Agenda and minutes
Venue: Room C1, 1st Floor, Town Hall, Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent, London E14 2BG
Contact: Antonella Burgio Email: antonella.burgio@towerhamlets.gov.uk
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Sirajul Islam, Rachel Blake, Asma Begum and Abdal Ullah and from Kate Herbert of LGA.
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Minutes: No declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests were made,
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MINUTES OF TOWER HAMLETS BEST VAILUE IMPROVEMENT BOARD The Board noted that Tower Hamlets Best Value Improvement Board had been decommissioned following the withdrawal of the Secretary of State’s Directions on 30 September 2018 and that the minutes were circulated for information to Members of Tower Hamlets Transformation and Improvement Board.
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Transformation and Improvement Board Work Programme, Terms of Reference & LGA Action Plan PDF 98 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Board considered the report which advised those present of the governance arrangements of the Board, its work programme and action plan arising from the LGA Peer Review which took place in June 2018.
The Board heard that their role was to:
· Drive sustainable transformation and improvement across the Council;
· Provide oversight, support and challenge;
· Cchallenge the pace and impact of the Council’s transformation and improvement activity/plan;
· Take forward the recommendations made by the LGA Corporate Peer Challenge and other reviews as appropriate.
The Board noted that: · The new work programme would take forward outstanding matters from the Best Value Improvement Plan and areas highlighted during the LGA Peer Challenge in June 2018. The improvement programme would be delivered under priority area headings. · Progress on the implementation of the action plan would be reported quarterly in the following areas of focus; the Mayor’s priorities, programmed service reviews, improvement programmes in Adult Social Care and Children’s Social Care, and transformation programme. New areas of focus could be added where appropriate. · The action identified arising from the LGA Peer Challenge focus on areas for organisational improvement. · The historical context which has informed the establishment of the new Board and that it will continue the framework established in terms of monitoring and public accountability. Hence the Mayor’s priorities are also included with the aim of making the borough a better place to live and work. · The action plan would not only address service delivery and organisational culture to ensure a consistent approach between organisational and political priorities.
The Board requested that:
RESOLVED
1. That the discussion be noted and actions requested by Board be taken forward 2. That the terms of reference (appendix 1) for the TIB be approved. 3. That the TIB work programme (appendix 3) be approved 4. That the LGA Corporate Peer Challenge action plan (appendix 2), be approved
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Clear Up Project Workstream Closure PDF 83 KB Minutes: The Board heard from the Corporate Director Governance and Monitoring Officer who advised that: · Actions which remained to be completed and had been reported at the Best Value Improvement Board of 17 September 2018 had been addressed and resolved. Details of the actions taken were reported and paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of the report. · Referrals under the Council’s Whistleblowing Policy were now monitored through the Council’s Audit Committee.
The Board noted: · 60 issues originally were referred for investigation and these had been reported to Best Value Improvement Board as each investigation was completed. · The projects reported at paragraph 5 related to HR matters and had been addressed by the Divisional Director. · The project reported at paragraph 4 concerned untrue grant applications in 2013. The complaint had been investigated and the results did not show evidence of subversion of the grants process. Therefore the complaint has been closed. The Board was advised that transparent and accountable arrangements around grant application and monitoring were in place which included cross-party scrutiny. Risk monitoring had recently been introduced into the monitoring framework. However because transparency of grant arrangements was uppermost, there were in some cases more bureaucratic grant making arrangements where funding was derived from S106 and CIL.
The Board requested:
RESOLVED
That it be agreed that the Clear Up Project be closed since all outstanding actions were now complete.
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Improvement: Children's Service Progress Report PDF 61 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Board heard from the Cabinet Member for Children Schools and Young People. He informed Members that:
The Board also heard from the Principal Social Worker who outlined following matters:
The Board observed:
RESOLVED
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ANY OTHER UNRESTRICTED BUSINESS CONSIDERED TO BE URGENT Minutes: Nil items
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