RESOLVED:
That the Cabinet agreed:
1. to the proposed transfer of staff and noted the associated MTFP pressures that will commence in 2019-20; and
2. that Surrey County Council would agree and document future service levels and mutual obligations in a Service Level Agreement or mutual Agreements with Surrey Police and the Senior Coroner.
Reasons for decisions
This transfer will provide a single source of support to the Surrey Coroner recognising SCC’s role in supporting the Coroner Service and the nature of the role of Coroner’s Officer.
Defining the services that each of the three parties can expect of each other will provide the Coroner with clarity about future support arrangements and ensures transparency of the use of public funds
There is clear evidence from those areas where a transfer has been undertaken that the service runs more efficiently where just one agency has overall responsibility for providing the Coroner with a comprehensive support package and ultimately can lead to improvements to the experience of bereaved residents in line with SCC’s corporate Resident Experience priority.
[The decisions on this item can be called in by the Communities Select Committee]