The minutes of the meeting of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority held on 22 April and 24 June 2021 were received.

Resolved –

Members were asked that consideration was given to attendance at the events in Section 1 of Document “O” and to note the requirement to complete the Pension Regulators toolkit training.

Action: Director, West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Resolved –

That the report be noted.

Action: Director,  West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Resolved –

That the report be noted.

Action: Director, West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Resolved –

That the report be noted.

Action: Director, West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Resolved –

That the report and entries on the Register of Breaches of Law, contained in the appendix to Document “K”, be noted. 

Action: Director, West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Resolved –

That Document “J” and the WYPF Data Improvement Plan, appended to that Document, be noted.

Action: Director, West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Resolved –

That the report be noted

Action: Director, West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Resolved –

That the report (Document “H”) be considered and noted.

Action: Director, West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Resolved –

That the report (Document “G”) be reviewed and noted.

Action: Director, West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Resolved –

That the report (Document “F”) be reviewed and noted.

Action: Director, West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Resolved –

1.    That the projected outturn of £12.68m against budget of £14.85m for 2020/21 be noted.

2.    That a budget of £15.42m for 2021/22 be noted.

3.    That the Government SF3 data - total pension cost per member of £41.94 for 2019/20 making WYPF the lowest cost LGPS scheme for 2019/20 be noted.

Action: Director, West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Resolved –

That consideration was given to attendance by Board Members at the events in Section 1 (Document “B”) and that members note the requirement to complete the Pension Regulators toolkit training.

ACTION: Director, West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Resolved –

That the entries on the Register of Breaches of Law be noted.

ACTION: Director, West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Resolved –

That the report be noted.

Action: Director, West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Resolved –

That Members were requested to review the Not for Publication minutes of the Investment Advisory Panel on 29 April 2021 appended to Document “E”

Action: Director, West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Recommended –

That the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the Not for Publication Appendix to Document “E” relating to the minutes of a West Yorkshire Pension Fund Investment Advisory Panel meeting held on 29 April 2021 because information would be disclosed which was considered to be exempt information within paragraph 3 (Financial or Business Affairs) of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

It was considered that, in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining this exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing this information as it was in the overriding interest of proper administration that Members were made aware of the financial implications of any decision without prejudicing the financial position of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund.

Action: Director, West Yorkshire Pension Fund.

Resolved –

That the meetings of the Keighley Area Committee for the remainder of the 2021/2022 Municipal Year be held at 1800 hours on the following dates:

Thursday 2 September 2021

Thursday 14 October 2021

Thursday 25 November 2021

Thursday 23 December 2021

Thursday 20 January 2022

Thursday 24 February 2022

Wednesday 16 March 2022

Action: City Solicitor

Resolved -

(1)     That the use of departmental reserves in 21/22 to cover the partial year cost for both the Short Breaks Assessment Team and service commissions where they are commissioned in the 21/22 financial year be approved.

(2)     That it be noted that from 22/23, a formal request of £0.387m is requested to fund the Short Breaks Assessment Team as part of the Directorates budget setting process, which will be incorporated into the Medium Term financial Strategy (MTFS) and 2022/23 budget considerations in the build up to budget approval at Full Council in February 2022.

(3)     That it be noted that from 22/23, a formal request overall of £0.552m is requested which includes the short breaks assessment team, to fund additional services to provide short breaks for children and families in Bradford to a total value of £2.742m. This will be incorporated into MTFS and the 2022/23 budget considerations in the build up to budget approval at Full Council in February 2022.

(4)     That the development of a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment to understand the needs of children to inform commissioning intentions, to provide services for children with disabilities across the District be approved.

Children’s Services Overview & Scrutiny Committee

ACTION: Strategic Director of Children’s Services

Recommended -

(1)       That the report be noted

(2)       That Executive receive a full report in November on current work in relation to  exploitation of both children and adults and that this includes details of work in relation to the CSE actions in the Thematic review.

(3)       The Council commit to working closely with partners to deliver on      the actions within the developmental action plan and progressing     the extensive wider work presently on going in Bradford

Children’s Services Overview &Scrutiny Committee

ACTION: Chief Executive

Resolved -

That having considered the Medium Term Financial Strategy as an assessment of the Council’s financial outlook to 2024/25 , and a framework for it to remain financially viable and deliver sustainable public services, in line with its priorities, the updated and revised Medium Term Financial Strategy at Appendix 1 to Document “R” be approved.

Corporate Overview & Scrutiny Committee

ACTION: Director of Finance

No items were received by SCAPAG members.