To deal with supplementary questions arising from the attached questions of which written notice has been given. 

 

Notes:

 

(i)         Answers to written questions shall be circulated at the commencement of the meeting.

 

(ii)        The Lord Mayor will have regard to the list of questions and the political composition of the Council in calling on Members to put their supplementary question to the Leader of Council and Portfolio Holders.

 

(iii)       A period of up to 30 minutes shall be available for supplementary questions to Members of the Executive. 

 

1.         Councillor Angela Tait

Can the Portfolio Holder give an update on the Bradford Live project as it enters its next phase now plans have been approved?

 

2.         Councillor Debbie Davies

Could the Portfolio Holder for Regeneration, Planning and Transportadvise members of whether consideration has been given to running a cleanest ward award in order to encourage some fun, competition and increased community involvement to cleaning up litter from the District?

 

3.         Councillor Jeanette Sunderland

To the Portfolio Holder, please can you detail, broken down by year, how much the Council has paid out in compensation to cyclist across the District, as a result of accidents caused by highways and cycle lanes being in a poor state of repair, over the past 5 years?

 

4.         Councillor Tariq Hussain

Can the portfolio holder provide an update on the work being done to enforce against dangerously and illegally placed clothing bins across the district?

 

5.        Councillor Fozia Shaheen

It’s welcome news that we will be receiving over £100,000 from the Private Rented Sector Access Fund to help tackle homelessness. What are we planning to do with this funding?

 

6.         Councillor Russell Brown

With equipment already being removed, can the Portfolio Holder for Regeneration, Planning and Transport clarify what is planned for the services currently operating out of the Council’s Stockbridge Depot at Keighley?

 

7.         Councillor Fozia Shaheen

Does the leader join me in congratulating everyone who has been involved in International Women’s Day throughout the District, once again Bradford is flying the flag which is amazing.

 

8.         Councillor Caroline Firth

Can the Portfolio Holder give an update on our ongoing repair and replacement programme for street lights and how many lights on average are being repaired or replaced each month?  Also can he give timescales for the major new project to replace all lights with more efficient LEDs?

 

9.         Councillor Jackie Whiteley

Will the Portfolio Holder for Regeneration, Planning and Transport, please confirm whether any work has been completed which considers the likely displacement of commuter parking from Ilkley into Burley in Wharfedale and Menston if  road side parking charges are introduced and residents only parking stops commuters parking in Ilkley?

 

 

10.       Councillor Caroline Firth

Does the Portfolio Holder join me in agreeing that the newly unveiled restored Butterfield Window at Cliffe Castle is a fantastic achievement for all involved in the project?

 

11.       Councillor Brendan Stubbs

To the Portfolio Holder, over the past 3 year how many times have each of the District’s Planning Committees approved or declined an application in opposition to the recommendation of planning officers and how many times have they followed the officers recommendation?

 

12.       Councillor Richard Dunbar

Will the Leader join me in acknowledging the pioneering work of Dr Mags Portman in the field of HIV prevention following her untimely death in February?

 

13.       Councillor Debbie Davies

Could the Leader of the Council confirm when and why the Labour Executive approved the £420,000 annual lease for City Library without regular break clauses and whether they now regret this decision?

 

14.       Councillor Vick Jenkins

Climate change is a danger to our planet. I’m pleased to have been able to vote for the Climate Emergency motion passed in this Chamber in January. Can the Portfolio Holder let us know what progress is being made in delivering the priorities set out in our motion?

 

15.       Councillor Caroline Firth

Does the Portfolio Holder plan to introduce a food waste recycling/composting service in the District?

 

16.       Councillor John Pennington

Could the Portfolio Holder for Regeneration, Planning and Transport advise Members of what happened to the much heralded Council Biomass scheme to heat its properties in the City Centre?

 

 

17.       Councillor Vick Jenkins

Would the Portfolio Holder be able to update us on the Initial Air Quality Plan for setting out the case for the interventions we will be implementing to deliver air quality compliance?

 

18.       Councillor Vick Jenkins

It’s good that the recent consultation on Shipley/Canal Road corridor attracted 750 responses.  Now that the initial consultation has ended will the Portfolio Holder explain what the next stage of the process is?

