Members are reminded to consider the categories of interest, identified in the Code of Conduct for Members to determine; whether they have an interest in any agenda item and any action they should take. For further details, see the attached note from the Monitoring Officer.

Members are also reminded to declare the nature of the interest at the earliest opportunity and the agenda item it relates to. Please note that ultimately it is the Members’ responsibility to identify any interests and also update their register of interests form as required by the Code.

If in doubt as to the nature of an interest, you are advised to seek advice prior to the meeting by contacting the Monitoring Officer or Democratic Services.

The unrestricted minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 26 April 2023 are presented for approval.

Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Committee (OSC) to report on any issues  raised by the OSC in relation to unrestricted business to be considered.

(Under provisions of Section 30, Rule 59 of the Constitution).

DECISION:

1.    Note the report and the proposed healthier advertising policy.

2.    Approve the healthier advertising policy to be adopted by the Council.

ACTION BY:

ACTING CORPORATE DIRECTOR FOR HEALTH ADULTS AND COMMUNITY (W. TOMSETT)

Associate Director of Public Health (K. Scammell)

DECISION:

1.    To agree the proposed action responding to the Children & Education Scrutiny Sub-Committee Challenge Session on “Increasing Women and Girls Access and Participation in sport provision and physical activity”.

ACTION BY:

Corporate Director Children’s Services, (J. THOMAS)

Director of Commissioning and Culture (M. Eady)

DECISION:

1.    Agree to fund the meal price at £2.90 per pupil per day rising to £3 in year 2 of the project.

2.    Agree to a 3-phase approach to launching the project to allow schools to prepare appropriately for the deliver of meals to all secondary school pupils.

3.    Agree to fund the upfront investment costs for all the schools estimated to be a total of £722,350 to ensure schools have the correct equipment and resources to increase their catering capacity.

4.    Approve the Conditions of Grant, support provision and evaluation activities for schools. These will provide a clear and consistent framework on how to derive maximum benefit from the project (encouraging uptake of good quality nutritious school meals) as well as providing data to demonstrate maximum value for money for Tower Hamlets’ investment in UFSM.

ACTION BY:

Corporate Director Children’s Services, (J. THOMAS)

Director of Commissioning and Culture (M. Eady)

DECISION

To note the Record of Corporate Directors’ Actions set out in Appendix 1.

ACTION BY:

INTERIM CORPORATE DIRECTOR, RESOURCES (C. HOLLAND)

Interim Head of Procurement (W. Jabang)

DECISION:

1.    Note the alternative delivery approaches set out in the report.

2.    To rescind the Cabinet decision of December 2021 to dispose the Bromley Hall/Lochnagar Street site and to instead include that site within the scope of the proposals in the report.

3.    The Mayor will approve the Heads of Terms of the final agreements for each development package for the Joint Venture (JV) Development Agreements, following consultation with the Chief Executive and the interim Corporate Director of Resources. 

4.    Approve a revenue-funded budget allocation of £1.1m from the HRA to cover the professional fees for legal, and consultancy advice and any de-risking activity to potential sites being delivered through the JV Development Agreement approach to enable the alternative delivery route to be established and progressed to the issue of the tender prospectus

5.    Authorise  the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Mayor and the interim Corporate Director of Resources, to substitute schemes within the Approved HRA Capital Programme.

6.    After prior consultation with the Chief Executive and the interim Corporate Director of Resources, the Mayor will authorise them to take all necessary steps to deliver the approved capital programme, including but not limited to  going  out to tender, appointing  consultants and contractors in accordance with the Procurement Procedures, acquiring land interests, appropriating   land from the General Fund to the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) for the delivery of new council homes and exercising other rights of appropriation, subject to approved budget.

7.    Note the Equalities Impact Assessment and specific equalities considerations as set out in Section 4 of the report.

ACTION BY:

DIRECTOR OF HOUSING (K.SWIFT)

Head of Housing Supply (R. Brandon)

Should the Mayor in Cabinet consider it necessary, it is recommended that the following motion be adopted to allow consideration of any exempt/restricted documents.

“That, under the provisions of Section 100A of the Local Government Act, 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act, 1985, the Press and Public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting for the consideration of the Section Two business on the grounds that it contains information defined as Exempt in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government, Act 1972”.

EXEMPT/CONFIDENTIAL SECTION (PINK)

Nil items.

Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Committee (OSC) to report on any issues  raised by the OSC in relation to exempt/confidential business to be considered.

(Under provisions of Section 30, Rule 59 of the Constitution).