexual health services outlined be noted and specifically

Mayor and Cabinet (Contracts) 21 October 2015 delegated authority to the

Executive Director for Resources and Regeneration to approve the

procurement process to deliver the proposals for savings of £500,000 from

Sexual Health services with sexual health for young people being included in

the specification for the teenage health and well-being service.

The report was presented by the Cabinet Member for Health, Well-Being &

Older People, Councillor Chris Best, who said the report had been considered

by the Children & Young People Select Committee but not the Healthier

Communities Select Committee. She reported that following consultation the

initial savings on Health Visiting and School Nursing had been reduced by

£267,000.

The Director of Public Health added that since the publication of the report

two petitions relating to the savings had been received. A petition bearing

about 1500 names opposing public health cuts had been received from the

Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign and a petition bearing 24 names had

been received from Lewisham Green Party calling for cuts not to be made to

Community Children’s Nurses.

The Mayor acknowledged that changes to reduce some of the savings had

been made but that deep cuts had to be made as a direct result of central

government’s reductions to public health budgets.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Health, Well-Being & Older People, Councillor Chris Best, the

Mayor, for the reasons set out in the report:

RESOLVED that:

(1) having reviewed the comments from the Chief Officer of Lewisham Clinical

Commissioning Group (Appendix 12), including his request to reflect on the

£2m reduction in the Public Health budget agreed at Mayor & Cabinet in

September 2015; the decision be confirmed;

(2) the consultation activity as described be noted;

(3) the proposals to deliver £800,000 savings from ‘staying healthy’ services

for obesity & physical activity, health improvement, smoking and NHS

Healthchecks be approved;

(4) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Resources and

Regeneration to approve the procurement process from Staying Healthy

services;

(5) proposals for health visiting and school nursing services to deliver savings

of £1,714,728 be approved;

(6) a competitive dialogue procurement process for tenders for Health

Visiting and Children’s Centres and a competitive tender process for School

Nursing with a proposed timeline, be approved;

(7) the proposals for sexual health services outlined be noted and specifically

that Mayor and Cabinet (Contracts) 21 October 2015 gave delegated authority

to the Executive Director for Resources and Regeneration to approve the

procurement process to deliver the proposals for savings of £500,000 from

Sexual Health services with sexual health for young people being included in

the specification for the teenage health and well-being service.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Deputy Mayor,

Councillor Alan Smith, the Mayor agreed that the LIP Annual Spending

Submission2017/18 to TfL as set out in Tables 1-3 (sections 8, 10 and 12),

and the revised programme for 2016/17 as set out in Appendix A.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Deputy Mayor,

Councillor Alan Smith, the Mayor, for the reasons set out in the report:

RESOLVED that the LIP Annual Spending Submission 2017/18 to TfL as set

out in Tables 1-3 (sections 8, 10 and 12), and the revised programme for

2016/17 as set out in Appendix A be approved.

Having considered an officer report, and presentations by the Deputy Mayor,

Councillor Alan Smith, and by the Chair of the Sustainable Development

Select Committee, the Mayor agreed that:

(1) the Catford Housing Zone funding award from the GLA be accepted;

(2) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Resources and

Regeneration in consultation with the Head of Law, to finalise terms

and enter into the Overarching Borough Agreement for the Catford

Housing Zone; and

(3) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Resources and

Regeneration in consultation with the Head of Law, to finalise terms

and enter into the Borough Intervention Agreements for the early

implementation projects as outlined.

The Mayor was addressed by the Chair of the Sustainable Development

Select Committee, Councillor Liam Curran who reported members of his

Committee remained concerned about the pace of progress to regenerate

Catford. Given the huge public interest in recent planning applications

affecting Catford, he asked that a Lottery application for the Broadway

Theatre be accelerated. In response, the Mayor was advised by Officers that

a more detailed report about the regeneration of Catford would be considered

in November.

Having considered an officer report, and presentations by the Deputy Mayor,

Councillor Alan Smith, and by the Chair of the Sustainable Development

Select Committee, the Mayor, for the reasons set out in the report:

RESOLVED that:

(1) the Catford Housing Zone funding award from the GLA be accepted;

(2) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Resources and

Regeneration in consultation with the Head of Law, to finalise terms

and enter into the Overarching Borough Agreement for the Catford

Housing Zone; and

(3) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Resources and

Regeneration in consultation with the Head of Law, to finalise terms

and enter into the Borough Intervention Agreements for the early

implementation projects as outlined.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Children & Young People, Councillor Paul Maslin, the Mayor

agreed that:

(1) there should be a consultation on the proposal to enlarge Addey and

Stanhope School from 4 to 6 forms of entry with effect from September 2018;

(2) officers should report back to Mayor and Cabinet by the end of 2016 with

the results and next steps.

