Decision details

This report seeks agreement to enter into a Co-operation Agreement, from 1st April 2018, for collaborative delivery of services following the termination of previous shared services arrangements (Section 113, Local Government Act 1972) on 31st March 2018. The Agreement involves H&F providing and hosting services. Moving On is the name given to the programme to end shared services with the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (RBKC) and Westminster City Council (WCC), for Children’s Services, Adult Social Care, and Public Health, from April 2017 and ends April 2018.

1.    That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to approve the Co-operation Agreement for collaborative delivery services with RBKC and WCC and associated managements, for services set out within Appendix 1.

2.    It is recommended that the funding of £8,500 is approved from the Corporate Demands and Pressures Reserve for external legal costs for advice on the Co-operation Agreement.

In March 2017 RBKC and WCC served LBHF with notice of their intention to end the Section 113 Agreements for Adult Social Care, Children’s Services, and Public Health on 31st March 2018.

1.1.       An option to put in place a service contract model was considered. The financial and operational service delivery risks of a procurement challenge were evaluated and the model discounted to mitigate. 

1.2.        An option of a full delegation model was considered. The implications to and reduction of sovereign operational and strategic control were evaluated and the model discounted due to reduced sovereignty.