The Chair placed on record his thanks to the scrutiny leads in terms of the work that they have undertaken in the past 12 months which had been a challenging and demanding year for the Council’s scrutiny function within Tower Hamlets.

In addition, it was Noted that on the:

v  15^th of March 2022 Housing & Regeneration Scrutiny Sub Committee would be looking at: (i) quarterly performance data in relation to delivering effective and customer focused services by the Social Landlords with homes in the Borough: (ii) Housing Strategy 2016-21: Delivery Themes; and (iii) the Final updates on Open Spaces and Homelessness Reduction Act Action Plans.

v  8^th of March 2022 Health & Adults Scrutiny Sub-Committee would be looking at: (i) Update on Adults Learning Disability Scrutiny Action Plan; (ii) Post-Covid syndrome, also known as Long Covid.

The Committee are asked to note the updates from Scrutiny Leads.

The Committee received and noted the updates from the Scrutiny Lead Members. Arising out of discussions on these updates it was noted that Councillor Faroque Ahmed (Scrutiny Lead for Community Safety) had participated in the recent Tower Hamlets Tension Monitoring Group and that the Council, police, community, and faith leaders are working closely to provide community reassurance around three serious incidents that have taken place in recent weeks in Tower Hamlets. In addition, Councillor Ahmed advised the Committee that he was convening a Challenge Session on the 30^th of September 2021.

The Committee are asked to note the updates from Scrutiny Leads.

The Committee received and noted the updates from the Scrutiny Lead Members. Arising out of discussions on the updates it was noted that Housing & Regeneration Scrutiny Sub Committee would be looking at the performance of Registered Social Landlords in the very near future.