Issue - meetings

There were eight questions received from four Members.  The questions and responses are attached as annex A.

There were eight questions received from four Members.  The questions and responses are attached as annex A.

Several supplementary questions were asked by Members:-

Q1. Mr Will Forster asked if support would be available to the families of EU staff.  The Deputy Leader responded that guidance for the general public was available on the Government website and links would be put on the Council’s website as well as social media.

Q2. Mr Will Forster asked what insurance had the Council received, or would receive, as a result of Lakers Youth Centre.  The Cabinet Member for Children, Young People & Families responded that she would send that information to Mr Forster.

Q4. Dr Andrew Povey was pleased with the revised recommendations for the community recycling centres and asked for assurance that the assessment would be open and published and that ideas from residents would be sought. The Cabinet Member for Environment & Waste gave assurances and stated that further details would be discussed under item 7a on the agenda.

Q5. Mr Jonathan Essex asked if it could be confirmed what the predicted monthly expenditure was for agency and interim workers in the 19/20 year.  The Cabinet Member for Corporate Support would send a written response for this.

Q6. Mr Jonathan Essex asked:

          (a)        In relation to children’s centres he asked for an explanation why it was considered that only one mobile bus was deemed to be enough to provide effective coverage

          (b)        for consideration of the Government guidance of distance of community recycling centres

          (c)        for further consideration of methods for increasing recycling and increasing revenue from recycling, e.g. sorting paper

          (d)        for assurances that further proposals would not reduce recycling rates and this is looked at properly

The Leader stated that the questions b) to d) regarding recycling centres would be dealt with under the agenda item when more information would be reported.

With regards to question a) the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People & Families stated that more information would be discussed under agenda item 7a but in a nutshell what the Council was proposing was for an outreach service that doesn’t focus on buildings.  What came out of the consultation is that the mobile centre would be focussed on hard to reach communities e.g. Gypsy/Roma communities and would provide flexible outreach service.  The remaining children’s centres would be hubs from which outreach service would be provided to a much wider area.

Q8. Mr Jonathan Essex asked for confirmation how the new Investment Strategy would develop and how one could contribute to it.  The Leader responded that the Investment Board would be considering the future Investment Strategy in the near future that will consider whether investment continues out of the county but at the moment the focus will be on the Surrey estate.