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95.

FILMING AT MEETINGS

Please note that this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method. Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting. Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on. 

 

By entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.

 

The chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council.

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Minutes:

 

The Leader referred to agenda item 1, as shown on the agenda in respect of filming at this meeting and Members noted this information.

 

96.

Apologies

To receive any apologies for absence.

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Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors: Ayisi, Goldberg and Strickland.

 

97.

Urgent Business

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 18  below. New items of exempt business will be dealt with at Item 21 below).

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Minutes:

There were no new items of business to consider apart from the Authorities Monitoring report, to be considered with item 12. This was omitted in error from the agenda pack and sent out as a supplementary pack.

 

98.

Declarations of Interest

A Member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A Member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

 

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

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Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest put forward.

99.

Notice of Intention to Conduct Business in Private, any Representations Received and the Response to any such Representations

On occasions part of the Cabinet meeting will be held in private and will not be open to the public if an item is being considered that is likely to lead to the disclosure of exempt or confidential information. In accordance with the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 (the “Regulations”), members of the public can make representations about why that part of the meeting should be open to the public.

 

This agenda contains exempt items as set out at Item [19 ] : 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.

 

 

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Minutes:

There were no representations relating to items on the exempt part of the agenda.

100.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 242 KB

To confirm and sign the Cabinet minutes of the meetings held on  the 9th of  October 2017 and 17 October 2017 as a correct record.

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Minutes:

The minutes of the meetings held on the 9th and 17th October were agreed as a correct record of the meeting.

 

101.

Matters Referred to Cabinet by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee

There are no matters referred from the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

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Minutes:

There were no matters referred to the Cabinet by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

102.

Deputations/Petitions/Questions

To consider any requests received in accordance with Standing Orders.

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Minutes:

 

Deputation 1 – Rev Paul Nicholson – speaking in objection to the recommendations contained in the 2018/19 Council Tax Reduction Scheme – item 9

 

Rev Nicolson was invited by the Chair to put forward his deputation to the Cabinet.

 

He spoke about the severe detrimental impact of local authorities and Government, charging of Council Tax on social security incomes and how he felt that this affected the most deprived communities in the borough. Rev Nicholson spoke about the consequential mental and physical health impacts this had on generations of families. He asserted that low income and social security households did not have the means to pay Council Tax, at a time when existing social security benefits were already being reduced. He contended that once families fell behind with Council tax payments, they were facing further court costs and collection fees causing more insolvency and anxiety.

 

Rev Nicholson spoke about the Council’s, Council Tax, collection figures with £5m listed as unlikely to be collected. Mr Nicolson felt that, despite knowing the cause of non- payment, the Council, in his opinion, were unfairly enforcing this payment and sending residents to court and causing increased costs for low income residents.

 

Rev Nicholson talked about the number of households sent court notices for late and non-payment of Council Tax and the number which had been referred to bailiffs. In his view, this charge affected the poorest and vulnerable in the borough, who he felt were being unfairly targeted for Council Tax collection by the use of debt collection agencies.

 

Rev Nicolson continued to emphasize that debt and low income creates mental and physical health issues for people on low incomes. He spoke about the effect of deprivation and low income on the development of babies with mothers often needing to reduce food costs to ensure they were able to pay for housing and utilities. He considered that this poor health in pregnancy and early years resulted in intergenerational health issues.

 

Rev Nicholson appealed to the Cabinet to consider the faith led principles of support and consideration for fellow neighbours, and stop the tax being collected from social security incomes in Haringey.

 

Questions from the Cabinet to the Deputation

 

The Leader reminded the deputation of the circumstances around the implementation of the Council Tax Benefit scheme in 2013 as the tone of the deputation incorrectly indicated that the Council had chosen to take this scheme forward. The Council Tax benefit scheme had previously been Government run and had meant that one in three households in Haringey did not pay Council Tax as they did not have the means to pay. However, in 2012 as part of the government budget cuts, Council Tax benefit was abolished and all local authorities had received responsibility for the Council Tax policy scheme but with a significant top slice reduction and also having to exclude pensioners. The Council were put in an invidious position of having to exempt pensioners from the scheme and having a choice of whether to absorb  ...  view the full minutes text for item 102.

103.

