Decision type: Key

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Priorities: Financial;

Decision due: 11 December 2012 by Cabinet (on the recommendation of Councillor McDonald)

Lead member: Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care.

Lead director: Strategic Director for People

Department: People

Contact: Claire Hodgkins, Supporting People Project Manager Email:  claire.hodgkins@plymouth.gov.uk Tel: 01752 307354  claire.hodgkins@plymouth.gov.uk Tel: 01752 307074.

Making Representations: In writing by 29 November 2012 to the Democratic Support Unit, Democracy and Governance, Department for Corporate Services

Information to be considered by the decision makers: The recommendation to award a contract for Healthwatch to the most economically advantageous tender

Is this decision due to be taken in private? (Yes/No): Yes

Reasons for private decison: Under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public may be excluded from the meeting for the business on the grounds that it may involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.