Members will be asked to make any declarations of interest in respect of this agenda.

In accordance with the code of conduct, the following declarations of interest were made –

The Cooperative Scrutiny Board will be asked to agree the minutes of the meeting held on 26 March 2014.

Agreed that the minutes of the meeting held on 26 March 2014 are confirmed as a correct record.

To receive reports on business which, in the opinion of the Chair, should be brought forward for urgent consideration.

There were no items of Chair’s urgent business.

To consider and approve work programmes for each of the Panels, to include a progress update from each of the Chairs.

The work programmes of the Co-operative Scrutiny Board and the Caring Plymouth Panel were submitted for consideration and approval.

The Chair of the Caring Plymouth Panel raised issues relating to the timeline for the submission of the Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust Quality Accounts.

The Board agreed to –

The Co-operative Scrutiny Board will monitor the progress of its previous decisions.

The Board considered its schedule of decisions and noted the latest position.

To receive new items from the Forward Plan of Key Decisions and Private Business with a view to identifying items for scrutiny.

The Board considered the following executive key decisions in the Forward Plan which were scheduled to be discussed at the Cabinet meetings between 10 March 2014 – 10 July 2014 –

The Board noted the key decisions.

The Co-operative Scrutiny Board will consider the Corporate Monitoring report.

The Board received the provisional outturn position which outlined the finance monitoring position of the Council and HR information.  The Head of Corporate Strategy provided an overview of the report, which outlined the following key areas –

The Board noted the report.

The Co-operative Scrutiny Board will consider the Corporate Plan Performance Monitoring report.

The Co-operative Scrutiny Board will receive a progress update on the budget scrutiny recommendations 2013 – 2014.

The Head of Policy, Performance and Partnerships presented a progress update on the budget scrutiny recommendations for 2013-14.

In response to a question raised, it was suggested that the Your Plymouth Panel consider the resourcing issues surrounding the continuing provision of the Sexual Assault Referral Centre for Plymouth.

The Board agreed that the resourcing of the Sexual Assault Referral Centre, for Plymouth, is included on the Your Plymouth Panel.

The Board noted the current position regarding the budget recommendations.

The Co-operative Scrutiny Board will receive a plan for the scrutiny of the Transformation Programme.

The Board received a Plan for the scrutiny of the Transformation Programme, the aim of which was to map out the specific work that the four Panels and the Board would carry out in scrutinising the Programme in the 2014/15 municipal year.  The Senior Policy, Performance and Partnerships Adviser provided an overview of the plan, which outlined the following key areas –

The Head of Finance, Transformation/Portfolio Accountant provided a presentation regarding the monitoring of Transformation Programme’s finances, which highlighted the following key areas –

In response to questions raised by the Board, it was reported that –

The Board agreed –

Members will be advised of any executive decisions that have been called in.

There were no call-ins to consider.

Members will receive a schedule of executive decisions that have been deemed urgent with the agreement of the Chair of the Cooperative Scrutiny Board.

The Chair informed the Board that there had been one urgent executive decision relating to the Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) – Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership.

Approval had been given by Cabinet to delegate authority to the Leader to approve the final version of the SEP ahead of its submission to Government in March 2014. However, due to Cabinet preparation cycles there was insufficient time to submit the final SEP to Cabinet between it being approved by the LEP Board and submitted to Government.

To receive and consider recommendations from Panels, Cabinet and Council.

There were no recommendations to consider.

The Co-operative Scrutiny Board will be asked to consider co-operative review(s) (if any).

There were no co-operative reviews to consider.

To consider passing a resolution under Section100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the press and public from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it/they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph   of part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

There were no items of exempt business.