2018/19 COUNCIL TAX REDUCTION SCHEME pdf icon PDF 294 KB

[Report of the Interim Chief Financial Officer. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Finance and Health.] To agree the Council Tax Reduction Scheme Policy for 2018/19. The Council is required to have a local council tax support scheme in place to provide relief for pensioners and low income residents by the 31st January 2018.

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Finance and Health introduced the report which set the out details of the review of Haringey’s current Council Tax Reduction Scheme (CTRS) 2017/18 and the recommendations for Haringey’s CTRS for 2018/19 taking into consideration the assessment of options and an Equalities Impact Assessment (EQIA). The scheme remained unchanged and would ask for claimants to pay 19.8% for Council Tax.

 

RESOLVED

 

 To recommend that Full Council:

 

                      i.        Agrees to adopt the CTRS 2018/19 as contained in Appendix C and as summarised in Appendix C which retains the same level of support as agreed since 2013/14 and which remains unchanged from 2017/18 for: pensioner’s claimants to continue to receive support for the payment of Council tax.

 

                    ii.        Agrees claimants in receipt of certain disability benefits to continue to receive support for the payment of Council tax.

 

                   iii.         Agrees all working age claimants Council Tax Support to continue to be capped at 80.2% of Council tax liability. 

 

                   iv.        Notes that an Equalities Impact Assessment (Appendix E) has been undertaken in relation to the CTRS and that the findings of this EIA must be taken into account when making a decision regarding the Scheme for 2018/19.

                    v.        Authority be given to the Chief Finance Officer and the Assistant Director of the Shared Service Centre to take all appropriate steps to implement and administer the Scheme.

 

 

Reasons for Decision

 

The recommendation to retain the current scheme continues to support the Government’s initiative of work incentives and pays due regard to the challenging financial climate we are currently in.

 

In recognition of the vulnerable sectors of society, we have supportive measures in place. It is proposed that these continue into 2018/19. Maintaining the current scheme ensures that these protected claimants will not be further disadvantaged.

 

The Council has had its overall centrally government funding reduced by over 43% in the last several years. This has meant that the Council has had to implement significant service reductions and efficiency savings. Given the level of funding cuts that the Council has had to manage and also that further cuts have been confirmed for future years, it is not possible for the Council to expand the scheme to include protection for other groups.

 

 

Alternative Options Considered

 

In accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 1A to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (the 1992 Act), each financial year the Council is required to consider whether to revise or replace its scheme. One option for the Council is to continue with the scheme in place for the current financial year. Another option is to revise the scheme in some respects. The Council could choose to increase or decrease the amount of financial support available under the scheme. Options should be considered in the light of the knowledge gained during the implementation of the scheme over previous years.

 

The options for changing the scheme that have been considered to date have been listed below. Some of these were proposed by respondents to the consultation undertaken prior  ...  view the full minutes text for item 103.

104.

DECISION TO COMMISSION STATUTORY AND STRATEGIC SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT FUNCTIONS THROUGH HARINGEY EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP pdf icon PDF 687 KB

[Report of the Interim Director for Children’s Services Report. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Children and Families.]Cabinet is asked to support the development of a new, not for profit school improvement company (Haringey Education Partnership) in partnership with schools in the borough and to commit to commissioning statutory and strategic school improvement functions through this vehicle.

 

 

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Children and Families introduced the report which set out proposals for a not for profit ‘schools company’, known as the Haringey Education Partnership (HEP), to drive school improvement from 1st September 2018. A Cabinet decision was required to confirm the Council’s support for establishing HEP; committing to commission ongoing statutory and strategic school improvement functions through HEP; to accept the one-off cost of transition and to provide technical and financial assistance to support the set-up of the new organisation.

 

RESOLVED

 

  1. That future school improvement in Haringey should take place through a schools led school improvement company (known as Haringey Education Partnership) in collaboration with the Council

 

  1. The Council, along with schools buying in as members, should establish Haringey Education Partnership in early 2018 as a not for profit schools company limited by guarantee

 

  1. That the Council enter into a three-year contract with Haringey Education Partnership to deliver the Council’s ongoing statutory and strategic school improvement functions from September 2018

 

  1. To provide technical and financial assistance to support the set-up of Haringey Education Partnership

 

  1. To maintain the current school improvement service, offer until August 2018 and bear the cost of any redundancies

 

