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Minute Silence - Deaths of Former Councillors Henry Sturrock and Martin Brelsford
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The Lord Mayor (Councillor Gail Smith)
reported with sadness, the deaths of former Councillor Martin
Brelsford who died on 6th September 2021, and former
Councillor and Alderman of the City, Mr Henry Sturrock, who died on
25th June 2021.
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The Lord Mayor reported details of the service
provided to the Council by Mr. Sturrock, indicating that he had
served on the Council from 1952 to 1974, and had been appointed as
an Alderman of the city in 1970. He was
the last surviving Alderman of the city.
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Members of the Council observed a
minute’s silence in memory of former Councillors Brelsford
and Sturrock, and this was followed by a tribute to former
Councillor Sturrock given by Councillor Peter Price.
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Time was allocated later in the meeting for
Members to pay tribute to former Councillor Brelsford.
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Apologies for Absence
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Apologies for absence were received from
Councillors David Barker, Tony Damms, Peter Garbutt, Neale Gibson,
Mazher Iqbal, Mary Lea, Vickie Priestley, Kaltum Rivers and Safiya
Saeed.
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Declarations of Interest PDF 129 KB
Members to declare any
interests they have in the business to be considered at the
meeting.
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There were no declarations of interest made by
Members of the Council.
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Public Questions and Petitions and Other Communications
To receive any questions or
petitions from the public, or communications submitted by the Lord
Mayor or the Chief Executive and to pass such resolutions thereon
as the Council Procedure Rules permit and as may be deemed
expedient.
(NOTE: There is a time
limit of one hour for the above item of business. In accordance with the arrangements
published on the Council’s website in relation to meetings of
the Council held whilst social distancing and other public health
safety measures still apply, questions/petitions are required to be
submitted in writing, to committee@sheffield.gov.uk, by 9.00 a.m.
on Monday 6th September.)
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The Lord Mayor (Councillor Gail
Smith) reported that five petitions and questions from five members
of the public had been received prior to the published deadline for
submission of petitions and questions for this meeting. On four of the petitions, representations were to
be made on behalf of the petitioners, and a fifth petition would be
received in the absence of a speaker. A
question from another member of the public had been received
immediately prior to the start of the meeting and, as chair of the
meeting, the Lord Mayor had used her discretion and would permit
the question to be asked.
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Petitions
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Petition Requesting A Meeting
With The Housing Service To Discuss Criminal Damage To Vehicles On
Brick Street
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The Council received an
electronic petition containing 63 signatures requesting a meeting
with the Housing Service to discuss criminal damage to vehicles on
Brick Street.
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Representations on behalf of
the petitioners were made by Carole Needham. Ms Needham stated that
a number of tyres had been slashed on vehicles parked outside her
home on Brick Street. She detailed a number of incidents in which
cars were damaged around the area. She said that these incidents
had been reported to South Yorkshire Police, and that on one
occasion a suspect had been arrested but later released. She stated
that residents did not feel able to provide witness statements due
to fear of the suspected perpetrator. Ms Needham stated residents
were concerned that these crimes could continue and increase in
severity. She stated her belief that the perpetrator was a resident
of nearby flats and said that the suspect had breached their
tenancy agreement in carrying out these crimes. She asked that the
Council intervene to prevent these incidents from continuing or
worsening.
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The Council referred the
petition to Councillor Alison Teal (Executive
Member for Sustainable Neighbourhoods, Wellbeing, Parks and
Leisure). Councillor Teal thanked Ms Needham for bringing this
petition and expressed her sympathy. Councillor Teal said she had
reviewed Police reports, which suggested that bringing charges
against the individual mentioned had been difficult as residents
were reluctant to provide statements. Councillor Teal stated she
understood residents’ hesitancy to provide such statements.
She said that the Police had visited all of those whose vehicles
were affected and had stepped up patrols in the area. She added
that the Police were looking into setting up a mobile camera in
order to obtain further evidence to secure a prosecution.
