20/11/2023 - Procurement and Contracts Report

Cabinet is asked to consider and approve the procurement and award of the contracts listed in Appendix 2.

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 19/12/2023

Lead officer: Janine Copeland

Notice of decision: 20/11/2023

Anticipated restriction: Open


20/11/2023 - Stronger Local Resilience Forums Pilot

For Cabinet to support the development of a Northumbria Resilience Board to oversee the delivery of the Stronger LRF Pilot in Northumbria.

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 19/12/2023

Lead officer: Michael Reynard

Notice of decision: 20/11/2023

Anticipated restriction: Open


20/11/2023 - Proposals around Independent Schools Transferring to Local Authority Maintained Schools

Approval for a framework for use by the Council when considering applications from independent schools seeking to open a new maintained school to replace an independent school.

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 19/12/2023

Lead officer: Helen Fergusson

Notice of decision: 20/11/2023

Anticipated restriction: Open


20/11/2023 - SEND Strategy & Implementation Plan

Report seeks Cabinet endorsement of the new SEND Strategy and associated improvement plan as well as updating Cabinet on the outcome of the recent Local Area SEND inspection and the partnership response to the recommendations that followed.

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 19/12/2023

Lead officer: Helen Fergusson

Notice of decision: 20/11/2023

Anticipated restriction: Open


20/11/2023 - East Street Flats Energy Improvement Works

to report cost estimate and programme for work to improve energy efficiency of East Street flats, and seek approval to award contracts for design and pre-construction stage

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 19/12/2023

Lead officer: Jim Gillon

Notice of decision: 23/10/2023

Anticipated restriction: Fully exempt  - view reasons

Explanation of anticipated restriction:
This matter will be dealt with during the private part of the meeting.

This matter is considered to be commercially confidential and contains exempt information, as detailed below:

1. The report will contain “exempt” information which falls
within paragraph 3 of part 1 of schedule 12A to the Local
Government Act 1972 (“Information relating to the financial
or business affairs of any particular person (including the
authority holding the information)”;
and
2. "In relation to the “exempt” information, it has been determined that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information because disclosure would adversely impact the authority’s ability to manage its commercial financial and business affairs."


20/11/2023 - North East Screen Industries Partnership

To seek Cabinet approval to continue to contribute to the North East Screen Industries Partnership region-wide development programme,

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 19/12/2023

Lead officer: Peter Udall

Notice of decision: 21/08/2023

Anticipated restriction: Open