Agenda item

To receive and consider a report from the Executive Director of Health, Housing and Adult Social Care outlining details of a call-in received on the Cabinet decision taken on the Prevention and Early Intervention Contract Awards: (Report No:99). 

The decision that has been called in was taken at Cabinet on 18 October 2017 and included on the Publication of Decision List No: 33/17-18 (List Ref:2/33/17-18) issued on 20 October 2017.

This report will be considered in conjunction with the information included on the part 2 agenda.

It is proposed that consideration of the call-in be structured as follows:

·       Brief outline of reasons for the call-in by representative (s) of the members who have called in the decision.

·       Response to the reasons provided for the Call-In by the Cabinet members responsible for taking the decision.

·       Debate by Overview & Scrutiny Committee and agreement on action to be taken. 

The Chair explained that it had been decided to withdraw the Call- In regarding the Prevention and Early Intervention Contract Awards on the understanding that:

a)    The decision to award the contract to Community Barnet is referred back to Cabinet for further consideration and

b)    Officers agree to produce a report to Overview and Scrutiny Committee in due course, summarising the success measures and performance expectations that are built into the more detailed agreements with each consortia.

Councillor Levy went on to say that the Committee would not enter into any further discussion on this item, for now, as there were no outstanding issues of contention for the Overview and Scrutiny Committee to consider.

Bindi Nagra stated that this matter would therefore be brought back to Cabinet. He emphasised the need for promptness as a number of funding for organisations would come to an end in November.  It was pointed out however, that it was necessary for sufficient notice to be given before the item could be considered by Cabinet.