Councillor Teal stated she would discuss these incidents with the
Housing Team, and would refer to the tenancy guidance quoted by Ms
Needham when doing so.
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Petition Requesting The Closure
Of The Gennel Between Horndean Road and Idsworth Road Due To
Anti-Social Behaviour
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The Council received a joint
electronic and paper petition containing 57 signatures requesting
that the Council close the gennel between Horndean Road and
Idsworth Road due to anti-social behaviour.
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Representations on behalf of
petitioners were made by Salil Mahmood. Mr Mahmood stated that the
gennel was ...
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Members' Questions PDF 1 MB
5.1 Questions relating to
urgent business – Council Procedure Rule 16.6(ii).
5.2 Supplementary questions on
written questions submitted at this meeting – Council
Procedure Rule 16.4.
5.3 Questions on the discharge
of the functions of the South Yorkshire Joint Authorities for Fire
and Rescue and Pensions – Section 41 of the Local Government
Act 1985 – Council Procedure Rule 16.6(i).
(NB. Minutes of recent meetings of the two South Yorkshire Joint
Authorities have been made available to all Members of the Council
via the following link -
http://democracy.sheffield.gov.uk/ecCatDisplay.aspx?sch=doc&cat=13165&path=0)
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Urgent Business
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There were no questions relating to urgent
business under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule
16.6(ii).
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Written Questions
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A schedule of questions to Executive Members,
submitted in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 16, and which
contained written answers, was circulated. Supplementary questions, under the provisions of
Council Procedure Rule 16.4, were asked and were answered by the
appropriate Executive Members until the expiry of the time limit
for Members’ Questions (in accordance with Council Procedure
Rule 16.7).
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South Yorkshire Joint Authorities
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Questions relating to the discharge of the
functions of the South Yorkshire Joint Authorities for Fire and
Rescue and Pensions (under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule
16.6i), were not able to be asked before the expiry of the time
limit for Members’ Questions.
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Tributes to Former Councillor Martin Brelsford
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The Lord Mayor (Councillor Gail Smith)
provided an opportunity for Members of the Council to pay tribute
to former Councillor Martin Brelsford, who sadly had died on
6th September 2021.
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Former Councillor Brelsford had served as a
Member of the Council from 1995 to 2011, representing the
Stocksbridge and Upper Don Ward. He
was a member of the Cabinet in the Municipal Years
2000/01 & 2001/02, and served as Scrutiny Committee Chair in
2004/05 and again from 2008/09 to 2010/11.
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Several Members of the Council spoke to pay
tribute to him.
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Notice of Motion Regarding "Housing and the Local Plan" - Given by Councillor Martin Smith and to be seconded by Councillor Shaffaq Mohammed
That this Council:-
(a) notes that the population
of Sheffield is predicted to grow by approximately 90,000 over the
next twenty years and a shortage of decent housing will have a
profound effect on economic growth, social mobility and health;
(b) agrees that Sheffield will
require more than 40,000 new homes over the next 20 years;
(c) agrees that the location,
mix and affordability of that housing will have a huge impact on
the future prosperity and quality of life for its citizens;
(d) notes that the Local Plan
has been in development since 2012, with delay after delay leaving
Sheffield in a position where we will become increasingly
defenceless against inappropriate development;
(e) notes the overwhelming
public response to the 2020 Issues & Options Consultation in
favour of higher density, walkable neighbourhoods primarily
focussed in and around the city centre and Attercliffe;
(f) further notes that
development in these locations are particularly sustainable due to
excellent transport links and existing infrastructure, and with
good opportunities for affordable and accessible housing;
(g) agrees that it must listen
to the people of Sheffield and commits to developing a Local Plan
based on this spatial strategy; and
(h) further commits to issuing
the draft Local Plan for consultation within the next six
months.
