Public Document Pack Resources Department Town Hall, Upper Street, London, N1 2UD AGENDA FOR THE POLICY AND PERFORMANCE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE Members of the Policy and Performance Scrutiny Committee are summoned to a virtual meeting of the Committee on 3 December 2020 at 7.30 pm. Link to meeting: https://weareislington.zoom.us/j/91387077266 Linzi Roberts – Egan Chief Executive Enquiries to : Peter Moore Tel : 020 7527 3252 E-mail : [email protected] Despatched : 25 November 2020 Membership Councillors: Councillor Theresa Debono (Chair) Councillor Sara Hyde Councillor Troy Gallagher (Vice-Chair) Councillor Clare Jeapes Councillor Santiago Bell-Bradford Councillor Matt Nathan Councillor Sheila Chapman Councillor Michael O'Sullivan Councillor Jilani Chowdhury Councillor Angela Picknell Councillor Vivien Cutler Councillor Dave Poyser Councillor Osh Gantly Councillor Caroline Russell Councillor Gary Heather Councillor Nick Wayne Substitutes: Councillor Roulin Khondoker Councillor Joe Caluori Councillor Claudia Webbe Councillor Andy Hull Councillor John Woolf Councillor Anjna Khurana Councillor Janet Burgess MBE Quorum: 4 Councillors 1 A. Formal Matters Page 1. Apologies for Absence 2. Declaration of Substitute Members 3. Declarations of Interest If you have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest* in an item of business: . if it is not yet on the council’s register, you must declare both the existence and details of it at the start of the meeting or when it becomes apparent; . you may choose to declare a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest that is already in the register in the interests of openness and transparency. In both the above cases, you must leave the room without participating in discussion of the item. If you have a personal interest in an item of business and you intend to speak or vote on the item you must declare both the existence and details of it at the start of the meeting or when it becomes apparent but you may participate in the discussion and vote on the item. *(a) Employment, etc - Any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain. (b) Sponsorship - Any payment or other financial benefit in respect of your expenses in carrying out duties as a member, or of your election; including from a trade union. (c) Contracts - Any current contract for goods, services or works, between you or your partner (or a body in which one of you has a beneficial interest) and the council. (d) Land - Any beneficial interest in land which is within the council’s area. (e) Licences- Any licence to occupy land in the council’s area for a month or longer. (f) Corporate tenancies - Any tenancy between the council and a body in which you or your partner have a beneficial interest. (g) Securities - Any beneficial interest in securities of a body which has a place of business or land in the council’s area, if the total nominal value of the securities exceeds £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that body or of any one class of its issued share capital. This applies to all members present at the meeting. 4. Minutes of the previous meeting 1 - 6 5. Chair's Report 2 6. Public Questions For members of the public to ask questions relating to any subject on the meeting agenda under Procedure Rule 70.5. Alternatively, the Chair may opt to accept questions from the public during the discussion on each agenda item. B. Items for Call-In (if any) Page C. Scrutiny and Monitoring Reports Page 1. COVID 19 Update - Local economy/Employment 7 - 58 2. Contingent workforce 59 - 70 3. Council Sickness 71 - 82 4. Financial Monitoring - Month 6 83 - 108 D. Monitoring Recommendations of Scrutiny Committees, Page Timetable for Topics, Work Programme and Forward Plan E. Discussion Items (if any) Page F. Report of Review Chairs Page G. Urgent Non-Exempt Matters Any non-exempt items which the chair agrees should be considered urgently by reason of special circumstances. The reason for urgency will be agreed by the Chair and recorded in the minutes. H. Exclusion of Public and Press To consider whether, in view of the nature of the business in the remaining items on the agenda any of them are likely to involve the disclosure of exempt or confidential information within the terms of the access to information procedure rules in the constitution and if so, whether to exclude the press and public during discussion thereof. I. Exempt Items for Call-In (if any) Page J. Exempt Items 3 The public may be excluded from meetings whenever it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that exempt information would be disclosed. K. Other Business Page The next meeting of the Policy and Performance Scrutiny Committee will be on 28 January 2021 Please note all committee agendas, reports and minutes