  1. That the Council would encourage maintained and voluntary schools to be members of Haringey Education Partnership and challenge any schools that do not buy in as to how they are accessing appropriate challenge and support

 

  1. To delegate to the Director of Children’s Services, after consultation with the Assistant Director of Corporate Governance, to finalise and enter into an agreement with Haringey Education Partnership and take any other necessary action to give effect to the recommendations set out in this report.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reasons for decision

 

There are three key reasons for establishing Haringey Education Partnership:

 

a)    Moving to exceptional in Haringey: Haringey Education Partnership will facilitate a schools led school improvement model to develop. This will build on the existing strengths of schools in Haringey to develop an exceptional school system with a higher proportion of outstanding schools and continue to tackle the remaining attainment gaps within and across schools in the borough

b)    National policy: The Department or Education has set out its intention to reduce the role of local authorities in providing school improvement services and driving schools towards joining multi-academy trusts. Establishing Haringey Education Partnership will maintain the partnership working between our schools and the Council, while building a schools led model of improvement

c)    Schools funding: the loss of funding to the Council through the Education Services Grant and potentially the Dedicated Schools Grant means the current service is financially unsustainable. Haringey Education Partnership will allow school improvement services to continue, and the Council to commission its ongoing statutory and strategic functions, at no ongoing cost the General Fund. 

 

Alternative options considered

 

Three other options have been considered:

 

a)    Do nothing / maintain existing services: The Council could choose to maintain the current school improvement model, committing to maintain existing resources and ways of working. To date, the current model has served us  ...  view the full minutes text for item 104.

105.

PROPERTY LICENSING ADDITIONAL AND SELECTIVE pdf icon PDF 343 KB

[Report of the Interim Director for Commercial and Operations. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Environment.]The report will seek Cabinet approval to commence a consultation exercise to seek views from residents, landlords and businesses on introducing a borough wide Additional Licensing Scheme for all HMOs and either a part or full borough Selective Licensing scheme for all other Private Sector Housing.

 

 

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Environment introduced the report which sought a decision from Cabinet to carry out a public consultation exercise in respect of the roll out of a borough wide additional licensing scheme and introduce a part borough selective licensing scheme.

 

The Cabinet Member for Environment emphasised that demand for housing was at an all-time high and there was a need for a wide range of homes, in terms size, type and tenure in the borough to meet the diversity of current and future needs. Rather than compromise the housing standards and conditions of both new and existing housing to meet the ever increasing demand, it was important to ensure that all who live in the borough have access to decent, secure housing.

 

The Cabinet Member spoke about having high quality, safe, warm and well maintained homes which should be available to all and not influenced by the person’s level of income or background. There was a need for a private sector, which makes up a third of Haringey’s housing, to thrive and be part of that offer.

 

The Cabinet Member emphasised the need to improve people’s surroundings and their local environment by reducing crime and anti-social behaviour.

 

The Cabinet Member asked Cabinet colleagues to agree a public consultation on the additional licensing scheme and introducing a selective licensing.

 

 

RESOLVED

 

  1. To authorise the Interim Director for Commercial and Operations, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment, to finalise and commence a statutory consultation, as outlined in section 13, on the proposal to roll out a borough wide additional licensing scheme and introduce a selective licensing scheme to 29 Lower Super Output Areas based on the evidence attached as Appendix 1.

 

  1. To approve the proposed licensing fees and charges detailed at Appendix 2

 

  1. To approve the proposed set of licensing conditions for both the additional and selective licensing scheme, attached as Appendix 3a and 3b.

 

Reasons for decision

 

It is necessary for the Cabinet to agree to the public being consulted on the licensing scheme proposals, including the licensing fees and conditions.

 

Alternative options considered

 

Do nothing and continue with existing legal powers - Existing powers available to the Council are largely reactive with officers responding to tenants’ complaints. Many tenants are reluctant to complain through fear of retaliatory eviction. Although current enforcement activity has been successful in remedying problems in individual dwellings, it is not felt to have raised the standard of private sector dwellings generally.

 

Voluntary Accreditation - Although the voluntary accreditation scheme is helpful in driving up standards, it relies on the willingness of landlords to sign up to it. It is likely therefore that conscientious landlords will continue to support the scheme, but that rogue landlords will remain difficult to identify and will avoid joining the scheme, preferring instead to operate with the minimum regulation.

 

 

106.