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It was moved by Councillor Martin Smith, and
seconded by Councillor Shaffaq Mohammed, that this Council:-
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(a) notes
that the population of Sheffield is predicted to grow by
approximately 90,000 over the next twenty years and a shortage of
decent housing will have a profound effect on economic growth,
social mobility and health;
(b) agrees
that Sheffield will require more than 40,000 new homes over the
next 20 years;
(c) agrees
that the location, mix and affordability of that housing will have
a huge impact on the future prosperity and quality of life for its
citizens;
(d) notes
that the Local Plan has been in development since 2012, with delay
after delay leaving Sheffield in a position where we will become
increasingly defenceless against inappropriate development;
(e) notes the
overwhelming public response to the 2020 Issues & Options
Consultation in favour of higher density, walkable neighbourhoods
primarily focussed in and around the city centre and
Attercliffe;
(f) further notes that
development in these locations are particularly sustainable due to
excellent transport links and existing infrastructure, and with
good opportunities for affordable and accessible housing;
(g) agrees
that it must listen to the people of Sheffield and commits to
developing a Local Plan based on this spatial strategy; and
(h) further commits to issuing
the draft Local Plan for consultation within the next six
months.
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Whereupon, it was moved by Councillor
Julie Grocutt,
and seconded by Councillor Mark Jones, as an
amendment, that the Motion now submitted be amended by the deletion of paragraphs (d) and (h), the re-lettering of
original paragraphs (e) to (g) as new paragraphs (d) to (f), and
the addition of new paragraphs (g) to (o) as follows:-
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(g) notes that due to
the importance of protecting green spaces, the Council, under the
previous Administration, undertook work to determine how the new
homes in central Sheffield can be maximised - and following this
work, Sheffield City Council produced a plan to meet the already
high target of 40,000 new homes, whilst protecting the green
belt;
(h) reaffirms support
for this approach, which would have delivered the correct number of
homes for the city, whilst ensuring building in the right
locations;
(i) notes with
real concern that cities in the North are now being forced by the
Government to adhere to unrealistic house building targets, due to
a U-turn which, we believe, was enacted to protect shires in the
South;
(j) notes that as
a result of the Government’s U-turn, Sheffield will now face
a 35% increase in its nationally determined targets for new housing
delivery;
(k) believes that these
Government-imposed targets are not appropriate to the scale of
need, and threaten Sheffield’s green belt, as well as
undermining the good work undertaken by the Council in preparing a
plan which would have provided enough homes and in the right
locations;
(l) notes that
Sheffield City Council’s Planning Committee has rejected a
number of planning applications on green spaces, including in
Loxley Valley, ...
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Notice of Motion Regarding "Investing in Early Years - Given by Councillor Jayne Dunn and to be seconded by Councillor Mick Rooney
That this Council:-
(a) believes that the early
years are critical for a child’s development and childcare is
a fundamental building block of our economy and further believes
that over the last decade, early years services have been neglected
by the Government;
(b) notes with concern the
report ‘Closed Doors’ by Action for Children, which
considered children’s centre usage between 2014/15 and
2017/18 and stated “Despite the importance of
children’s centres to many families, their existence is under
threat. Years of funding cuts have left councils with little choice
but to reduce children’s centre budgets. As resources become
increasingly stretched, a number of
centres have closed. Many of those that remain have been forced to
reduce the level of service on offer.”;
(c) notes recent research
which highlights that nationally over 1,000 Sure Start Centres have
been lost since 2010 and believes that this is the legacy of the
coalition government’s reckless austerity policies targeting
cuts at children most in need, and in addition, notes that 12,000
early education and childcare providers have been lost since 2015
and 30,000 more early years providers are at risk of closure within
a year;
(d) is concerned that the
sector has been disproportionately impacted by Covid-19 and
believes that, although early years providers were relied upon to
enable key workers to continue to work during the pandemic, they
received insufficient financial protection;
(e) welcomes that Sheffield
City Council provided additional support for the publicly funded
