Agenda and draft minutes

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Place and Transport to agree the final scheme and the reimbursement rate to bus companies for the Concessionary Fares Scheme for 2020/21.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 19/20 26394

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Place and Transport, Cabinet agreed the following:-

(i)  To agree to reimburse bus operators in line with the Department for Transport Concessionary Fares Guidance and the methodology as detailed in appendix 1. This will use the Reimbursement Calculator published by the Department for Transport to determine the reimbursement rate for each operator.

(ii)  To agree the local enhancements above the statutory minimum, which is to allow concessionary travel from 0900 rather than 0930 and between 2300 and 0030 for Southampton residents.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Aspiration, Children and Lifelong Learning seeking approval for the Local Placement Plan proposal for Children’s Residential Care.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 19/20 26571

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Aspiration, Children and Lifelong Learning, the Cabinet agreed the following together with recommendations from Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 12^th March 2020 detailed in (iii) and (iv):-

(i)  To approve the Local Placement Plan business case (appendix 1).

(ii)  To delegate authority to Executive Director Children & Families service, following consultation with Cabinet member for Aspiration, Children and Lifelong Learning, to take necessary steps required to implement the proposals in (i) above

(iii)  That, to aid the discussion at Cabinet and Council, the forecast 2019/20 expenditure figure of £6.3m is utilised, rather than the 2018/19 actual figure of £4.6m, as this provides a more accurate reflection of current and future residential placement costs for the Council.

(iv)  That, whilst recognising that the principle of accommodating Southampton’s looked after children in placements within the city is supported by the Committee, it is recommended that, prior to the Cabinet decision, Finance are asked to model the future residential care placement costs to provide greater certainty that the proposal reflects value for money.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Aspiration, Children and Lifelong Learning seeking approval of the Looked After Children and Care Leavers Placements Sufficiency Strategy 2020-2025.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 19/20 26582)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Aspiration, Children and Lifelong Learning, Cabinet agreed the following:-

(i)  To approve the Council’s Placement Commissioning Sufficiency Statement and Strategy 2020-2025.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Adult Care seeking a decision as to whether three Learning Disability registered residential care homes remain as residential care homes or those homes deregister and become supported living homes.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 19/20 26376)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Adult Care, Cabinet agreed the following:-

(i)  To delegate authority to the Executive Director of Communities, Culture and Homes that following consultation with the Executive Director, Finance & Commercialisation and pending successful agreement with NHS England (NHSE) and Clarion Housing Group the three homes transfer to the Housing Revenue Account (HRA).

(ii)  To delegate authority to the Director of Quality and Integration following consultation with the Executive Director Wellbeing – Health and Adults to work with relevant partners and stakeholders to deregister the three homes to Supported Living pending the outcome of recommendation (i).

(iii)  To note the consultation summary and Equality Safety Impact Assessment (ESIA) both of which are appendices to this report.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Healthier and Safer City seeking approval of the Southampton City Health and Care Strategy 2020-2025.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 19/20 26580)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Healthier and Safer City, Cabinet agreed the following:-

(i)  To recommend the Southampton City Health and Care Strategy, as set out in Appendix 1, for approval.

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Place and Transport seeking Cabinet approval to authorise Transport for the South East (TfSE) to submit a final governance proposal to Government to enable it to formally become a Sub-National Transport Body with powers and responsibilities for planning and delivering strategic transport infrastructure improvements in the South East of England.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 19/20 26337)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Place and Transport, Cabinet agreed the following:-

(i)  To note the content of the proposal to establish a sub-national transport body for the South East to be known as Transport for the South East (TfSE), as set out in this report.

(ii)  To endorse the proposal to establish TfSE as the sub-national transport body for the South East and the suite of powers as set out in the report.