Issue - meetings

The following items have been referred from Scrutiny Committee, in accordance with the Scrutiny Procedure Rules:

·       Crime and Disorder

·       Housing Ombudsman Annual Report 2022/23

·       Crime and Disorder

·       Housing Ombudsman Annual Report 2022/23

Cabinet AGREED to have regard to the Scrutiny Committee’s feedback.

In accordance with the Scrutiny Procedure Rules, this item had been referred from the Scrutiny Committee:

·       Crime and Disorder

The Chair of the Scrutiny Committee, Councillor Mike Brown, introduced the report advising members that the Scrutiny Committee had met on 19 October 2023 and considered the Crime and Disorder Annual update and advised the new Police Inspector for Melton, Inspector Darren Richardson, was present at this meeting.

The Portfolio Holder for Customers, Communities and Neighbourhoods thanked the Scrutiny committee for their feedback and praised the working relationship of the partnership with family engagement and the improvement of rural crime prevention.

The Portfolio Holder for Corporate Finance, Property and Resources thanked Scrutiny Committee for the report advised members that she would feed back any information from the Police and Crime Panel in relationship to the frustrations around the reporting of crime and anti-social behaviour which had been noted by a number of other districts.   She also highlighted that the council had been awarded the Safer Streets Funding and thanked the team involved for securing this. This funding would be used to tackle some of the issues raised in the report.

Cabinet AGREED to have regard to the Scrutiny Committee’s feedback.

In accordance with the Scrutiny Procedure Rules, this item had been referred from the Scrutiny Committee:

·       Housing Ombudsman. Annual Report 2022/23

The Chair of the Scrutiny Committee, Councillor Mike Brown, introduced the report advising members that the Scrutiny Committee had met on 19 October 2023 and discussed the Housing Ombudsman, Annual report 2022/23.

The Director for Housing and Communities, Deputy CEO, advised members that complaints are taken seriously and is always under review analysing trends and performances. She informed Cabinet that a self-assessment report would be brought forward to the December Cabinet meeting providing further detail.

Cabinet AGREED to have regard to the Scrutiny Committee’s feedback.