Cllr Barnes to Cllr das Neves
1. A recent follow up to a scrutiny question indicates there are still a substantial number of unactioned safeguarding emails within the Safeguarding Adult Duty Team and, as has been noted 'the opening of a safeguarding email does not, in itself, trigger service provision'. Please can you clarify the council's revised target time for actually acting upon, not just opening, safeguarding referrals since this matter was made public?
Cllr Carroll to Cllr Williams
2. Haringey has one of the largest council house building programmes in the country. Please could you tell us why good quality council homes are so important.
Cllr Emery to Cllr Williams
3. I, along with other members, have received numerous reports of empty council houses which, after making enquiries, it turns out that the council had not re-tenanted because they had not been referred to the voids team. How can the council fail to be aware when its own properties are vacant?
Cllr O’Donovan to Cllr Ali
4. What steps has the Council taken to make Haringey a greener borough?
Cllr Cawley-Harrison to Cllr Gordon
5. Hornsey Town Hall has finally opened its doors following its recent restoration, with the Crouch End Festival’s Christmas fair and events programme used as a vehicle for the building's “Grand Opening”. Since then, we have seen very limited activity inside, no fit out, no events programme, no arts direction, very little engagement with the community, and little desire from the current owners to finish off parts of the building, such as the Supper Room or Rooftop Bar. A sale of the building has been listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since last year - with big question marks over what that means. Can you confirm what the new owner’s plans for the building are, given the current owners continue to fail to deliver the vibrant, cultural building the Haringey community was promised?
Cllr Amin to Cllr Brabazon
6. Please could you tell us how the Council has improved the lives of children and young people in Haringey?
Cllr Collett to Cllr Brabazon
7. The Education Secretary acknowledges the importance of teaching assistants, but wider proposed reforms could significantly affect their already extensive role in supporting inclusion and learning. Although the Inclusion Grant has been welcomed, unions argue it is far too small to meaningfully improve staffing levels in mainstream schools. Experts also warn that the £1.6 billion allocated nationally will not be sufficient to increase staffing across thousands of education settings. Schools continue to face severe TA shortages, and unions are campaigning for permanent contracts, better pay, and specialist training to provide stability for vulnerable children, in line with the ambitions of the Government’s recent SEND white paper. What scheduled and costed plans do Haringey Council have to provide specialist training and full-time contracts for Teaching Assistants, that would be required to realise the ambitions set out in the white paper, for our SEND children?
Cllr Lawton to Cllr Arkell
8. Could you tell us how the council is improving parks and play areas across the borough?
Cllr Dogan to Cllr das Neves
9. Haringey now has a pioneering community mental health hub. Please could you tell us how the new Roger Sylvester Centre will improve mental health support in Haringey?