hours (over and above national guidance), however, believes that
the Government failed early years providers providing little
support for the paid provision;
(f) is concerned that
the insufficient increase in funding, historical underfunding,
increasing costs and impact of Covid-19, means that early
years’ providers in Sheffield will be faced with financial
sustainability issues across the childcare sector and that it is
also becoming increasingly difficult to recruit and retain staff
due to the early years providers’ inability to pay
competitive rates;
(g) believes Sheffield
continues to be underfunded as compared to other local authorities,
with the disparity in Sheffield’s hourly Funded Early
Learning (FEL) rate compared to other core cities, with Bristol
receiving £5.69 an hour for three and
four year olds, which is 21% higher than Sheffield’s
rate of £4.71 per hour; Nottingham receives £5.06 per
hour, Newcastle £5.05, Manchester £5.01, Leeds
£4.95 and Birmingham £4.85, and only Liverpool receives
less, at £4.69;
(h) notes that Sheffield also
receives a lower rate for two year olds
at £5.36 per hour, compared to £5.59 in Bristol,
£5.46 in Manchester, £5.40 in Birmingham, £5.39
in Nottingham and £5.38 in Liverpool, with Leeds and
Manchester also receiving £5.36 per hour;
(i) supports Sheffield
trade unions in their petition to Government to significantly
increase funding in Early Years, which states that the current
levels of funding for early years education and care are
insufficient to provide the high quality services young children in
Sheffield deserve, and supports their call for:-
(i) increased investment
to ensure ...
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RESOLVED: On the motion of Councillor Dianne
Hurst and seconded by Councillor Garry Weatherall, that, in
accordance with Council Procedure Rule 9.1, the order of business
as published on the Council Summons be altered by (a) taking item 9
(Notice of Motion Regarding “Investing In Early Yeas”)
as the next item of business and (b) moving item 7 (Notice of
Motion Regarding “’Right To Food’ – Working
Together To Tackle Food Poverty In The City and To Develop A Local
Food Access Plan”) to be taken after item 8 on the
agenda.
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It was moved by Councillor Jayne Dunn, and
seconded by Councillor Mike Drabble, that this Council:-
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(a) believes
that the early years are critical for a child’s development
and childcare is a fundamental building block of our economy and
further believes that over the last decade, early years services
have been neglected by the Government;
(b) notes with
concern the report ‘Closed Doors’ by Action for
Children, which considered children’s centre usage between
2014/15 and 2017/18 and stated “Despite the importance of
children’s centres to many families, their existence is under
threat. Years of funding cuts have left councils with little choice
but to reduce children’s centre budgets. As resources become
increasingly stretched, a number of centres have closed. Many of
those that remain have been forced to reduce the level of service
on offer.”;
(c) notes
recent research which highlights that nationally over 1,000 Sure
Start Centres have been lost since 2010 and believes that this is
the legacy of the coalition government’s reckless austerity
policies targeting cuts at children most in need, and in addition,
notes that 12,000 early education and childcare providers have been
lost since 2015 and 30,000 more early years providers are at risk
of closure within a year;
(d) is
concerned that the sector has been disproportionately impacted by
Covid-19 and believes that, although early years providers were
relied upon to enable key workers to continue to work during the
pandemic, they received insufficient financial protection;
(e) welcomes
that Sheffield City Council provided additional support for the
publicly funded hours (over and above national guidance), however,
believes that the Government failed early years providers providing
little support for the paid provision;
(f) is
concerned that the insufficient increase in funding, historical
underfunding, increasing costs and impact of Covid-19, means that
early years’ providers in Sheffield will be faced with
financial sustainability issues across the childcare sector and
that it is also becoming increasingly difficult to recruit and
retain staff due to the early years providers’ inability to
pay competitive rates;
(g) believes
Sheffield continues to be underfunded as compared to other local
authorities, with the disparity in Sheffield’s hourly Funded
Early Learning (FEL) rate compared to other core cities, with
Bristol receiving £5.69 an hour for three and four year olds,
which is 21% higher than Sheffield’s rate of £4.71 per
hour; Nottingham receives £5.06 per hour, Newcastle
£5.05, Manchester £5.01, Leeds £4.95 and
Birmingham £4.85, and only Liverpool receives ...
