Agenda and draft minutes

To consider the admission of any items of urgent business. Late items of urgent business will be considered under the agenda item where they appear and new items of urgent business will be considered under Item 3 below.  

There were no late items of urgent business.

(Report of the Interim Chief Operating Officer). The report seeks approval to contract the statutory homelessness review function to Housing Reviews Limited with effect from 1 May 2014 until 30April 2016.

The Leader of the Council considered a report, previously circulated, which sought approval to contract out the statutory homelessness review function to Housing Reviews Limited with effected from 1 May 2014 until 30 April 2016.

RESOLVED:

That approval be given to the contracting out of the statutory homelessness review function to Housing Reviews Limited with effect from 1May 2014 until 30 April 2016.

Alternative options considered

The only alternative to contracting out the function is to have a specialist Housing Review Officer on a senior grade, with additional administrative support.  However, given the number of reviews this is not the best option in terms of value for money, neither is it sufficiently responsive to the peaks and troughs in the workload.  Contracting out the reviews enables the Council to pay only for work done.   The contracted service is estimated to provide savings of around 50% compared to the equivalent in-house service.

Reasons for decision

To approve the award of the contract.

To consider any new items of urgent business admitted under Item 1 above.

There were no new items of urgent business.