Agenda and minutes

Executive Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 21st January, 2021 7.15 pm

Venue: VIRTUAL - Live on the Council's YouTube channel: Hillingdon London. View directions

Contact: Mark Braddock - Statutory Scrutiny Officer 

Items
No. Item

46.

Apologies for Absence and to report the presence of any substitute Members

Minutes:

All Members were present.

47.

Declarations of Interest in Matters coming before this meeting

Minutes:

No interests were declared in matters before the meeting.

48.

To receive the minutes of the meeting held on 10 December 2020 pdf icon PDF 112 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 10 December 2020 were agreed as a correct record.

49.

Exclusion of Press and Public

To confirm that the items of business marked Part I will be considered in public and that the items marked Part II will be considered in private.

Minutes:

Items to be considered in public and those in private were confirmed.

 

50.

Follow-up: Matters for clarification from the last meeting pdf icon PDF 45 KB

To receive the responses on any information requests or clarifications on matters from the previous Cabinet meeting and associated reports.

Minutes:

Clarifications from the last meeting were noted.

 

51.

Consideration of Executive Decisions Taken and any Call-Ins pdf icon PDF 94 KB

To undertake the statutory scrutiny role of executive decision-making by the London Borough of Hillingdon, and in particular to review decisions made by the Cabinet prior to this meeting. Members should consider any other decision taken by a Cabinet Member(s) or key decision taken by an Officer published in the five working days before this meeting.

 

Minutes:

Members of the Committee attended the virtual Cabinet meeting held prior so that they could review the Cabinet reports and decisions made.

 

The Committee sought clarifications on the Monthly Budget Monitoring Report, specifically:

 

1.    The Committee noted the difficulties in planning for the costs for SEN spend, whilst it also noted there has been a consistent underestimate of the costs. Therefore, the Committee requested information on the basis on which forecast estimates for expected costs for new SEN pupils over the year are planned.

 

2.    The Committee requested information on whether the Council would make any representations to the Government on the additional £80 per pupil funding catch-up fund to be increased, in light of the pandemic.

 

On a report considered in the private part of the meeting, the Committee sought clarification on how the capital receipts from the sale of the properties and garage sites referenced would be ring fenced for types of housing projects.

 

RESOLVED: – That the decisions made by the Cabinet at their meeting on 21 January 2021 be endorsed and that no call-in be made.