Agenda item

7.1

It was RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting of the Board held on 27th September 2018, be approved as a correct record.

7.2

Arising from consideration of the minutes, Greg Fell (Director of Public Health, Sheffield City Council) reported that, in relation to paragraph 3.3.1 of the minutes (Written Question Concerning Blue Badge Policy), a written response had been provided to Mr. Clegg.  However, Mr. Clegg had deemed the response to be unacceptable, believing that our statement that almost all applications are dealt with within the 28 day target, was an unsupported assertion “as the Council has openly stated it maintains no records in this area”.  Mr. Fell commented that he had received further information on this matter from the Council’s Customer Services service (who administer the Blue Badge Scheme), which indicated that the time taken to process Blue Badge applications is recorded and can be made available, and that, in terms of the 28 day target, if an applicant has not provided all the information required and officers have to request it, the clock is stopped and recommences at the point that the information is received.  Mr. Fell stated that, accordingly, he would provide a further response to Mr. Clegg.