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Notice of Motion Regarding "A Partnership between Local Government and National Government to tackle Climate Change" - Given by Councillor Douglas Johnson and to be seconded by Councillor Christine Gilligan
That this Council:-
(a) notes that in 2018, at
COP24, the UK Government signed up to having ‘domestic
institutional arrangements, public participation and engagement
with local communities’ so localities can play their part in
delivering the UK’s ‘Nationally Determined
Contributions’ in the Paris Climate Agreement;
(b) further notes that, in May
2021, the Rt. Hon. Alok Sharma MP, President of COP26, said
collaboration would be a key objective of the climate summit -
"Governments, business and civil society (sometimes called
‘non-state actors’ and including local government) need
to work together to transform the ways we power our homes and
businesses, grow our food, develop infrastructure and move
ourselves and goods around";
(c) believes that, despite
these agreements and statements, there is still no formal
relationship allowing joint partnership working between Local and
National Government on climate action;
(d) therefore resolves to add
this Council’s voice to calls by the Local Government
Association and the Association of Directors of Environment,
Economy, Planning and Transport, and others, for a joint local and
national government taskforce to plan action to reach ‘net
zero’ emissions; such a partnership can set appropriate
regulations, benchmarks and targets and create the much needed
long-term funding mechanisms to enable local communities and
economies to decarbonise whilst remaining resilient and
sustainable; and
(e) will therefore ask the
Chief Executive to write to Alok Sharma MP, President for COP26,
the Prime Minister, and the Leadership Board of the LGA, informing
them of our support for a joint Local/National Government Climate
Change Partnership Taskforce and asking for one to be established
as soon as possible.
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It was formally moved by Councillor Douglas
Johnson, and formally seconded by Councillor Christine Gilligan,
that this Council:-
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(a) notes that in 2018, at
COP24, the UK Government signed up to having ‘domestic
institutional arrangements, public participation and engagement
with local communities’ so localities can play their part in
delivering the UK’s ‘Nationally Determined
Contributions’ in the Paris Climate Agreement;
(b) further notes that, in May
2021, the Rt. Hon. Alok Sharma MP, President of COP26, said
collaboration would be a key objective of the climate summit -
"Governments, business and civil society (sometimes called
‘non-state actors’ and including local government) need
to work together to transform the ways we power our homes and
businesses, grow our food, develop infrastructure and move
ourselves and goods around";
(c) believes that, despite
these agreements and statements, there is still no formal
relationship allowing joint partnership working between Local and
National Government on climate action;
(d) therefore resolves to add
this Council’s voice to calls by the Local Government
Association and the Association of Directors of Environment,
Economy, Planning and Transport, and others, for a joint local and
national government taskforce to plan action to reach ‘net
zero’ emissions; such a partnership can set appropriate
regulations, benchmarks and targets and create the much needed
long-term funding mechanisms to enable local communities and
economies to decarbonise whilst remaining resilient and
sustainable; and
(e) will therefore ask the
Chief Executive to write to Alok Sharma MP, President for COP26,
the Prime Minister, and the Leadership Board of the LGA, informing
them of our support for a joint Local/National Government Climate
Change Partnership Taskforce and asking for one to be established
as soon as possible.
