Members are invited to disclose any interests in any of the items on the agenda at this point of the meeting. Members may still disclose an interest in an item at any time prior to the consideration of the matter.

6. Implementation of Phase 4 expansion programme -Royal Liberty Secondary school expansion - Virement.

Councillor Jason Frost, Pecuniary, Councillor Frost has recently been invited to be a Governor at Royal Liberty Secondary School.  Councillor Frost left the meeting and did not participate in the debate or vote.

Cabinet:

·       Reviewed the performance set out in Appendix 1 and the corrective action that is being taken.

·       Noted the content of the Demand Pressures Dashboard attached as Appendix 2

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Damian White introduced the Quarter 2 Corporate Performance Report to Cabinet.  The report was summarised by Sandy Hamberger, Interim Assistant Director of Policy, Performance and Community.

It was noted that for Quarter 2, of those Performance Indicators that had been rag rated, 24 (74%)  ...  view the full minutes text for item 24.

Cabinet:

·       Agreed the Parking Strategy at Appendix A of the report;

·       Agreed the Highways Resurfacing Policy at Appendix B of the report;

·       Delegated to the Director of Neighbourhoods in consultation with the Lead Member for Environment authority to take all necessary steps to enable and complete the strategy documents including minor revisions to the Parking Strategy and the Highways Resurfacing Policy and the future introduction of the service Parking Operation Plan. 

Councillor Osman Dervish, Cabinet Member for Environment presented the report to Cabinet for decision.

Everyone in Havering is affected by the way the traffic, highways and parking in the Borough are maintained and delivered.  It is imperative for everyone to have arrangements in place for a well-managed highways system  ...  view the full minutes text for item 25.

Cabinet:

• Agreed to vire funding of £1.2m from the DfE Basic Need Capital Grant - Phase 4 School Expansions contingency budget to the Royal Liberty expansion.  
• Agreed to release funding to the ESFA (Education and Skills Funding Agency) to proceed with expansion build works.
• Agreed to review the feasibility process to ensure more accurate forecasting of costs.

Councillor Robert Benham, Cabinet Member for Education, Children and Families presented the report to Cabinet.  In October 2016, Cabinet approved the inclusion of the Royal Liberty School to the Phase 4 School Expansions Programme.  The proposed expansion was to increase capacity from a four form of entry school to a  ...  view the full minutes text for item 26.