Agenda and minutes

Executive Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 18th February, 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

52.

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

Minutes:

All Members were present.

53.

Declarations of Interest in Matters coming before this meeting

Minutes:

No interests were declared in matters before the meeting.

54.

To receive the minutes of the meeting held on 14 January 2021 pdf icon PDF 97 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 14 January 2021 were agreed as a correct record.

55.

To receive the minutes of the meeting held on 21 January 2021 pdf icon PDF 111 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 21 January 2021 were agreed as a correct record.

56.

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.

57.

Follow-up: Matters for clarification from the last meeting pdf icon PDF 77 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.

58.

Consideration of Executive Decisions Taken and any Call-Ins pdf icon PDF 93 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.

 

In respect of decisions relating to the Schools Budget report, clarification was sought on what the position would be should the Government approve the Council’s disapplication request. It was confirmed that, in the unlikely event of that happening, that an urgent decision could be made to agree a revised Schools Budget before the requisite deadline.

 

On the Elective Home Education Policy, thanks were given to Officers who had updated the flow-chart in the Policy to assist in parent’s understanding following comments raised by the Residents, Education and Environmental Services Policy Overview Committee.

 

On the 2021/22 budget report recommended to Council, the Committee noted that Cabinet’s decisions could not be called-in.

 

RESOLVED: – That the remaining decisions made by the Cabinet at their meeting on 18 February 2021 be endorsed and that no call-in be made.