Agenda and minutes

1.1     Councillor Baroness Couttie welcomed those present.

To receive declarations by Members and Officers of the existence and nature of any personal or prejudicial interests in matters on this agenda.

There were no declarations.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 11 July 2016.

3.1     The Leader, with the consent of the Members present, signed the Minutes of the meeting held on 11 July 2016 as a true and correct record of the proceedings.

Report of the City Treasurer, attached.

4.1     Steve Mair, City Treasurer introduced the report.  He advised that the report set out the requirements of the DCLG.  Cabinet noted that the benefits of the four year settlement meant that funding levels will not be confirmed at short notice.  Allowing crucial decisions to be made in a more informed manner.

4.2     Resolved:

          That Cabinet agrees to:

(a)       The four year financial settlement as set out in the DCLG      2016/17 Final Government Finance Settlement.

(b)       The principle of utilising capital receipts to finance revenue    expenditure in the circumstances outlined, subject to agreement        as part of the Council’s budget setting process.

Reason for Decision

The decision allows Officers to have regard to the settlement and the use of capital receipts in preparation of budget options for 2017/18 on future years.   

5.1     Liz Bruce, Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Health introduced the        report.  She advised that the shadow board was in place to carefully prepare      the submission which the Leader and Councillor Aiken stated should be           submitted with the agreement of Councillor Robathan.

5.2     Resolved:

          That Cabinet delegate authority to the Chief Executive, with the agreement of the Cabinet Member for Adults and Public Health to decide if support in principle is given to the NHS submission of the STP due in October.  This support is subject to receiving subsequent further clarity on the impact of plans including the funding transfer to local government and the out of hospital strategy.  Further updates will come back to future Cabinet meetings setting out implications to the Council and any formal decisions that may need to be taken.

          Reason for Decision

          Responsibility for the development of Sustainability and Transformation Plans sits with NHS commissioners and providers.  Local Government has played a key leadership role in the development of plans for North-West London but it is an NHS-led process.  NHS England requires the North-West London footprint to submit the next version of the STP on 21 October 2016.  A draft of the October submission will only be available for local government partners to consider shortly before the submission date, hence the governance and approval process for this needs to be delegated to fit with the timelines.  The June “checkpoint” submission STP has been considered by the Health and Wellbeing Board and Adults, Health and the Public Protection Policy & Scrutiny Committee.  The June “checkpoint” submission of the STP is attached to this report at Appendix 1.