Agenda item

In response to a question from a Member, an Officer of Built Environment advised the Committee of the procedure for donation of surplus food by fresh food outlets in the City.

The Committee were advised that the City of London Corporation encouraged food outlets to make arrangements with local charities through Clean City Awards Scheme (CCAS) best practice meetings, but there were no food banks located in the City. The Clean City Awards team targeted food outlets to promote best practice and encourage redistribution of surplus food.

Officers had visited the food outlet in question the day before this meeting to discuss their procedure on this matter and had established that the company distributed surplus food to its ‘hub’ stores from where it was given to charities or otherwise disposed of.

A Member responded to a question regarding the issue of a pedestrian crossing at Ludgate Hill. The Committee were advised that a 12 month trial of a signalled pedestrian crossing at Ludgate Hill would begin around September 2014.