Decision details

1.     The proposal to create a new Joint Trading Standards Service with Buckinghamshire County Council with effect from 1 April 2015 be approved.

2.     That the Executive functions of the Council, which are within the remit of the Trading Standards service, shall be discharged by a newly constituted Joint Committee to be established with Buckinghamshire County Council with effect from 1 April 2015 be agreed.

3.     That the Joint Committee will comprise one Cabinet Member from each partner authority, together with another member from each who may attend regularly in an optional advisory and supportive capacity but who would not form part of the Joint Committee itself be agreed.

4.     The responsibility for agreeing the detail of an Inter Authority Agreement with Buckinghamshire, and other related issues including establishing the Standing Orders for the Joint Committee, be delegated to the Strategic Director for Customers and Communities, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Community Services.

5.     The responsibility to amend the Council’s Constitution to reflect the changes arising from the report be delegated to the Director of Legal and Democratic Services.

Reasons for Decisions:

The creation of a new joint Trading Standards service will enhance services for residents and business in Surrey and in Buckinghamshire.

A new joint service will enable both local authorities to achieve the Medium Term Financial Plan targets, and will position the service better to generate further income in future years.