Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

 Members received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services in respect of the potential existence of a ‘Food Desert’ in the Portsoken Neighbourhood.  Members noted that, in 2007, research had concluded that residents in this area struggled to access healthy and affordable food. 

Having recently reviewed and refreshed this work, Members noted that the position had improved and was likely to continue to improve as a result of planned regeneration of the immediate area. It cannot be said that a ‘food desert’ currently exists in Portsoken. 

The Head of Corporate Strategy and Performance sought clarification as to how the City Corporation’s Departments had contributed to the improvements (or whether they had at all); clarification of the statistics quoted in paragraph 4, to understand what the score allocated means, and asked for data on uptake of the healthy cooking classes described at paragraph 12.  Officers agreed to provide more information.

RESOLVED, that – the report be noted.