Agenda item

Report of the Chamberlain

The Committee considered a report of the Chamberlain which set out a summary of statistics for waivers processed during 2016/17, the report was circulated to all Spending Committees for information.

In response to the Chairman’s request for clarity on the waivers, the Chamberlain explained that for the Departments which the Committee is responsible for, there were eight waivers in total, two from Open Spaces and six from Markets and Consumer Protection. Of these, three from Markets and Consumer Protection and one from Open Spaces were retrospective.

A Member noted that the report before the Committee had first been presented to the July 2017 meeting of the Finance Committee where it had been decided that the report should subsequently be circulated to other Committees, and asked why there had been a delay in its submission to this Committee. The Chamberlain agreed to follow this up.

The Director of Markets and Consumer Protection assured Members that the issue of waivers was taken seriously by the Department, which has very few waivers in comparison with other departments, and they were looking at ways to ensure waivers could be signed off in his absence.

RESOLVED – That the Committee note the report.