Agenda item

5.1

Urgent Business

There were no questions relating to urgent business under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 16.6(ii).

5.2

Questions

A schedule of questions to Cabinet Members, submitted in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 16, and which contained written answers, was circulated and supplementary questions under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 16.4 were asked and were answered by the appropriate Cabinet Members.

5.3

South Yorkshire Joint Authorities

Councillor Shaffaq Mohammed asked questions relating to the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority and concerning (a) under which financial standing order a payment of overtime was made to senior officers and (b) whether there had been any discussion of those payments in the Policy Development Group and, if so, was this before the response to a Freedom of Information Request had brought to light the payments.

Councillor Sioned Mair Richards, Chair of the South Yorkshire Fire Authority Audit Committee responded that the Audit Committee of the South Yorkshire Fire Authority had requested that an inquiry be held with regard to all of the issues by the Authority’s Internal Audit. Members of the Audit Committee had been kept appraised of the action taken in respect of this matter and a report would be made to the Fire Authority Audit Committee by the end of November 2015.

There were no questions relating to the discharge of the functions of the South Yorkshire Joint Authority for Pensions under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 16.6(i).