Decision details

YOUTH SERVICE REMODELLING

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Decision Maker: Assistant City Mayor - Children, Young People and Schools

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To remodel the Youth Service to realise the targeted budget savings of £923,000.

Decision:

1) Approve the revised model for the Youth Service set out in Option 2 in Table 1 on page 6 of the decision report and its implementation in order that the targeted £923,000 saving can be realised. Paragraph 4 of the report details the background information and rationale for remodelling the Youth Service. Table 1 of the report details the model based on Option 2 as the chosen model from the public consultation process.

2) To initiate the business case and begin the formal consultation with Trade Unions and Staff members in scope.

Please Note: This decision has been Called-In under Rule 12 of Part 4D of the Council’s Constitution and no further legally binding action will be taken on this decision until the Call-In has been addressed.

Reasons for the decision:

The Service is required to make a saving of approximately 1 million and a public consultation took place with a clear option chosen of a mixed delivery model.

Alternative options:

3 options were considered as part of the public consultation and option two was the clear chosen option with a mixed delivery model.

Publication date: 26/07/2017

Date of decision: 03/08/2017

Effective from: 11/08/2017

This decision has been called in by:

Councillor Ross Willmott who writes “Given the needs of young people in the city and the recent criticisms of the council's leadership by Ofsted it is wrong to be cutting the youth service by 50%. We further note that the following decision by Children's Scrutiny Commission has not been responded to by the Executive and should be before any decision is implemented: ‘It was proposed and duly seconded that the City Mayor and executive should be recommended to reconsider the savings target for Youth Services and that the required saving should come from the £7.4 million underspend that was not known at the time this review was commissioned, upon being put to the vote the motion was carried’. And: That none of the. £7.4 million underspend has yet been allocated to any projects so it is still available to offset these cuts.”"
Councillor Vijay Singh Riyait who writes “Given the needs of young people in the city and the recent criticisms of the council's leadership by Ofsted it is wrong to be cutting the youth service by 50%. We further note that the following decision by Children's Scrutiny Commission has not been responded to by the Executive and should be before any decision is implemented: ‘It was proposed and duly seconded that the City Mayor and executive should be recommended to reconsider the savings target for Youth Services and that the required saving should come from the £7.4 million underspend that was not known at the time this review was commissioned, upon being put to the vote the motion was carried’. And: That none of the. £7.4 million underspend has yet been allocated to any projects so it is still available to offset these cuts.”"
Councillor Lucy Chaplin who writes “Given the needs of young people in the city and the recent criticisms of the council's leadership by Ofsted it is wrong to be cutting the youth service by 50%. We further note that the following decision by Children's Scrutiny Commission has not been responded to by the Executive and should be before any decision is implemented: ‘It was proposed and duly seconded that the City Mayor and executive should be recommended to reconsider the savings target for Youth Services and that the required saving should come from the £7.4 million underspend that was not known at the time this review was commissioned, upon being put to the vote the motion was carried’. And: That none of the. £7.4 million underspend has yet been allocated to any projects so it is still available to offset these cuts.” "
Councillor Patrick Kitterick who writes “Given the needs of young people in the city and the recent criticisms of the council's leadership by Ofsted it is wrong to be cutting the youth service by 50%. We further note that the following decision by Children's Scrutiny Commission has not been responded to by the Executive and should be before any decision is implemented: ‘It was proposed and duly seconded that the City Mayor and executive should be recommended to reconsider the savings target for Youth Services and that the required saving should come from the £7.4 million underspend that was not known at the time this review was commissioned, upon being put to the vote the motion was carried’. And: That none of the. £7.4 million underspend has yet been allocated to any projects so it is still available to offset these cuts.” "
Councillor Dr Deborah Sangster who writes “Given the needs of young people in the city and the recent criticisms of the council's leadership by Ofsted it is wrong to be cutting the youth service by 50%. We further note that the following decision by Children's Scrutiny Commission has not been responded to by the Executive and should be before any decision is implemented: ‘It was proposed and duly seconded that the City Mayor and executive should be recommended to reconsider the savings target for Youth Services and that the required saving should come from the £7.4 million underspend that was not known at the time this review was commissioned, upon being put to the vote the motion was carried’. And: That none of the. £7.4 million underspend has yet been allocated to any projects so it is still available to offset these cuts.” "

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