AUTHORITIES MONITORING REPORT - NON KEY pdf icon PDF 312 KB

[The report of the Assistant Director for Planning. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Housing, Regeneration and Planning.] Cabinet will be asked to note the findings of the Authority’s Monitoring Report (AMR) for the monitoring period 2016/17.

 

 

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Minutes:

The Leader of the Council introduced the Authority Monitoring Report (AMR) which was used to assess the effectiveness of Haringey’s planning policies and to inform any future revisions to policies or their implementation. The Leader referred to the delivery of affordable housing within the period under consideration which was 71% on major schemes and meant that the Council were operating at top quartile performance.

 

The Leader highlighted that over the last ten years there were 2477 affordable homes delivered in Haringey, 37% were social rent compared to 18% affordable rent and 45% intermediate products.

 

In response to questions from Cllr Engert the following information was noted.

 

·         The Council had the planning authority responsibility to ensure homes were consented but there were no tools to ensure that consents resulted in starts and completion of homes. This situation reflected the need for more power to be passed from Government to local authorities to enable them to tax developers who do not build out on schemes and to deter land banking. Also as housing development in London remained  a good investment, this also exacerbated the issues faced with the timeliness of developments. There could also be local issues with site preparation. The Assistant Director for Planning provided an example of the Clarendon road site development where remedial action to decontaminate the land had taken time but there were 1100 units expected to be built on this site. Therefore, the delays in developments could not be attributed solely to the local authority.

 

·         Potheroe House and Pretoria road developments would include affordable extra care homes which there was a need for, together with affordable units. Tenants moving to these properties would also likely be freeing up a social rented property in the borough.

 

·         There were no student homes listed in the table at 6.22.

 

·         The 40% target for affordable housing could only be applied to major developments and the Council was not able to seek this percentage on other schemes.

 

·         CIL was only payable when the development was implemented and with increased development and good CIL collection rates by the Council, this was likely to be a secure source of income.

 

 

 

 

 

 

RESOLVED

 

1.    To note the comments of the Regulatory Committee (para 6.50)

 

2.    To note the findings of the Authority’s Monitoring Report (AMR) for the monitoring period 2016/17.

3.    To note the Authority’s Monitoring Report (AMR) 2016/17 will be made available for public inspection, on the Council’s website, in line with the statutory requirements.

 

 

Reasons for Decision

The publication of the Authority Monitoring Report is a requirement of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended) (“the Act”). Approval of the AMR 2016/17 for publication will ensure that the Council meets its statutory obligations for planning performance monitoring.

 

Alternative options considered

 

The Act 2011 requires local planning authorities to produce monitoring reports. The Council considers that Haringey’s existing procedure of annual monitoring is an effective way for presenting the effectiveness of planning policies, within existing resources. As such, no other options were considered  ...  view the full minutes text for item 106.

107.

LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2018/19 pdf icon PDF 328 KB

[Report of the Assistant Director for Planning. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Housing, Regeneration and Planning.]The LIP sets out the overarching borough transport objectives and delivery plans aimed at implementing the Mayor of London's Transport Strategy and the Haringey Transport Strategy. The Mayor of London uses the LIP to allocated funds to boroughs to spend on projects.

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The Cabinet Member for Environment introduced the report which set out the Local Implementation Plan (LIP) for approval. This contained proposals for the delivery of the Mayors Transport Strategy (MTS) and represented a significant annual investment programme that specifically supports Priority 3 and Priority 4 of the Corporate Plan. Details of the linkage between the LIP and Corporate Plan were shown in Appendix 2. TfL gave Boroughs the opportunity to bid for money annually to deliver projects in their LIP.

 

The plan covered both physical renewal and improvement of the Borough’s transport infrastructure alongside softer measures to promote behaviour change and engage with wider safety, health and environmental objectives including air quality through support for more walking and cycling including for local businesses. The full detail of the submission was contained in Appendix 1.

 

Generally, TfL produced guidance setting out their funding priorities. However, the guidance for 2018/19 has been issued as interim LIP annual spending submission until the Mayor’s Draft Transport Strategy is adopted later this year. This is in essence unchanged from that issued for 2017/18. TfL advise boroughs to submit their spending submission for 2018/19 on the assumption that funding.