 

19.       Councillor Riaz Ahmed

Can the Portfolio Holder please explain the schedule and methods used to clean the District’s cycle lanes including the cycle superhighways?

 

20.       Councillor Vick Jenkins

Can the Portfolio Holder for Regeneration, Planning and Transport provide an update on the long-standing desire to see the Shipley canal towpath upgraded for walkers and cyclists?

 

21.       Councillor Mike Gibbons

As the refurbishment of St. George’s Hall was originally due to cost £4m with a 2017 opening, but early 2019 saw the eventual unveiling, at a cost of £9.8m, with plastic stacking chairs in the auditorium, why is the huge internationally renowned pipe organ curtained off in a state of disrepair?

 

22.       Councillor Fozia Shaheen

Could the Portfolio Holder provide me with an update of how many prosecutions were made over the Bonfire Night period for people fly-tipping and what did it cost the Council?

 

23.       Councillor David Warburton

Can the Portfolio Holder tell us how many anti social behaviour incidents there were this year compared with last year across the District?

 

24.       Councillor Debbie Davies

In order to help tackle the problem of fly tipping does the Portfolio Holder, Regeneration, Planning and Transport consider it appropriate to have say a one month amnesty where people can use Council tips even if they don’t have a permit?

 

25.       Councillor Richard Dunbar

Will the Portfolio Holder acknowledge the very real link between the cuts in police officers and the rise in knife crime nationally?

 

26.       Councillor Brendan Stubbs

To the Portfolio Holder, over the past 3 years how many times have each of the District’s Planning Committees approved or declined planning permission in contravention of the Council’s Planning Policy documents?

 

 

27.       Councillor Fozia Shaheen

Can the Portfolio Holder provide me with information regarding the private sector letting scheme and how we encourage landlords to use this service?

 

28.       Councillor Richard Dunbar

Can the Portfolio Holder give an update on the production of a new homelessness strategy for the District?

 

29.       Councillor Debbie Davies

The Good Schools Guide states that across the country over 80% of pupils are expected to get their first choice of secondary school starting in September, whilst in Bradford it is just 72%, so could the Portfolio Holder for Education, Employment and  Skills advise of what actions are being taken to try and improve this figure for next year’s allocation?

 

30.       Councillor Hassan Khan

Can the Portfolio Holder give an update on how the consultation has gone for the Darley Street markets and what are the latest plans?

 

31.       Councillor Tess Peart

What is the result of the consultation into 20mph zones and what are the next steps?

 

32.       Councillor Val Townend

Could the Portfolio Holder for Regeneration, Planning and Transport confirm what actual difference in terms of staff and mechanical pavement sweepers, the revised reduction of £500,000 rather than £1m will mean for street cleansing across the district, split into each constituency area?

 

33.       Councillor Richard Dunbar

Can the Portfolio Holder give an update of how the empty units and street scene around the Odeon will be redeveloped in the run-up to its grand re-opening?

 

34.       Councillor Debbie Davies

Can the Portfolio Holder for Education, Employment and Skills confirm the annual cost of School Admission and Transport Appeals and what percentage of applicants fail to attend?

 

35.       Councillor Richard Dunbar

Will the Leader join me in praising the students who took part in the youth climate strike actions in standing against the harsh realities and existential threats posed by climate change?

 

36.       Councillor Geoff Reid

Given that West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) are consulting on changes to bus services and planning to reduce subsidies paid to bus companies by 20% over the next few years. Can the Portfolio Holder explain what work the Council is doing to make sure that residents who rely on the bus services are not cut off and isolated?

 

37.       Councillor Richard Dunbar

Would the Leader confirm what work is being done to prevent people living in Social Housing being evicted to the street and can more be done to stop this occurring?

 

38.       Councillor John Pennington

Could the Portfolio Holder for Regeneration, Planning and Transport confirm; whether some Planning Officers have been provided with new state of the art computers at a cost of £3,500 each, how much is the total cost and from which budget has it been paid?

 

39.       Councillor Fozia Shaheen

Could the Leader join me in congratulating the continuous hard work the voluntary sector is doing to keep things going within our communities?

 

Council Document “AB” details the questions from Members to the Leader of Council and Portfolio Holders and the answers given.