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Whereupon, it was formally moved by Councillor
Mark Jones, and formally seconded by
Councillor Mike Chaplin, as an amendment,
that the Motion now submitted be amended by the
addition of new paragraphs (f) to (o) as follows:-
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(f) believes that
the Government needs to get serious about their supposed
‘levelling-up’ agenda and support local authorities, by
delivering regional investment banks – to support councils in
creating jobs and building the energy and transport infrastructure
we so desperately need;
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notes that the Council has always sought to work with government in
delivering positive action in tackling the climate emergency, and
protecting against its adverse effects;
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notes, for instance, the multi-million-pound investment in flood
defences, and that this Council is building today for
tomorrow’s changed climate, and that the Council’s
long-term plan is needed to deliver Natural Flood Measures, but
these measures will need investment to maintain and develop, and
calls on the Government to support us with substantially more
investment in delivering this;
(i) believes that
the Government needs to implement radical waste management
strategies and that for too long they have failed to act on this
issue, when they should be supporting councils to kick start new
clean industrial sectors - reclaiming and retaining energy at every
step of a product’s life cycle;
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Notice of Motion Regarding "'Right to food' - Working together to tackle food poverty in the city, and to develop a Local Food Access Plan" - Given by Councillor Ruth Milsom and to be seconded by Councillor Sophie Wilson
That this Council:-
(a) recognises that we are
seeing a crisis of food poverty borne out of political choices and
systemic failings from successive governments since austerity
began;
(b) believes that food poverty
should never be seen as inevitable, and notes that from 1997 to
2010 poverty reduced significantly (for instance the Institute for
Fiscal Studies notes that the number of children in relative
poverty fell by over 1.1 million from 1997-2010), showing that with
sufficient political willpower these issues can be tackled;
(c) notes that after a decade
of government-imposed austerity, child poverty and food hunger has
increased significantly, and led to a precarious situation for
many, even before the pandemic struck;
(d) believes that the pandemic
has exacerbated problems and pushed more people into food poverty,
with perhaps the worst yet to come, and though it is hard to
quantify the extent of food poverty in Sheffield we know the
following:-
(i) around 24,000
children are currently eligible for Free School Meals and therefore
at risk of going hungry during the school holidays, with this
number rising; and
(ii) according to data
collected by Voluntary Action Sheffield from 19 food banks, between
13th April 2020 and 8th June 2020 the number of households
supported increased by just over 92% from 1144 to 2202 households;
it is well acknowledged that this does not represent the full
picture of emergency food aid during this time – and shows
supply, not level of need, which could be much higher;
(e) condemns the Government
for the £20 per week cut to Universal Credit, which will come
into effect from 6th October 2021, noting the following:-
(i) universal credit is
claimed by more than 5.5 million households across the UK;
(ii) the Joseph Rowntree
Foundation - a charity which researches poverty - states millions
of households will face an income loss equivalent to £1,040 a
year;
(iii) the charity Citizens
Advice has warned that a third of people on Universal Credit will
end up in debt due to the reduction, which will inevitably lead to
more people being reliant on food banks; and
(iv) the 5-week wait for
Universal Credit impacts people’s ability to pay bills and
buy food, and believes that this wait is wholly unjustifiable and
should be scrapped;
(f) notes that the
cross-party Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee established
a working group to look at the Council’s response to Food
Poverty in Sheffield, and that this first phase looked at the
Council’s strategic role in relation to food poverty, and
with organisations working in this space on food projects;
(g) believes that all
recommendations from the Food Poverty Working Group’s report
should be adopted in full;
(h) believes that, as noted in
the Scrutiny Committee’s report, tackling food poverty
requires a citywide effort, across the Council and public services,
the VCF, communities and business, with a long term, structural
approach to find lasting solutions and that, as such, the Council
should adopt a Local Food Access ...
