Meeting documents

1 To report the sections of the Council’s Forward Plan which are within the Sub-Committee’s jurisdiction.

Background

2 Under the Constitution, the Executive is required to produce a Forward Plan indicating key decisions covering a four-month period.

3 The key decisions relevant to this Sub-Committee included in the Forward Plan are set out in the attached documentation. An up-dated version of the Forward Plan will be presented to Members at the Sub-Committee meeting.

4 The information in the Forward Plan provides the Sub-Committee with the opportunity of considering whether it wishes to seek to influence any of these key decisions or to seek further information.

5 If the Sub-Committee wishes to consider any of the key decisions, this could be included in the Work Programme which needs to be considered.

Recommendation

6 You are recommended to give consideration to the Forward Plan.

Subject	Content
Topic	Best Value Review of Community Safety - Final report and Improvement Plan
Lead Cabinet Member	John Davies
Decision maker	Cabinet
Date of decision	January 2004.
Consultation	Ongoing during the Best Value Review process
Contacts	Richard Hughes, Community Safety Team Tel: 0191 384 4252
Background Documents
Additional Comments

Subject	Content
Topic	Best Value Review of Service Provision to Support and Protect Vulnerable Children - Bridging (final) report and Action Plan
Lead Cabinet Member	Christine Smith, Neil Foster
Decision maker	Cabinet
Date of decision	January 2004. Options report in September 2003.
Consultation	Ongoing during the Best Value review process
Contacts	Debbie Jones, Social Services Tel: 0191 384 3322
Background Documents
Additional Comments

Subject	Content
Topic	Integrated Occupational Therapy Service
Lead Cabinet Member	Christine Smith
Decision Maker	Cabinet
Date of Decision	January 2004
Consultation	Occupational Therapists in Health, Social Services Dept and Housing
Contacts	Mike Smith, Social Services Department
Background Documents	ICES (Integrated Community Equipments Services)
Additional Comments

Subject	Content
Topic	Managing delayed transfer of care
Lead Cabinet Member	Christine Smith
Decision Maker	Cabinet
Date of Decision	January 2004
Consultation	Health partners
Contacts	John Thornberry, Social Services Tel: 0191 383 4619
Background Documents
Additional Comments

Subject	Content
Topic	Section 117 Mental Health Act - reimbursement of charges made to clients
Lead Cabinet Member	Christine Smith
Decision Maker	Cabinet
Date of Decision	January 2004
Consultation	EMT, CMT, Corporate Services
Contacts	Phil Dyson, Commissioning Manager, Kelsey Clayton, Principal Solicitor
Background Documents	Ombudsman's Report
Additional Comments

Subject	Content
Topic	Valuing people - modernising day services
Lead Cabinet Member	Christine Smith
Decision Maker	Cabinet
Date of Decision	January - April 2004
Consultation	Learning Disabilities Partnership Board. Modernising day services task group. Service users.
Contacts	Lesley Tickell, Ian Bennett, Keith Wilkinson
Background Documents	LAC: (2001) 23. Modernising Day Services toolkit 1, 2 ,3
Additional Comments

Subject	Content
Topic	Community Development Policy/Strategy Action Plan. Year 1 action plan
Lead Cabinet Member	John Davies
Decision Maker	Cabinet
Date of Decision	January - April 2004
Consultation
Contacts	Peter Brookes Tel: 0191 384 4252
Background Documents	Community Development Policy and Strategy
Additional Comments	Work now aligned to the Community Participation and Engagement Group part of the Change Programme

Subject	Content
Topic	Mobile libraries 2nd Report
Lead Cabinet Member	Dennis Morgan
Decision Maker	Cabinet
Date of Decision	January 2004
Consultation	Public consultation
Contacts	Nigel Canaway, Cultural Services. Tel: 0191 383 3595
Background Documents
Additional Comments