Issue - meetings

Councillor Larry Culhane stated that in 2018 the Council left the Tri-borough agreement for substantive children’s services, but some services had still remained. This report was seeking approval to terminate the collaborative delivery in three areas, the main one being the Local Safeguarding Children’s Partnership service.Returning the services to sovereign delivery in H&F would enable greater control and improved integration of services across Children’s Social Care.

AGREED UNANIMOUSLY BY CABINET:

1.         To vary the Collaborative Delivery Agreement dated 5 April 2018 between the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster City Council from 1 April 2021, unless agreed otherwise, to enable H&F to terminate its involvement with the collaborative delivery of:

·           the Children’s Placements Service; and

·           the Local Safeguarding Children’s Partnership;

·           and to reduce H&F’s financial contribution of £150k per annum towards the Action for Change Programme by approximately 50%; 

2.         To delegate authority to the Chief Executive Officer to approve any future variations, extensions or disaggregation or termination (in full or in part) by H&F of the Collaborative Delivery Agreement.