Agenda item

Draft Work Programme 2019/20

Report of the Policy and Improvement Officer

Minutes:

8.1

The Committee received a report of the Policy and Improvement Officer (Alice Nicholson), attaching the Committee’s draft Work Programme for 2019/20.

 

 

8.2

Members suggested a number of issues that the Committee could look to include on the Work Programme, predominantly:-

 

 

 

·                     Cross over working with Children, Young People and Family Support Scrutiny and Policy Development Committee (CYPFS) on Youth Issues e.g. gun and knife violent crime, school exclusions, child sexual exploitation, young people's housing, especially care leavers.

 

 

 

·                     Gun and knife crime scrutiny review – to be updated into a formal review report, gathering more information if required.  A small task group of the Committee to work on this.

 

 

 

·                     Universal Credit in Sheffield Update.

 

 

 

·                     Community Safety Partnership - Statutory role for this Committee as the Crime and Disorder Committee to scrutinise the Sheffield Community Safety Partnership (CSP), incorporate in the Committee's work programme a through the year scrutiny of CSP performance as well as annual report.

 

 

 

·                     Hate Crime in Sheffield  - Hate Crime is a CSP (Community Safety Partnership) priority, an action plan was a recommendation of this Committee 2016/17; This item would be to receive a report of performance on this CSP priority as part of this Committee's Statutory role to scrutinise the CSP; and a progress update on the Hate Crime Action Plan, including how (what routes) are people reporting hate crime.

 

 

 

·                     Cohesion Sheffield - an update on city-wide framework, joint strategy and area projects.

 

 

 

·                     101 service – operation and performance update.

 

 

 

·                     Housing + Update.

 

 

 

·                     Affordable Housing and affordability - where is it, what is our housing strategy; how can we get housing in the city that is affordable to Sheffield people; how do we maintain affordability; specific issues of appropriate housing, for older people catering for new way of living for ageing population, and young people's housing opportunity (especially care leavers); city fairness and equality in housing.

 

 

8.3

RESOLVED: That the Committee:-

 

 

 

(a)       approves the contents of the Work Programme for 2019/20; and

 

 

 

(b)       requests the Policy and Improvement Officer to look at including the items now mentioned as part of the Work Programme.

 

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