are available on the council's website: www.democracy.islington.gov.uk 4 Agenda Item A4 London Borough of Islington Policy and Performance Scrutiny Committee - 22 October 2020 Non-confidential minutes of the virtual meeting of the Policy and Performance Scrutiny Committee held at on 22 October 2020 at 7.30 pm. Present: Councillors: Debono (Chair), Gallagher (Vice-Chair), Chapman, Chowdhury, Cutler, Gantly, Heather, Hyde, Jeapes, O'Sullivan, Picknell, Poyser, Russell and Wayne Also Councillors: Lukes and Gill Present: Councillor Theresa Debono in the Chair 224 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE (Item A1) Councillor Bell-Bradford and Councillor Gallagher for lateness 225 DECLARATION OF SUBSTITUTE MEMBERS (Item A2) None 226 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST (Item A3) None 227 MEMBERSHIP/TERMS OF REFERENCE 2020/21 (Item A4) RESOLVED: That the report be noted 228 MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING (Item A5) RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 17 September 2020 be confirmed and the Chair be authorised to sign them 229 CHAIR'S REPORT (Item A6) The Chair stated that the order of business would be as follows – Annual Crime and Disorder report COVID 19 update Financial Monitoring Monitoring report 230 PUBLIC QUESTIONS (Item A7) The Chair outlined the procedure for Public questions 231 ANNUAL CRIME AND DISORDER REPORT/QUESTIONS TO BOROUGH COMMANDER/EXECUTIVE MEMBER (Item C2) 1 Page 1 Policy and Performance Scrutiny Committee - 22 October 2020 Raj Kohli, Borough Commander, Catherine Briody, Keith Stanger, Curtis Ashton and the Executive Member Community and Pandemic response, Councillor Lukes were present and outlined the presentation, during which the following main points were made – There were 27,333 total notifiable offences in 2019/20 representing a 7.8% decrease on 2019/20 Islington recorded a decrease in violence against the person in 2019/20, compared to 2019/20. Islington has also recorded a 18.5% decrease in knife crime in 2019/20, and a 30.5% decrease in knife crime with injury offences Islington recorded a 4.9% decrease in youth violence, and no change in serious youth violence. Reductions in all main crime types, with the exception of drug offences and public order offences Domestic violence offences have recorded increases in Islington, however there are larger increases across the MPS Overall Islington has seen an increase of 13% in hate crime flagged offences, which is line with MPS as a whole Policing Islington – Successes, Changes, Challenges – 9,594 stop and searches over the last 12 months with 2,045 positive outcomes and approximately half amounted to an arrest Creation of violence suppression unit to focus on violent crime, and co-located officers in Public Protection and Street Population teams Pedal cycle theft has increased significantly – has been investment in a Police cycle team Operation Perch ran over Summer with 16 arrests, 64 stop and search, 21 weapons sweeps, 11 seized vehicles, 6 warrants, and numerous dispersals During COVID an increase of 6% in domestic abuse. Sexual offences showed a significant reduction, and there has been a return to designated investigation units, which has had a significant impact on detection rates Council invested £2m additional funding over 3 years against Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) to increase support, work with perpetrators, provide homelessness and housing support, and enhance skills and knowledge of frontline practitioners There has been a comprehensive partnership response in Islington during the pandemic to VAWG, which has meant that services have been able to cope Youth crime – main highlights - Youth safety strategy is in the process of being finalised, and the number of YOS young people attending school or AP is not as high as would be liked, but is increasing. i work coach has been recruited to increase the numbers in training and employment of at risk young people, and there are gangs borough briefings available for relevant practitioners and now include cross borough incidents Key partnerships initiatives – co-ordinated plan for business compliance and social distancing guidance still ongoing, Review of ASB, Hate Crime, Drugs, and Prevent strategies for 2021-24 underway. Finsbury Park initiative focusing on Blackstock Road and EC drug market days of action agreed. New Orleans gang/group partnership response under review, knife crime bins being installed, and hate crime awareness week and links to Council’s Equalities programme. Modern day slavery awareness online training and CCTV improvements and control room upgrades, and Domestic Violence daily safeguarding progressing with full partner support Tackling rough sleeping - Sucesses – managed to prevent any COVID related deaths