Corporate, Customer and Community Services Directorate Legal and Democratic Services Cumbria House,117 Botchergate, Carlisle, CA1 1RD Tel 01228 606060 Email [email protected] To: The Council Leader and Members of Cabinet Agenda CABINET A meeting of the Cabinet will be held as follows: Date: Thursday 17 October 2019 Time: 10.00 am Place: County Offices, Kendal Dawn Roberts Executive Director – Corporate, Customer and Community Services Enquiries and requests for supporting papers to: Jackie Currie Direct Line: 01228 221030 Email: [email protected] This agenda is available on request in alternative formats Serving the People of Cumbria MEMBERSHIP Mr SF Young (Leader) Mr P Thornton Mrs A Burns Mrs C Tibble Mrs PA Bell Mrs J Willis Mr KA Little Mrs S Sanderson Mr DE Southward ACCESS TO INFORMATION Agenda and Reports Copies of the agenda and Part I reports are available for members of the public to inspect prior to the meeting. Copies will also be available at the meeting. The agenda and Part I reports are also available on the County Council’s website – www.cumbria.gov.uk Background Papers Requests for the background papers to the Part I reports, excluding those papers that contain exempt information, can be made to Legal and Democratic Services at the address overleaf between the hours of 9.00 am and 4.30 pm, Monday to Friday. A G E N D A PART 1: ITEMS LIKELY TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC 1 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE To receive any apologies for absence. 2 DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST Members are invited to disclose any disclosable pecuniary interest they have in any item on the agenda which comprises 1 Details of any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain. 2 Details of any payment or provision of any other financial benefit (other than from the authority) made or provided within the relevant period in respect of any expenses incurred by you in carrying out duties as a member, or towards your election expenses. (This includes any payment or financial benefit from a trade union within the meaning of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. 3 Details of any contract which is made between you (or a body in which you have a beneficial interest) and the authority (a) Under which goods or services are to be provided or works are to be executed; and (b) Which has not been fully discharged. 4 Details of any beneficial interest in land which is within the area of the authority. 5 Details of any licence (alone or jointly with others) to occupy land in the area of the authority for a month or longer. 6 Details of any tenancy where (to your knowledge) (a) The landlord is the authority; and (b) The tenant is a body in which you have a beneficial interest. 7 Details of any beneficial interest in securities of a body where (a) That body (to your knowledge) has a place of business or land in the area of the authority; and (b) Either – (i) The total nominal value of the securities exceeds £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that body; or (ii) If that share capital of that body is of more than one class, the total nominal value of the shares of any one class in which the relevant person has a beneficial interest exceeds one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that class. In addition, you must also disclose other non-pecuniary interests set out in the Code of Conduct where these have not already been registered. Note A “disclosable pecuniary interest” is an interest of a councillor or their partner (which means spouse or civil partner, a person with whom they are living as husband or wife, or a person with whom they are living as if they are civil partners). 3 MINUTES To receive the minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 19 September 2019 (copy enclosed) (Pages 7 - 16) 4 EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC To consider whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any item on the agenda. 5 STATEMENTS BY THE LEADER OF THE COUNCIL AND CABINET MEMBERS To receive statements by the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Members. 6 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION There were no questions, petitions or statements at the time of despatch REFERRAL FROM LOCAL COMMITTEES None for this meeting. REFERRAL FROM SCRUTINY None for this meeting. DIRECTORATE REPORTS - PEOPLE 7 FUTURE COMMISSIONING ARRANGEMENTS WITH NORTH CUMBRIA CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP To consider a joint report from the Interim Executive Director – People and the Executive Director – Corporate, Customer and Community Services (copy enclosed) (Pages 17 - 68) 8 2021-2022 SCHOOL ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS To consider a report from the Interim Executive Director – People (copy enclosed) (Pages 69 - 112) PART 2: ITEMS LIKELY TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE