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COMMUNITIES, HOUSING
AND PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE
PURPOSE OF COMMITTEE
To monitor and oversee the
delivery of:
·
services provided by the Housing Cluster;
·
services provided by the Governance Cluster relating
to Public Protection;
·
services provided by the Operations Cluster
(excluding services within the remit of the Net Zero, Environment
and Transport Committee and the Education and Children’s
Services Committee); and
·
all other Council housing functions (with the
exception of capital building programmes, albeit the Committee may
receive and consider reports providing updates on capital building
programmes).
To promote the health and
wellbeing of the residents of Aberdeen and inclusive, equal
communities.
To receive assurance on the
statutory and regulatory duties placed on the Council for public
protection in relation to:
·
Adult Support and Protection;
·
Protective Services;
·
Civil Contingency responsibilities for local
resilience and prevention; and
·
Building Control.
To undertake the
Council’s duties in relation to the Police and Fire and
Rescue Services under the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act
2012.
REMIT
OF COMMITTEE
1.
Service Delivery and Performance
1.1
The Committee will, for the Housing Cluster, the
Governance Cluster (relating to Public Protection), the Operations
Cluster (subject to the exclusions noted above) and the Council
housing functions described above, and for the promotion of the
health and wellbeing of the residents of Aberdeen and inclusive,
equal communities:-
1.1.1
oversee, and make decisions relating to, service
delivery;
1.1.2
approve options to improve/transform service
delivery;
1.1.3
scrutinise operational performance and service
standards in line with the Performance Management Framework and
consider recommendations for improvements where required (including
in relation to the Housing Revenue Account);
1.1.4
receive risk registers relative to its remit and
scrutinise to ensure assurance of the controls in place;
1.1.5
approve all policies and strategies relative to its
remit; and
1.1.6
receive reports on inspections and peer reviews in
order to ensure best practice and note any actions arising from
those inspections and reviews.
1.2
In undertaking the aspects at 1.1, the Committee
will ensure that it is acting within the budget set by the Council
and is supporting the delivery of the Council’s agreed
outcomes, commissioning intentions and service
standards.
1.3
The Committee may make recommendations to the
appropriate Committee(s) or Sub-Committees on matters affecting its
remit where the authority to approve sits within the remit of
another Committee or Sub-Committee.
1.4
In particular, the Committee will:
1.4.1
consider and determine Asset Transfer Requests made
under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015;
1.4.2
review and oversee the management of council-managed
open spaces, and oversee the development and operation of a
Community Environmental Improvement Fund;
1.4.3
monitor the work of leased community centres and
work with the management committees of these community centres to
enhance the important services and activities they provide with
their allocated budget;
1.4.4
agree policy and monitor performance and service
delivery in relation to resettlement programmes and library
provision; and
1.4.5
monitor the establishment and operation of
Citizens’ Assemblies, receiving a report on each Assembly
meeting (noting that any such Assembly related to poverty or
inequality comes under the responsibility of the Anti-Poverty and
Inequality Committee).
PUBLIC PROTECTION
2.
The Committee will receive, amongst other reports
relating to the Council’s statutory and regulatory duties for
public protection, reports:
2.1
providing assurance on the Council’s duty to
deliver an effective adult justice service as determined by
statutory inspections;
2.2
summarising findings from statutory sampling and
analysis work carried out by or on behalf of the Environmental
Health and Trading Standards services to ensure compliance with
required standards;
2.3
providing assurance in respect of the
Council’s performance in relation to Trading Standards,
Environmental Health (including the Public Mortuary) and Scientific
Services, including external inspection and audit reports relating
to these services;
2.4
to monitor compliance with the Council’s
duties relating to the provision of mortuary facilities and their
adequacy for responding to mass fatalities;
2.5
on any work undertaken by the Council to tackle
underage sales in the city;
2.6
on major incidents and fatal accident inquiries and
any resulting impact and responsibilities places on the
Council;
2.7
outlining activity by Building Standards in relation
to public safety and dangerous buildings;
2.8
outlining activity by Building Standards in relation
to public safety and unauthorised building work and the
unauthorised occupation of buildings;
2.9
providing assurance from the Adult Protection
Committee on the impact and effectiveness of adult support and
protection improvement initiatives, including: delivery of national
initiatives and local implications:
·
learning from reviews;
·
quality assurance;
·
training and development;
·
local evidence-based initiatives;
·
effective working on adult protection;
and
·
statistics relating to the Adult Protection Register
(whilst noting that it has no remit to challenge
entries);
2.10
relating to the Chief Social Work Officer’s
Annual Report insofar as it relates to adult services, for
assurance purposes;
2.11
on the nature of institutional and systemic
discrimination in the City of Aberdeen, and the steps required to
eradicate such discrimination;
2.12
to monitor compliance with the Council’s
duties relating to resilience and local emergencies;
2.13
concerning relevant local, regional and national
‘lessons learnt’ reports and recommendations in respect
of civil contingency matters and monitor their
implementation;
2.14
to monitor the Council’s preparedness in
relation to the National CONTEST strategy and associated plans
relating to Counter Terrorism;
2.15
to contribute to and comment on the Strategic Police
Plan and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Strategic Plan when
consulted by the relevant national authority, in terms of the
Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 and the Fire (Scotland)
Act 2005 respectively;
2.16
to respond to consultations by the Chief Constable
on the designation of local commanders and by the Scottish Fire and
Rescue Service on the designation of local senior
officers;
2.17
to be involved in the setting of priorities and
objectives, both for the policing of Aberdeen and for the Scottish
Fire and Rescue Service in the undertaking of its functions in
Aberdeen;
2.18
to specify policing measures the Council wishes the
local commander to include in a Local Police Plan;
2.19
to approve a Local Police Plan submitted by the
local commander and approve a Local Fire and Rescue Plan (including
a revised plan) submitted by the Scottish Fire and Rescue
Service;
2.20
on police and fire and rescue service provision and
delivery in Aberdeen and provide feedback to the local commander
and the local senior officer;
2.21
to consider reports, statistical information and
other information about the policing of Aberdeen and the
undertaking of the Fire and Rescue function in Aberdeen provided in
response to the Council’s reasonable requests;
2.22
to agree, with the local commander, modifications to
an approved Local Police Plan at any time;
2.23
to liaise with the local commander and local senior
officer with regard to the undertaking by them of the community
planning duties of the Chief Constable and the Scottish Fire and
Rescue Service; and
2.24
on the establishment and operation of a Road Safety
Fund, in order to agree and monitor the implementation of measures
funded (note: decisions on transport are reserved to the Net Zero,
Environment and Transport Committee).
EXECUTIVE LEAD: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES
