(a)

what consideration had the Cabinet Member given to the changes regarding the routes to the pathway access to accommodation;

(b)

concerns that businesses had received negative feedback as they had been unaware of the changes; (Plymouth House had not been ready);

(c)

the lack of communication to ward councillors and communities regarding the changes in homelessness provision;

(d)

ensuring that local communities were aware of the block booking of bed and breakfast accommodation, as in some areas, this could have a cumulative impact;

(e)

when would the committee be able to scrutinise the homelessness delivery plan;

(f)

whether an action plan had been drafted to address the overspend;

(g)

what were the contributing factors to the overspend on bed and breakfast accommodation and the increase in costs per place per night;

(h)

what was the definition of a rough sleeper; the figures reported seemed to be low and the perception was that there were more people sleeping rough across the city than reported;

(i)

what measures were in place to prevent 16/17 year olds from being placed in bed and breakfast accommodation;

(j)

an assurance that measures to address the overspend would not affect the overall service provision;

(k)

what measures had been undertaken to prepare for the introduction of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 which placed additional burdens on the local authority with no extra funding.

(a)

the ability of social housing providers to provide ongoing community support and if able to continue this practice, the impact on their housing development programme due to Universal Credit being paid in arrears;

(b)

the willingness of private sector landlords to accept rent up to six weeks in arrears and the implications on the private rented sector and homelessness prevention if tenants were evicted or refused tenancies due to receiving payments in arrears;

 (c)

the DWP’s funding allocation for Plymouth relating to the Discretionary Housing Fund and was there provision within the fund for loan based payments;

(d)

the number of social housing landlords that were part of the DWPs Landlord Portal and when the opportunity for social sector landlords to become a Trusted Partner would be rolled out;

(e)

concerns that the Universal Credit Partnership agreement with the DWP including the assisted digital support would end in March 2018 and what support would be provided to customers beyond this date;

(f)

whether library staff had been trained to provide advice/support to claimants relating to Universal Credit;

(g)

concerns relating to the impact of Universal Credit on young people (aged 16 to 25 year olds) and how the Council would support this age group;

(h)

whether the Council had a contingency plan in respect of helping customers in financial need.

(a)

whether measures were being put in place to address the increase in the number of calls received in the contact centre, relating to waste services;

(b)

how were people being educated regarding contamination of green (recycling) bins;

(c)

the number of staff involved with the education programme;

(d)

what measures were being put in place to prevent the contamination of bins (not by the householder) that were located in public areas (flats/streets);

(e)

the reasons behind the increase in missed bins (both green and brown);

(f)

the number of green (recycling) bins that had been contaminated;

(g)

clarification on whether missed bins could be reported on the day of collection;

(h)

concerns relating to the tone used in the alternative weekly collection publicity campaign;

(i)

the lack of improvement regarding the levels of street litter;

(j)

the progress being undertaken to further interrogate the complaints data.

(1)

include the call centre when further scrutinising waste services;

(2)

receive progress updates on the work being  undertaken to interrogate the complaints data.

(a)

whether the programmed works for the Derriford transport scheme would be completed on schedule despite discovering explosives on site;

(b)

whether the work taking place on Charles Cross Church would impede the planned traffic works; 

(c)

the rights of the utility companies to undertake works on the highway network, how much notice had to be given to the local authority to undertake such works and how were these works communicated to residents;

(d)

the definition of a utility company and whether this included Sky and Virgin;

(e)

whether planning and highways worked together when considering both highway network works and construction works;

(f)

whether the Council had become more successful in bidding for funding, in order to undertake such a comprehensive programme of works;

(g)

the reasons for the failure of the temporary lights at Sandalls Way on four consecutive days;

(h)

whether public consultation events could be held in the evening, in order to provide an opportunity to those people that worked to attend.

(a)

the current demand for allotments;

(b)

how many allotment sites had formed Associations; 

(c)

whether the allotment waiting list could be further interrogated to provide information by neighbourhood;

(d)

how proactive was the Council in filling the vacant allotment plots;

(e)

whether water charges were included within the fee.

(1)

Universal Credit (November 2017);

(2)

Parking Strategy (January 2018);

(3)

Trade Waste (March 2018);

(4)

Mayflower 400 Update (January 2018);

(5)

Waste Services Update (including the Call Centre);

(6)

Homelessness Delivery Plan.