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Contact: Asad Shah, 01274 432280, Committee Secretariat, City Hall, Bradford BD1 1HY 

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34.

DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST

(Members Code of Conduct - Part 4A of the Constitution)

 

To receive disclosures of interests from members and co-opted members on matters to be considered at the meeting. The disclosure must include the nature of the interest.

 

An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting when it becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.

 

Notes:

 

(1)       Members may remain in the meeting and take part fully in discussion and voting unless the interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest or an interest which the Member feels would call into question their compliance with the wider principles set out in the Code of Conduct.  Disclosable pecuniary interests relate to the Member concerned or their spouse/partner.

 

(2)       Members in arrears of Council Tax by more than two months must not vote in decisions on, or which might affect, budget calculations, and must disclose at the meeting that this restriction applies to them.  A failure to comply with these requirements is a criminal offence under section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. 

 

(3)       Members are also welcome to disclose interests which are not disclosable pecuniary interests but which they consider should be made in the interest of clarity.

 

(4)       Officers must disclose interests in accordance with Council Standing Order 44.

 

Minutes:

In the interest of transparency Councillors Nazir and Ahmed disclosed an interest in the item relating to Early Help (Minute 38) as they both worked for the Bradford District Care Trust.


ACTION: City Solicitor

 

35.

INSPECTION OF REPORTS AND BACKGROUND PAPERS

(Access to Information Procedure Rules – Part 3B of the Constitution)

 

Reports and background papers for agenda items may be inspected by contacting the person shown after each agenda item.  Certain reports and background papers may be restricted. 

 

Any request to remove the restriction on a report or background paper should be made to the relevant Strategic Director or Assistant Director whose name is shown on the front page of the report. 

 

If that request is refused, there is a right of appeal to this meeting. 

 

Please contact the officer shown below in advance of the meeting if you wish to appeal. 

 

(Asad Shah - 01274 432280)

 

Minutes:

There were no appeals submitted by the public to review decisions to restrict documents.

 

36.

PUBLIC QUESTION TIME

(Access to Information Procedure Rules – Part 3B of the Constitution)

 

To hear questions from electors within the District on any matter this is the responsibility of the Committee. 

 

Questions must be received in writing by the City Solicitor in Room 112, City Hall, Bradford, BD1 1HY, by mid-day on 27 November 2017.

 

(Asad Shah - 01274 432280)

 

Minutes:

There were no questions submitted by the public.

 

37.

110-112 TOLLER LANE, BRADFORD - REQUEST FOR A DISABLED PERSONS PARKING PLACE (EXCEPTION TO POLICY) pdf icon PDF 434 KB

This report of the Strategic Director, Place (Document “R”) considers an application for a Disabled Persons Parking Place where the applicant does not meet all the Policy criteria.

 

Recommended –

 

(1)       That the Bradford West Area Committee determines whether or             not to allow an exception to the Disabled Persons Parking Places             policy for an application for 110-112 Toller Lane.

 

(2)       That the applicant be informed accordingly.

 

Environment and Waste Management Overview and Scrutiny Committee

 

Andrew Smith – 01274 434674

Minutes:

This report of the Strategic Director, Place (Document “R”) set out an application for a Disabled Persons Parking Place where the applicant did not meet all the Policy criteria.

 

Resolved–

 

(1)          That an exception be made to the Disabled Persons Parking      Places policy and the application for 110-112 Toller Lane be             approved.

 

(2)          That the applicant be informed accordingly.

 

ACTION:       Strategic Director Place

Environment and Waste Management Overview and Scrutiny Committee

 

 

38.

PREVENTION AND EARLY HELP - A PROPOSED NEW MODEL TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE, INCLUDING PROPOSED CHANGES TO HOW WE PROVIDE THE CHILDREN'S CENTRE CORE OFFER ACROSS THE DISTRICT pdf icon PDF 4 MB

The report of the Strategic Director, Children’s Services (Document “S”) highlights the progress the Council and partners have made in bringing together existing arrangements for early help and early years services. 

