Issue - meetings

There were six member questions. The questions and responses were published as a supplement to the agenda.

There were six member questions. The questions and responses were published as a supplement to the agenda.

With regards to his second member question, Will Forster queried if the details of the bid would be sent to councillors as soon as it was published. The Cabinet Member for Transport and Infrastructure confirmed that as with Tranche 2, divisional members would be consulted on the schemes in their area. With regards to his third member question, Will Forster asked what the council was doing to improve response times to FOI requests. The Leader stated that 208 days was an exception and that a number of requests were received that required a lot of officer time to ensure accuracy. Steps were being taken to improve response times and the Leader would brief the member on this.

With regards to member question 4, Jonathan Essex stated that he felt that the item in question conflicted with the councils carbon reduction strategy and asked for the relevant numbers that underpinned the report.  The Cabinet Member for Transport and Infrastructure stated that the work being undertaken would facilitate the Runnymede Local Plan and would ease congestion to the road in question. Modelling would be available as part of the planning application and the member was advised to submit comments as part of the planning application. With regards to member question 5, Jonathan Essex asked what the council was doing to lobby government around the scarcity of social workers. The Cabinet Member for Children and Families stated that the issues at hand were national and that there was very little the government could do. The Leader explained that a paper would be taken to the Strategic Investment Board around the arrangements for recruitment.