Agenda item

Report of the Executive Director of Children’s Services.

The committee received a report of the Executive Director of Community and Children’s Services.

The committee discussed the data within the report and discussed how and when redecorations were logged as completed. It was noted that Gilbert House and Willoughby House had logged formal complaints with the City of London Corporation regarding the quality and poor management of the works and it was understood that another House had made an application to the First-tier Tribunal. The committee discussed the delay between works being completed and inspections being undertaken. The committee considered that the report, as written, had presented a more positive overview of the programme than it warranted and asked officers to be more candid in future.

In response to questions, officers agreed to share a breakdown of the costs per block of the programme following the meeting. The committee discussed the need for a cyclical works programme to ensure the estate remained well maintained. In response to questions, officers confirmed that in remedying the works the priority for the Corporation would be for the contractor to remedy works at their own costs and that a report on the possibilities for payment for said works could be brought to the next meeting of the committee. It was clarified by officers that where issues were identified with the quality of works that the costs of corrections would not be borne by residents.

RESOLVED: To note the report.