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It was formally moved by Councillor Ruth
Milsom, and formally seconded by Councillor Sophie Wilson, that
this Council:-
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(a) recognises that we are
seeing a crisis of food poverty borne out of political choices and
systemic failings from successive governments since austerity
began;
(b) believes that food poverty
should never be seen as inevitable, and notes that from 1997 to
2010 poverty reduced significantly (for instance the Institute for
Fiscal Studies notes that the number of children in relative
poverty fell by over 1.1 million from 1997-2010), showing that with
sufficient political willpower these issues can be tackled;
(c) notes that after a decade
of government-imposed austerity, child poverty and food hunger has
increased significantly, and led to a precarious situation for
many, even before the pandemic struck;
(d) believes that the pandemic
has exacerbated problems and pushed more people into food poverty,
with perhaps the worst yet to come, and though it is hard to
quantify the extent of food poverty in Sheffield we know the
following:-
(i) around 24,000
children are currently eligible for Free School Meals and therefore
at risk of going hungry during the school holidays, with this
number rising; and
(ii) according to data
collected by Voluntary Action Sheffield from 19 food banks, between
13th April 2020 and 8th June 2020 the number of households
supported increased by just over 92% from 1144 to 2202 households;
it is well acknowledged that this does not represent the full
picture of emergency food aid during this time – and shows
supply, not level of need, which could be much higher;
(e) condemns the Government
for the £20 per week cut to Universal Credit, which will come
into effect from 6th October 2021, noting the following:-
(i) universal credit is
claimed by more than 5.5 million households across the UK;
(ii) the Joseph Rowntree
Foundation - a charity which researches poverty - states millions
of households will face an income loss equivalent to £1,040 a
year;
(iii) the charity Citizens
Advice has warned that a third of people on Universal Credit will
end up in debt due to the reduction, which will inevitably lead to
more people being reliant on food banks; and
(iv) the 5-week wait for
Universal Credit impacts people’s ability to pay bills and
buy food, and believes that this wait is wholly unjustifiable and
should be scrapped;
(f) notes that the
cross-party Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee established
a working group to look at the Council’s response to Food
Poverty in Sheffield, and that this first phase looked at the
Council’s strategic role in relation to food poverty, and
with organisations working in this space on food projects;
(g) believes that all
recommendations from the Food Poverty Working Group’s report
should be adopted in full;
(h) believes that, as noted in
the Scrutiny Committee’s report, tackling food poverty
requires a citywide effort, across the Council and public services,
the VCF, communities and business, with a long term, structural
approach ...
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Minutes Of Previous Council Meetings PDF 189 KB
To receive the record of the
proceedings of the special meeting of the Council held on
18th March 2021, the ordinary meeting of the Council
held on 31st March 2021 and the Annual Meeting of the
Council held on 19th May 2021, and to approve the
accuracy thereof.
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RESOLVED: On the motion of Councillor Dianne
Hurst, seconded by Councillor Garry Weatherall, that the minutes of the special meeting of the Council held on
18th March 2021, the ordinary meeting of the Council
held on 31st March 2021 the annual meeting of the
Council held on 19th May 2021, be approved as true and
accurate records.
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Representation, Delegated Authority and Related Issues PDF 183 KB
To consider any changes to the
memberships and arrangements for meetings of Committees etc.,
delegated authority, and the appointment of representatives to
serve on other bodies.
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RESOLVED: On the Motion of Councillor Dianne
Hurst, seconded by Councillor Garry Weatherall, that:-
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(a) it be noted that, in
accordance with the authority given by the City Council at its
annual meeting held on 19th May 2021, the Chief Executive had
authorised the following appointments, with effect from the dates
shown:-
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Peak District National Park
Authority
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Councillor Safiya
Saeed to replace Councillor Moya O’Rourke, with effect from
5th July 2021.
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Local Area Chairs
Group
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Councillor Bernard Little to replace Councillor Ruth Mersereau,
with effect from 7th July 2021.
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Sheffield City Trust
(Observer)
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Councillor Cate McDonald to fill a vacancy, with effect from
19th July 2021.
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(b) Councillor Brian Holmshaw
be appointed to serve on the Allotments
Advisory Group, filling a vacancy.
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