The chairs of the sub-committees to report back to the committee.
Minutes:
7.1 Councillor Tom Flynn, chair of the housing & community safety scrutiny sub-committee, updated the committee on the work of the sub-committee. This included reviewing the independent investigation into works at Draper House and the AA Vs Southwark eviction case. Members had been on visits with the noise team and housing repairs teams and were currently reviewing homelessness and a judicial review. The March meeting would consider a report on housing repairs.
7.2 Councillor Jasmine Ali, chair of the education & children’s services scrutiny sub-committee, reported on the sub-committee’s work programme. The sub-committee had focussed on attainment, adoption, child sexual exploitation, autism and free healthy school meals. Councillor Ali also informed the committee that there would be a policy seminar on attainment, adoption and child sexual exploitation.
7.3 Councillor Rebecca Lury, chair of the healthy communities scrutiny sub-committee, reported that the sub-committee had engaged with a number of external groups, including the CCG and hospitals. The director of public health attended all the sub-committee’s meetings. The sub-committee’s two major enquiries had centred on personalisation and the health of the borough. In addition, the sub-committee had interviewed three cabinet members.
7.4 The chair of the committee, Councillor Gavin Edwards, indicated that the committee’s future work programme would include consideration of the results of the school places survey and the staff survey, further work on rents of council premises and continuing monitoring of the free swim and gym project.