 

In response to Councillor Carter’s question, it was noted that the outcomes of the Green Lanes study were not published and the scope of the study did not just relate to Wightman Road but to the whole Green Lanes area. There was a meeting with the Green Lanes steering group, involving a number of stakeholders, on the options before consultation proceeds on each scheme.

 

The Cabinet Member for Environment added that The Transport Strategy was still in draft, but had overarching and clear commitments on walking and cycling and there would be action plans arising from the strategy for specific locations in the borough.

 

The Leader further elaborated with an example of the consistency between the Transport strategy and Green Lanes study and referred to the work in Seven Sisters ward to tackle pavement parking and safer cycling routes.

 

 

RESOLVED

 

To approve the funding submission as set out in the appendix 1.

 

Reasons for decision

 

The LIP submission provides a major source of funding to deliver the draft Haringey transport strategy projects and programmes.

 

Alternative options considered

 

The Annual Spending Submission supports our approved LIP covering 2011 to 2031 and the priorities in the Corporate Plan and draft Transport Strategy. It is, therefore, not considered necessary to consider other options.

 

 

108.

DISABILITY RELATED EXPENDITURE DISREGARD PROPOSAL pdf icon PDF 279 KB

[Report of the Director for Adult Social Care. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for  Adult Social Care and Culture.] Report setting out the findings of the consultation with proposed recommendations with regards to the proposal to bring disability related expenditure disregard more in line with other London Boroughs by April 2019.

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Adult Services and Social Care introduced the report which set out the outcome of the consultation which was undertaken between 17th July and 4th September 2017 on the proposal for Adult Services to operate a DRE [Disability related expenditure] of 40%, (£22.04 per week) by 2019/20 to deliver £328k savings.

 

The Cabinet Member provided assurance that there would be a phased reduction to meet the 40% threshold by 2019/20. It was important to note that residents would still be entitled to an assessment. Whilst being expected to make a fair contribution to their care, they would have protected from experiencing financial hardship.

 

In response to questions from Cllr Engert:

 

  • Individual Assessments would ensure that no one would be in a situation where they cannot pay contributions to their cost of care.

 

  • The boroughs listed were not outlier boroughs but those which had responded to the Council’s request for information on their DRE policy.

 

  • Given the level of cuts the Council was facing and the current wider financial climate, there was, unfortunately, a need to make smaller savings and this situation was unlikely to change.

 

 

RESOLVED

 

 

1.    To consider and take into account the feedback from the consultation undertaken.

 

2.    To consider and take into account the equalities impact assessment of the proposals on protected groups.

 

3.    To consider and take into account the actions proposed to mitigate the impact of the proposals on the protected group i.e. service users.

 

4.    To approve the phased reduction in DRE disregard to 40% (£22.04) by 2019/20 and the offer of individual financial assessment for service users who are concerned about financial hardship.

 

 

Reason for decision

 

The consultation highlighted that of the 20% of those people who responded 75% disagreed/strongly disagreed to increase charges by reducing the standard DRE, 60% did not feel they could financially manage an increase in their contribution of between £5.00 to £14.00 per week and 62% disagreed/strongly disagreed with bringing DRE in more in line with other Councils by 2019. The quantitative responses showed that the reason for this was mainly due to concerns around financial hardship and having to spend more money on their care.

 

In responding to questions that would mitigate these concerns, 47% of respondents indicated that they would take advantage of an individual financial assessment. This will continue to ensure that concerns around financial hardship and having to spend more money on care are offset by the assessment helping to identify additional expenses related to disability over and above the standard disregard and if appropriate reduce the contribution.

 

Therefore, if the proposal is agreed, as part of the implementation, everyone directly affected will be financially reviewed and offered an individual disability related expenditure assessment to identify additional expenditure above the standard disregard.

 

It should also be noted that if the individual assessment results in the actual expenditure being less than the standard disregard, then the standard would be applied in the assessment to ensure that people are not paying  ...  view the full minutes text for item 108.

109.

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT SERVICE FRAMEWORK: AWARD OF CONTRACTS pdf icon PDF 322 KB

[Report of the Assistant Director for Commissioning . To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Adult Social  Care and Culture.] The ‘Positive Behaviour Support Service’ framework aims to address the needs of adults and young people with complex needs (including learning disabilities and/or autism; those who display behaviour that challenges; and those with mental health conditions) through the delivery of specialised interventions in a supported living environment.  Cabinet approval will be sought  to award the contracts under this framework.