 

The Council is facing unprecedented pressure on its budgets whilst the demand and costs for services are rising.  Government cuts mean that the resources we will have to spend on Prevention and Early Help will reduce by £13.3m or more than one third, from £37.1m in 2016/17 to £23.8m in 2020.  These cuts are in addition to the ones the Council has already had to make.  It means that from 2010 to 2020, the overall funding the Council has available will have halved whilst demand and costs are increasing.

 

We will only ensure babies, children and young people have a great start and better life chances if we draw on the energy, experience and effort of the whole system, particularly the strengths and assets within families themselves and local communities.

 

The report outlines the need for proposed changes to how we deliver services in order to ensure we target resources at a time of increasing demand to avoid a detrimental impact on outcomes to children.  We cannot continue to deliver services in the way we do now with this level of government cuts. The focus will be on a proposed partnership approach which is more targeted to improve outcomes and reduce inequalities for children and young people across the District.

 

On the 7 November 2017, Executive was asked to approve a period of consultation on a proposed new Prevention and Early Help delivery model. Bradford West Area Committee is asked to consider and comment on the report as part of formal consultation.

 

Recommended –

 

(1)       That the Area Committee notes formal consultation is underway           from 15 November 2017 until 12 February 2018 with all interested          parties as outlined in Appendix 12, attached to Document “S”.

 

(2)       That the Area Committee considers and comments on the report.

 

(3)       That the Area Committee notes that Executive will receive a        further report in April 2018 following formal consultation.

 

Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee

 

Judith Kirk – 01274 431078

Minutes:

The report of the Strategic Director, Children’s Services (Document “S”) highlighted the progress the Council and partners had made in bringing together existing arrangements for early help and early years services. 

 

The Assistant Director Children Social Care highlighted that the Council was facing unprecedented pressure on its budgets whilst the demand and costs for services were rising.  Government cuts meant that the resources the Council would have to spend on Prevention and Early Help would reduce by £13.3m or more than one third, from £37.1m in 2016/17 to £23.8m in 2020.  These cuts were in addition to the ones the Council has already had to make.  It meant that from 2010 to 2020, the overall funding the Council had available will have halved whilst demand and costs were increasing.

 

The report outlined the need for proposed changes to how services were delivered in order to ensure resources were targeted at a time of increasing demand to avoid a detrimental impact on outcomes to children.  He stressed that we cannot continue to deliver services in the way we do now with this level of government cuts. The focus will be on a proposed partnership approach which is more targeted to improve outcomes and reduce inequalities for children and young people across the District.

 

On the 7 November 2017, Executive was asked to approve a period of consultation on a proposed new Prevention and Early Help delivery model. Bradford West Area Committee was asked to consider and comment on the report as part of the formal consultation process.

 

The Assistant Director Children Social Care explained that all Area Committees were receiving the same report as part of the consultation process and that he welcomed the comments of this Area Committee to inform the consultation process.

 

He stressed that the proposed model would provide the best vehicle for providing early help services in a reduced financial envelope, and although it would be a reduced provision, the reconfiguration of services under the proposed model would still aim to work with the most vulnerable groups.

 

During the discussion Members asked a number of question, the questions together with the responses are set out below:

 

A Member expressed his reservation at the proposed model of delivery and the potential for families to slip through the net.  In response the Assistant Director stressed that a number of options had been looked at in the report to the Executive and that the proposed model was the best model that would be deliverable within the available budget.

 

A Member stressed that the proposed consultation events should be held in the ward locality, to enable residents to attend and he urged officers to look at the venues in light of this.  The Assistant Director acknowledged the concerns and agreed that his officers were happy to attend additional consultation events.

 

A Member questioned the proposals to provide some provision within the existing Children’s Centres and the current difficulties people had in accessing outreach sessions; adding that if concerns about  ...  view the full minutes text for item 38.