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Leader's Report Leader’s Report City of Edinburgh Council 12 May 2005 LEADER’S REPORT - MAY 2005 1. UK General Election 1.1 Polling was under way at the time of the Leader’s Report going to print. I wish all of the candidates the result they deserve and have no doubt that the overall outcome will be a matter for healthy debate at the Council meeting. 2. G8 2.1 I am completely and utterly opposed to Edinburgh Council Tax payers picking up the tab for any damage caused during G8. If there are any requirements for extra funding necessitated by the presence of large numbers of visitors to the city, this funding should be provided by the Scottish Executive or the Westminster Government. I will again be writing to the First Minister and to the Prime Minister to raise this issue. 3. World War II Veterans Commemoration 3.1 City of Edinburgh Council has been at the forefront in progressing arrangements for properly commemorating VE and VJ day. A reception for veterans, organised by the World War II Commiseration Project Team, will be held in Edinburgh Castle on 22 June. Commemorative events are planned to take place in capital cities of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on 10 July, a date chosen as the mid point between VE and VJ day. In Edinburgh, this will take the form of a family day of activities involving World War II memorabilia and a parade down the Royal Mile to Parliament Square. This will be followed by a musical tribute to the Veterans, a wreath laying at the Stone of Remembrance in St Giles Cathedral, a fly over and a Civic Reception for World War II Veterans. 3.2 A report will also follow shortly outlining Edinburgh’s proposals to provide a lasting reminder and appropriate commemoration of VE and VJ Day. 4. Business Assembly 4.1 I am delighted that the Edinburgh Business Assembly will be launched at an event to be held in the Merchants’ Hall on Wednesday 11 May 2005. The Assembly, which is being promoted jointly with Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian, will be chaired by a leading figure in business and there has been a very positive response to invitations. I am particularly pleased that Sir George Mathewson, Chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, has agreed to speak at the launch. 4.2 In previous reports I have promoted ‘Capital City issues’ including the City Vision, the Case for Edinburgh and, more recently, collaboration with Glasgow. These Council driven initiatives raise issues which impinge upon, and in many cases can only be resolved by, working with the business community. For that reason, I believe that we need to establish a forum through which senior business leaders can bring forward views on major issues facing the city now and in the future. I am sure that the Assembly will fulfil that function and will be a very useful addition to our consultative and action oriented approach to partnership in Edinburgh. 5. “Achieving the Vision” - The Edinburgh City Region Conference 2005 5.1 Last year’s Edinburgh City Region in the 2Ist Century Conference, organised jointly by the Centre for Scottish Public Policy, Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian and the Council, proved a tremendous success. This year‘s conference, ‘Achieving the Vision’, will focus on the practical interventions that policy makers, firms and organisations in South-East Scotland will need to make if the vision for Edinburgh city region as a leading European location for investment, prosperity and quality of life is to be realised. 5.2 Tom McCabe MSP, Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform, will deliver a keynote speech alongside civic leaders and leading speakers from business, media, government and universities. I am particularly pleased that an elected member of Glasgow City Council will be joining me in a panel discussion on the need for collaborative working. The conference will be held at Dynamic Earth on Thursday 26 May. Further details can be obtained from Pat Herd, Conference Officer, Centre for Scottish Public Policy, on 0131 558 8179 or at [email protected]. 6. Capital Review 6.1 Since its launch in 2002, the Capital Review website has attracted high visitor numbers. To keep pace with this interest, the site was relaunched on 12 April with a fresh look, more regular updates, more economic research and more useful data. This new, improved website provides a fund of information for anyone interested in the economic challenges that Edinburgh faces today. Designed to complement Capital Review, the quarterly economic bulletin published by the Council’s own Economic Development Division, the new website can be accessed at www.capitalreview,co.uk. 7. Business Rates 7.1 The table below clearly demonstrates the extent to which businesses in Edinburgh help subsidise the rest of Scotland. Edinburgh has made a net contribution of nearly f700m in business rates to the national purse over the last 9 years. It is important that we do not kill the goose that lays the golden egg! We need to ensure that Edinburgh receives a fairer share of the wealth created in order to best provide for the continuing success of our businesses and to help support Edinburgh’s burgeoning population. 7.2 Appendix 1 also details the net contributions/receipts by each local authority from 1996/7 to 2004/5. Edinburgh can clearly be seen as the prima ry contributor. Contributed to NDR Received from NDR Net Contribution Pool Pool Estimated 253.00 168.10 84.90 1,933.80 1,241.30 692.50 8. Collection of Rent Arrears 8.1 Housing Rent Arrears have reduced dramatically in the last year, following the implementation of the Council’s Rent Collection Strategy and an Action Plan to reduce arrears, which involved setting up a dedicated team of housing officers in each local office and improvements to systems as part of the Council’s Smarf City initiative. 8.2 In 2004/05 a major reduction in arrears of f930k was achieved, a performance record which places Edinburgh fourth in a list of ten comparable Councils. From a level of f3.21m in April 2004, Edinburgh’s rent arrears fell to f2.28m at 31 March 2005, which was below the target of f2.35m set by the strategy. 8.3 This is also good news for tenants. The number of households in arrears has decreased, from 8,947 in April to 6,988 at the end of February 2005. The number of court orders and subsequent abandonments and evictions has fallen from 522 in 2002 to 237 in 2004. 8.4 This success will have a direct impact on the Housing Revenue Account, because of the ability in the future to lower provision made for bad debt. A robust rent collection policy will continue to be implemented in the forthcoming year, including pursuit of former tenant’s arrears, and further work to ensure tenants who require it, receive money advice. 9. Enterprise Finance 9.1 The Council’s new Enterprise Finance system went live successfully on 1 April. This system allows us to introduce smarter procurement practices across the full range of services provided by the Council and partner organisations. It will also provide better financial information for managers, contributing to stronger budgetary control and improved analysis of expenditure trends. The savings anticipated from improved procurement are significant and completely in tune with the Government’s efficiency agenda. 9.2 Alongside this, there have been organisational changes, with finance staff in service departments transferring to the Finance Department. This will streamline the Council’s financial procedures, making them more effective while reducing costs by almost flm per annum. These changes were approved by the Executive of the Council in March and are an excellent illustration of the approach the Council needs to take to respond positively to the drive for improved performance and greater efficiency. IO. Gross Disposable Income 10.1 I was interested in recent figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on gross disposable household income (GDHI) across the various regions and countries of the UK. The estimates show that, in 2003, the region with the highest GDHI per capita was London at f15,235. Edinburgh fares very well at f14,156 against the UK average of f 12,610, the Scottish average of f 11,753 and Glasgow at f 10,749. This means that the average Edinburgh household has an extra f 1,546 to spend per annum once bills, pensions and mortgages or rent have been paid than the average UK household, and f2,403 and f3,407 more to spend than their average Scotish or Glaswegian counterparts respectively. Further details can be obtained at :- ht t p ://www. statistics. q o v . uk/a rt ic Ie s/n o i o ur n a I/ Re q iona I HH %2 0 In co me 1995-2003.pdf. 11. Road Maintenance Issues Utility Works 11.I After the Best Value Review of Network Services and Edinburgh Roads Services, a team dedicated to supervise Public Utility works across the city has been established. This team will be able to scrutinise more closely the working practices and the quality of reinstatement work. 11.2 By taking samples of the reinstated material, the team will be able to determine whether or not works have been carried out in accordance with the Council’s specification. Sampling activity will increase considerably during the current financial year and a contract for this work is currently under consideration. Approximately 750 samples will be taken initially.
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