Decision details

Approve joining a Pan-London Commissioning Vehicle for placements in a Secure Children's Home in London

1.  That approval for Southwark Council becoming a member of a not-for-profit company, limited by guarantee provisionally to be known as the Pan London Vehicle (PLV) with an estimate cost of £100,000 for membership up to 31 March 2028 be formally approved by the Strategic Director for Children’s and Adults’ Services.

2.  That it be noted by the Strategic Director for Children’s and Adults’ Services that the PLV will develop and then oversee the running of London’s secure children’s home provision for a five-year period from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2028, with a break-point after three years once the refreshed business case has been developed as well as the service pricing structure, commissioning approach, operating model, practice mode and the Secure Children’s Home’s location is confirmed.

3.  That it be noted by the Strategic Director for Children’s and Adults’ Services that once the provision has launched, membership will be at a fixed annual cost of £20K (subject to inflation adjustment), unless an alternative model for funding the PLV, that does not require annual subscription, is agreed by members during the development phase and collaborate with other PLV members on future joint commissioning programmes.

4.  That approval for the Council’s in principle commitment to joint oversight, risk and or benefit sharing of the secure children’s home provision, through the PLV, for a five-year period to 31 March 2028 (with three-year break point), that includes the build, service development and service commissioning phases, subject to ratification after the revision of the Secure Children’s Home business case, and renewable on a ten yearly cycle thereafter, with break-point after five years.