(3) the Governing Body of Addey and Stanhope School will start the

statutory process to close the Sixth Form provision, and this will be

completed alongside the councils consultation process regarding proposed

school expansion; and

(4) the result of this consultation will then be presented to the Mayor at a

future meeting date, as the Mayor is the decision maker for such changes as

per the statutory guidance/process.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Children & Young People, Councillor Paul Maslin, the Mayor, for

the reasons set out in the report:

RESOLVED that:

(1) there should be a consultation on the proposal to enlarge Addey and

Stanhope School from 4 to 6 forms of entry with effect from September 2018;

(2) officers should report back to Mayor and Cabinet by the end of 2016 with

the results and next steps.

(3) the Governing Body of Addey and Stanhope School will start the

statutory process to close the Sixth Form provision, and this will be

completed alongside the councils consultation process regarding proposed

school expansion; and

(4) the result of this consultation will then be presented to the Mayor at a

future meeting date, as the Mayor is the decision maker for such changes as

per the statutory guidance/process.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Health, Well-Being & Older People, Councillor Chris Best, the

Mayor agreed that:

(1) the scope of Lewisham’s Strategic Outline Case for devolution be

approved and officers instructed to develop the business case for submission

in December 2016.

(2) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Community Services,

in consultation with the Executive Director for Regeneration and the Head

of Law, to negotiate the devolution asks; to develop new working

arrangements with phased implementation of activities within current

powers and to implement devolved arrangements from April 2018; and

(3) the interdependencies between the devolution pilot and key

strategic programmes and activities be noted.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Health, Well-Being & Older People, Councillor Chris Best, the

Mayor, for the reasons set out in the report:

RESOLVED that:

(1) the scope of Lewisham’s Strategic Outline Case for devolution be

approved and officers instructed to develop the business case for submission

in December 2016.

(2) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Community Services,

in consultation with the Executive Director for Regeneration and the Head

of Law, to negotiate the devolution asks; to develop new working

arrangements with phased implementation of activities within current

powers and to implement devolved arrangements from April 2018; and

(3) the interdependencies between the devolution pilot and key

strategic programmes and activities be noted.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Housing, Councillor Damien Egan, the agreed that

(1) the current situation, policy context and pressures concerning the

use of temporary accommodation for homeless households be noted;

(2) the progress achieved in meeting the aims of the Lewisham

Homes acquisition programme, including the savings from the reduced

need to place households into nightly paid accommodation be noted;

(3) the rationale for a further £20m to be loaned to Lewisham Homes

to acquire additional properties intervention for the purposes of

temporary accommodation and homeless prevention, dependent on the

demands of the service; and

(4) the Council provides a loan of up to £20m to Lewisham Homes, on the

terms set out, to enable Lewisham Homes to continue the acquisition

programme as an additional intervention to help manage homelessness

demand, and that the authority to finalise the terms of the loan agreement be

delegated to the Executive Director for Resources and Regeneration.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Housing, Councillor Damien Egan, the Mayor, for the reasons set

out in the report:

RESOLVED that:

(1) the current situation, policy context and pressures concerning the

use of temporary accommodation for homeless households be noted;

(2) the progress achieved in meeting the aims of the Lewisham

Homes acquisition programme, including the savings from the reduced

need to place households into nightly paid accommodation be noted;

(3) the rationale for a further £20m to be loaned to Lewisham Homes

to acquire additional properties intervention for the purposes of

temporary accommodation and homeless prevention, dependent on the

demands of the service; and

(4) the Council provides a loan of up to £20m to Lewisham Homes, on the

terms set out, to enable Lewisham Homes to continue the acquisition

programme as an additional intervention to help manage homelessness

demand, and that the authority to finalise the terms of the loan agreement be

delegated to the Executive Director for Resources and Regeneration.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Children & Young People, Councillor Paul Maslin, the Mayor

agreed that the proposed response to the comments and views of the Select

Committee, as set out, be approved and reported to the Select Committee.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Children & Young People, Councillor Paul Maslin, the Mayor, for

the reasons set out in the report:

RESOLVED that the proposed response to the comments and views of the

Select Committee, as set out, be approved and reported to the Select

Committee.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Community Safety, Councillor Janet Daby, the Mayor agreed that

the proposed response to the comments and views of the Select Committee,

as set out, be approved and reported to the Select Committee.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Community Safety, Councillor Janet Daby, the Mayor for the

reasons set out in the report:

RESOLVED that the proposed response to the comments and views of the

Select Committee, as set out, be approved and reported to the Select

Committee.

The meeting closed at 7.50pm.