ABSENCE OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC 9 AWARD OF CONTRACT - CHILD AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES To consider a report from the Interim Executive Director – People (copy enclosed) Not for publication by virtue of Paragraph(s) 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as this report contains exempt information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information). (Pages 113 - 124) This page is intentionally left blank Agenda Item 3 CUMBRIA COUNTY COUNCIL Minutes of a Meeting of the Cabinet held on Thursday, 19 September 2019 at 10.00 am at Conference Room A, Cumbria House, Botchergate, Carlisle PRESENT: Mr SF Young (Leader) Mrs A Burns Mrs PA Bell Ms D Earl Mr KA Little Mr DE Southward Mrs C Tibble Mrs S Sanderson Officers in attendance: Chief Executive, Executive Director - Corporate, Customer and Community Services, Interim Executive Director - People, Chief Fire Officer, Chief Legal Officer (Monitoring Officer), Acting Assistant Director for Highways and Transport, Leadership Support Officer - Labour Group, Professional Lead - Democratic Services, Leadership Support Officer - Liberal Democrat Group, Communications Manager and Directorate Finance Manager PART 1 ITEMS CONSIDERED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PUBLIC AND PRESS 33 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence were received from Mr P Thornton and Mrs J Willis. 34 DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST There were no disclosures of interest made at this meeting. 35 MINUTES RESOLVED, that the minutes of the meeting held on 25 July 2019 be agreed as a true and accurate record and signed by the Chair. 7 36 EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC RESOLVED, that the press and public be not excluded from any items on the agenda today. 37 STATEMENTS BY THE LEADER OF THE COUNCIL AND CABINET MEMBERS The Cabinet Member for Economic Development made an announcement about the North West Apprenticeship Awards held in Liverpool on 18 September. Cumbria County Council were winners in two categories, The QA Award for Macro Employer of the Year 2019 The People Plus Award for Recruitment Excellence 2019 This was a fantastic result for the County Council’s Apprenticeship Team and Cabinet congratulated Amanda Towers and her team for this incredible achievement. 38 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION There were no public questions, petitions or statements made at this meeting. 39 2019/20 REVENUE AND CAPITAL BUDGET MONITORING REPORT TO 30 JUNE 2019 Cabinet considered a report from the Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer) which set out the Council’s forecast financial position at 30 June 2019. On presenting the report the Leader reminded Cabinet that the financial context for the Council was extremely challenging. Since 2011/12, the Council had agreed a total of £272million of savings in setting annual revenue budgets. In setting the Budget, Council in February agreed £22.730m of new savings, having taken account of the impact of one-off savings from previous years, which required replacement in agreeing the Balanced Budget for 2019/20. He then took members through the report and highlighted the key messages. 2 8 At the end of Q1, against a net revenue budget of £383.726m, the forecast for the Revenue Budget at the year end was a net pressure of £2.549m. The budget position continued to be closely monitored to secure the financial sustainability of the Council going forward. The contingency budget was currently forecast to be fully spent, but if unused at the year end, it would provide a forecast underspend of £1.500m resulting in a net overspend for 2019/20 of £1.049m, however, it was expected that a break even position at year end would be delivered. The challenge to achieve a balanced budget at the year-end was significant. The net forecast consisted of net pressures in the Directorates of £10.587m was offset with an underspend of (£8.038m) in the Other Corporate budgets. The majority of the underspend in the Other Corporate Budget Items was due to an underspend of (£7.288m) on the inflation budget. The Directorate net pressures of £10.587m were largely as a result of demand pressures within Children Looked After £3.746m and associated budgets of £1.647m, Younger Adults demand pressures for complex needs of £4.001m, and other pressures principally related to Home to School transport for children with Special Educational Needs and the non- delivery of some step-ups in savings assumed in the Medium Term Financial Plan. These had been offset in part in Directorates by holding vacancies, activities to increase income, manage sundry expenditure and for the Corporate Items, there was additional income from expected growth in Business Rates (£3.000m), prudent Treasury management (£1.645m) and the careful non-allocation of the inflation budget (£7.288m).