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Agenda Item 5 C I T Y OF S H E F F I E L D M E T R O P O L I T A N D I S T R I C T MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL – 7TH NOVEMBER, 2018 COPIES OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS THERETO Questions Answers Questions of Councillor Shaffaq Mohammed to the Leader of the Council (Councillor Julie Dore) 1. How much is the total Transforming This was part of a Government Cities fund that has been announced by budget announcement, all information the Government? is available through Government published sources, it is not my job to do your research for you. 2. The six Combined Mayoral Authorities See answer above have each been guaranteed funding from this fund. (a) How much is West Midlands set to receive? (b) How much is Greater Manchester set to receive? (c) How much is Liverpool set to receive? (d) How much is Tees Valley set to receive? (e) How much is Cambridgeshire and Peterborough set to receive? (f) How much is West of England set to receive? (g) How much is Sheffield set to receive? 3. Since the last full Council meeting (3rd As you will be aware, there are October 2018) what contact have you regular Sheffield City Region had with the other three South Combined Authority meetings. Yorkshire Leaders in securing their agreement to progress the Sheffield City Region devolution deal? 4. Please list all dates and those in See above attendance. 5. Since the last full Council meeting (3rd Answered by Councillor Mazher Iqbal October 2018) have you or your 1 Page 1 Cabinet Member for Business and Investment made any attempts to contact Mr Wang or a representative of Sichuan Guodong Construction? 6. If so, what has been the response? Answered by Councillor Mazher Iqbal 7. How much of the £675m High Street There is no money allocated to any Regeneration Fund is Sheffield set to place yet. receive? 8. The Chancellor has announced a £60m Answered by Councillor Lewis pledge to plant more trees in urban Dagnall areas. The two pots of cash include £10m for street trees in urban areas to be match funded by local councils, charities etc. Do you intend as a Council to bid for this money? If so, how much will you be requesting? 2 Page 2 Question of Councillor Douglas Johnson to Councillor Mary Lea (Cabinet Member for Culture, Parks and Leisure) In October, I asked whether you would There are no proposals to relocate confirm or deny proposals to remove the Central Library to the HSBC office the Central Library into 1 Wellington block. Street, which is the address of the new HSBC development currently being built at Charter Square. You responded by mistakenly thinking this was a pay-and- display car park. Will you now confirm or deny the proposals to relocate the Central Library to the HSBC office block? 3 Page 3 Questions of Councillor Gail Smith to Councillor Chris Peace (Cabinet Member for Health and Social Care) 1. How much does Sheffield City Council The amount that the Council pays per pay per hour to buy in home help and hour for homecare varies care? geographically because different parts of Sheffield have different travel costs. Our hourly rates in the current financial year range from £15.36 to £17.05 2. What is the average time a care worker The time a care worker spends in Sheffield spends at a client’s house? depends on the needs of the person they are visiting. Over the last two years the amount of time workers spend with customers has increased. This has been for three main reasons. Firstly, the Council has moved away from very short care calls in line with our sign up to Unison’s Ethical Homecare Charter. Secondly, improved commissioning of homecare has reduced travel time and enabled workers to spend longer with the people they care for. Thirdly, the needs of customers have increased as the Council has sought to help greater numbers stay in their own homes rather than having to move into care. 3. How much of the £650m grant The additional £240m provided in announced for adult social care is 2018-19 will roll forward in 2019-20 Sheffield set to receive? for adult social care. This is meant to make sure people can leave hospital when they are ready, into a care setting that best meets their needs. This should help the NHS to free up the beds it needs over winter. This resulted in £2.7m in 18/19 for SCC so we could assume the same again for 19/20. The Budget provides a further £410 million in 2019-20 for adults and children’s social care. This should result in approximately £4.6m additionally to SCC in 2019/20 4 Page 4 for adults and children’s social care. Question of Councillor Douglas Johnson to Councillor Chris Peace (Cabinet Member for Health and Social Care) What steps have been taken, whether All partners in Sheffield have through the Accountable Care acknowledged the importance of Partnership or otherwise, to provide for addressing the issues in relation to the increased