Agenda item

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

The Sub Committee received a report of the Executive Director of Community and Children’s Services providing a quarterly oversight of status and outcomes of fire safety management in the Corporation’s social housing.

In response to questions from Members, officers advised:

·         All City of London blocks have up to date fire risk assessments.

·         The Resident Services Team and Estate Officers are responsible for advising residents what to do in case of a fire, and communicating fire safety compliance to residents.

·         In relation to the stay put policy, Residential Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans are in place for residents with vulnerabilities and additional government funding would be provided in 2026 to do more work and training on this. These plans will also be updated as part of the Household survey. Members noted the importance of residents knowing what their responsibilities are.

Officers would provide a written response to questions from Members about:

·         What training is given to estate supervisors.

·         What contractual relationship is in place with leaseholders regarding their responsibilities in relation to fire.

·         How long it will take to get through the backlog of actions.

·         What a ‘good’ state of the fire safety status would look like.  

Officers agreed to bring a more detailed report back to the next meeting. This would include information about timescales for completing each priority of actions, as this was currently being reviewed.

RESOLVED – That, the report be noted.