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The Committee is asked to approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 27 February 2017. Minutes:
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Strategic Resilience and Emergency Planning Framework PDF 415 KB Report of the Strategic Director, Communities and Environment Minutes: The Committee received a progress report on activity undertaken in relation to the Strategic Resilience and Emergency Planning Framework, within the last six months.
Updates were provided against each of the four themed areas along with details of the work carried out by the Emergency Response Team.
It was queried whether senior colleagues from Northumbria Police or the military could be invited to address the Council on how to respond to a terrorist incident. It was confirmed that the Council works with a range of partner agencies and a briefing for councillors has been arranged in April.
It was requested that the emergency out of hours contact arrangements be clarified and that contact details for senior officers be reissued to councillors.
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Freedom of Information - Annual Report PDF 375 KB Report of the Strategic Director, Corporate Services and Governance Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee considered a report detailing the number of requests for information received by the Council, under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016.
The report provided the background to the Act, highlighted the number of requests received and provided information resulting from analysis.
Over the period 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016 the number of requests received was 1200, representing a 0.58% decrease in requests received in the previous year and a 450.95% increase since the implementation of the Act in 2005.
Of the requests received 94.25% were dealt with within the 20 day timescale. This represents a decrease of 0.1% in performance on the 2016 figure.
Four requests were subject to an internal review. The original decision maker’s decision was upheld in all four cases.
It was noted that two requesters exercised the right of appeal to the Information Commissioner. These have yet to be determined.
Comparative data was also included showing the number of requests received by Gateshead and its neighbouring authorities in 2015.
RESOLVED: i) That the information be noted. ii) That the Committee is satisfied with the operation of the Freedom of Information Act procedure.
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Annual Work Programme PDF 143 KB Report of the Chief Executive and Strategic Director, Corporate Services and Governance. Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee received a report outlining the provisional work programme for the municipal year 2017-18. The Council has consulted partner organisations and it was reported that they have been supportive of the themes identified for consideration by the Committee.
It was requested that further consideration be given to the timing of the case study on welfare reform and that the issue be brought forward, if appropriate.
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