costs to the Council flow, as highlighted in the recent arising from the speedier transfers of CQC report. It is recognised that patients from NHS treatment in hospital actions to improve flow have to social care provided by the Council? consequent impacts on community, primary and social care services. All partners are needing to prioritise funding into ensuring that there is a resilient system. It is recognised that the Council has a challenging funding situation. The additional Improved Better Care Fund (iBCF) funding was designed to substitute to a certain extent for the loss of Revenue Support Grant. Sheffield CCG has continued the local additional top-up to iBCF funding to Sheffield City Council (circa £5m). In 2018/19, the Secretary of State has identified an additional £2.7m for Sheffield to ‘fund packages of care to prevent older people from going into hospital unnecessarily and getting people home quickly when medically fit to leave’. Indications are that this funding will be made available again in 2019/20 along with an additional £4.6m to support Adult and Children’s services. The Health and Wellbeing Board hold responsibility for the detailed action plan that was agreed by all partner organisations as a result of the CQC system inspection. STH, CCG and SCC are working closely to resolve the flow issues for patients whose care moves between NHS and social care. A number of improvements have been made across the whole 5 Page 5 pathway but there is more work to do. 6 Page 6 Questions of Councillor Ian Auckland to Councillor Jack Scott (Cabinet Member for Transport and Development) 1. Have Planning Officers completed their Work is ongoing. work on the Draft Sheffield Plan? 2. Is 2018 still the intended date for I refer you to the answer I provided last publication? month. 3. In respect of the Draft Sheffield Plan, None. what guidance has been given to prospective development partners? 4. What expectations do you have of I do not manage SYPTE. SYPTE Officers when individual elected Members/Ward Members I expect all public servants to act request meetings to discuss problems appropriately in line with their roles. raised by constituents? 5. In the same regard, would you please See (4). set out your expectations of Transport and Planning Officers? Questions of Councillor Douglas Johnson to Councillor Jack Scott (Cabinet Member for Transport and Development) 1. What is the allocation of the A Guidance Note will be issued to Neighbourhood Portion of Community Councillors shortly that will detail Infrastructure Levy per Ward? current allocations in each Ward. 2. What is the net gain and loss for each Prior to the Cabinet meeting, nothing Ward, comparing the revised allocation was allocated to each Ward. with the amounts attached to each Therefore, I am pleased to confirm Ward prior to the Cabinet meeting on that every Ward receives a net gain 17th October, 2018? following the Cabinet decision, totalling £1.5m investment in Sheffield’s communities, particularly focusing on deprivation. I am dismayed that the Green Party opposes a policy that will reduce inequality. 3. What plans does the Administration This will be considered in due course have to consider introducing a “late- night levy” under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011? 4. Will you please provide copies of (a) the (a) Yes. (b) Yes. 7 Page 7 application to the Heritage Lottery Fund (c) These have not been agreed. (HLF) in respect of the General Cemetery, (b) the decision letter from the HLF and (c) the terms and conditions of the HLF grant. 5. What date did the Council receive (a) (a) There is no decision notice. the decision notice and (b) the terms You may be referring to the and conditions? Grant Offer Letter. (b) These have not been issued. 6. Why were these documents not See above provided to residents with an interest in the General Cemetery when they asked for them? Questions of Councillor Kaltum Rivers to Councillor Jack Scott (Cabinet Member for Transport and Development) 1. What steps are being taken to ensure This is an evolving campaign. We will that schools named in the anti-idling be releasing more information in the campaign are prepared to engage with next fortnight. I will update you after the campaign? this. 2. What steps are to be taken in respect of See 1. schools that do not wish to take part in the campaign or which fail to use the educational materials provided to them? 8 Page 8 Question of Councillor Kaltum Rivers to Councillor Jim Steinke (Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods and Community Safety) What grass roots consultation has Initial partnership meetings were been, or will be, undertaken to have an taking place with Council and Police inclusive strategy for the Council to officers and a number of community tackle knife crime? groups in the city prior to the production of the draft Knife Crime Strategy to understand general concerns.