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Culture introduced the report which set out contract to enable stronger offer to improve the life outcomes for the most vulnerable social and health care users. These were mainly adults and young people with complex needs (including learning disabilities and/or autism), those who display behaviour that challenges and those with mental health conditions. The contract would improve community based intervention as part of wider strategy to promote independence and enable clients to live locally in the community.

 

Big Lottery Fund, England Committee, had also agreed to offer an in-principle award of up to £1,465,018 revenue funding (over four years) to Haringey Council to contribute towards the PBS contract provision.

 

RESOLVED

 

To approve the proposal to enter into framework agreements with the successful tenderers listed in paragraph 3.2 to deliver Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Services as allowed under Contract Standing Order (CSO) 9.07.1 (d), for a period of four (4) years.

 

Successful Tenderers were as follows:

 

·      Care Management Group Limited

·      Centre 404

·      Dimensions (UK) Limited

·      Support for Living Limited

·      The Avenues Trust Group

 

Reasons for decision

 

At a time of limited financial resources, the Council continues to seek innovative solutions to funding intervention that deliver good outcomes for local people, and especially for those with complex needs that present with behaviour that challenges. Haringey Council has a growing number of customers with complex needs and it expects to see a long-term increase in numbers of people with challenging behaviours.

 

For various reasons, those users with the highest and most complex needs have often been accommodated in health facilities or in the most expensive form of out of area residential provision. In these situations, the quality of life outcomes for vulnerable customers (mainly those with Learning Disabilities) are typically not good and there have been well publicised court cases (most recently Winterbourne View) where carers were found guilty of abusing vulnerable residents and jailed. A recent review of residential and nursing care undertaken by Haringey Public Health shows that the customer group with the largest net expenditure per year is Learning Disability. This group also has the largest average net unit cost per person per year.

 

It is part of Haringey’s objective to keep people healthy and living in their own communities for longer and to see a greater emphasis on promoting independence, dignity and choice, with care and support shifting away from institutional care towards community and home based support.

 

To address the gap in service provision for these customers, Haringey Council has undertaken a procurement process to commission a framework of a small number of specialist providers to deliver the evidence based PBS intervention in a community setting with the intention of preventing traditionally poorer quality of life outcomes particularly for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities. This project aims to reach in total 98 customers over its life.

 

The main rationale for choosing a PBS approach is because of the strong evidence base and because it is a NICE best practice  ...  view the full minutes text for item 109.

110.

Minutes of Other Bodies pdf icon PDF 68 KB

To note the minutes of the following:

Cabinet Member Signing – 5th October 2017

Cabinet Member Signing – 10th October 2017

Cabinet Member Signing – 12th October 2017

Cabinet Member Signing – 13th October 2017

Cabinet Member Signing – 17th October 2017

Cabinet Member Signing – 25th October 2017

Cabinet Member Signing  - 31 October 2017

 

 

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Minutes:

RESOLVED

 

To note the minutes of the following:

Cabinet Member Signing – 5th October 2017

Cabinet Member Signing – 10th October 2017

Cabinet Member Signing – 12th October 2017

Cabinet Member Signing – 13th October 2017

Cabinet Member Signing – 17th October 2017

Cabinet Member Signing – 25th October 2017

Cabinet Member Signing  - 31 October 2017

 

111.

Significant and Delegated Actions pdf icon PDF 206 KB

To consider delegated and significant decisions taken by directors in  October 2017.

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Minutes:

RESOLVED

 

To note the significant and delegated actions taken by directors in October 2017.

112.

New Items of Urgent Business

To consider any items admitted at Item 3 above.

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Minutes:

None

113.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

Note from the Democratic Services &Scrutiny Manager

 

Item 20 and 21 allow for the consideration of exempt information in relation to items 15 &  3 respectively.

 

TO RESOLVE

 

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  Part 1, schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

 

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Minutes:

RESOLVED

 

That the press and public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting as the item 20 contained exempt information, as defined under paragraph, 3  Part 1, schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

 

114.

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT SERVICE FRAMEWORK: AWARD OF CONTRACTS

As per item 15.

Minutes:

As per item 109.

115.

New Items of Exempt Urgent Business

To consider any items admitted at Item 3 above.

 

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Minutes:

None.