Agenda item

5.1

Special Meeting of the Economic and Environmental Wellbeing Scrutiny and Policy Development Committee – The Future of Sheffield’s Library Services

In response to a question relating to the above meeting, which had been held on the previous evening, the Chair, Councillor Chris Weldon, asked the Policy and Improvement Officer to clarify the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee’s remit with regard to the Scrutiny and Policy Development Committees.  He also requested that a report on the above meeting be submitted to the next meeting of the Economic and Environmental Wellbeing Scrutiny and Policy Development Committee.

5.2

Residential Care Home Fees

The Chair indicated that a written response would be provided to the questioner in relation to the Council’s failure to include any reference to Care Home Fees in the budget proposals, when such fees had been shown to compare unfavourably with other local authorities, both locally and nationally.

5.3

Local Travel Concessions

The Chair indicated that a written response, containing the appropriate level of detail, would be provided to the questioner, in relation to the question of the Council considering using part of the £3.3m saving on the South Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority (SYITA) levy to fund local travel concessions for mobility pass holders in Sheffield, thereby mitigating the highly negative impact on blind and partially sighted people in Sheffield, which was due to take effect on 1^st April 2014, as a result of the decision by the SYITA to remove such concessions.