Agenda item

Report No: CAB/FH/17/035

Portfolio Holder: James Waters                Lead Officer: Davina Howes

RESOLVED:

That the West Suffolk Annual Report 2016/2017, as contained in Appendix A to Report No: CAB/FH/17/035, be approved (as amended), to incorporate the revisions recommended by Forest Heath District and St Edmundsbury Borough Councils’ Overview and Scrutiny Committee (as tabled at the Cabinet meeting held on 20 June 2017).

(The revisions proposed by the Overview and Scrutiny Committees are set out at the end of this Decisions Notice).

(Report No: CAB/FH/17/035)

The Cabinet received this report which highlighted the key activities and developments that had been achieved over the financial year 2016-2017, with regard to the priorities set out in the West Suffolk Strategic Plan.

This year’s Annual Report had been produced in a more modern approach/format.  It was hoped that the new format would be more engaging and would provide the opportunity to produce updates on the achievements throughout the year.  The Annual Report also contained a number of case studies and examples from West Suffolk to illustrate the achievements described.

On 6 and 7 June 2017 respectively, the draft Annual Report was presented to both the St Edmundsbury Borough and the Forest Heath District Councils’ Overview and Scrutiny Committees, where a number of suggestions had been recommended to amend the document.  These suggested amendments were tabled at the Cabinet meeting:

·            Page 9, under the section ‘supporting our markets’ include the sentence: ‘We are working with Suffolk County Council to improve the offer on the market in Newmarket and look forward to reporting on how this progresses later in the year.’

·           Page 21, under ‘locality budgets’ include the sentence: ‘This webpage is regularly updated with information about the latest projects that we support.’

·           Page 27, under ‘promoting physical activity’ remove ‘Clare’.  Therefore the focus will remain on the largest population centres.

·           Annex 1, ‘Community Chest Funding’ include the geographical area the organisation serves and the amount of funding allocated to each organisation. 

·           Furthermore, the Community Chest Funding list had changed because the one circulated to the Overview and Scrutiny Committees stated who had been allocated funding in 2016/17, whereas this new correct list stated who actually received funding in 2016/17.  As a result the following amendments would be made to the Annual Report:

-      Page 21, remove the sentence: ‘In this year there has been a particular focus on how organisations can support people to make positive choices and behaviour change to prevent ill health, supported with funds of £160,000 from Suffolk County Council’s Public Health department.’  This was because the funding from Suffolk County Council would be available to support organisations focusing on making behaviour changes to prevent ill health in 2017/18.  

-    Page 21, change £593,263 to £417,522.

With the vote being unanimous, it was

RESOLVED:

That the West Suffolk Annual Report 2016/2017, as contained in Appendix A to Report No: CAB/FH/17/035, be approved (as amended), to incorporate the revisions recommended by Forest Heath District and St Edmundsbury Borough Councils’ Overview and Scrutiny Committee (as tabled at the Cabinet meeting held on 20 June 2017).