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A
Good
afternoon
everybody
and
welcome
to
the
april
meeting
of
lee
city
council
executive
board
the
last
of
the
council
year
so
I'll
just
start
by
reminding
everybody
in
the
room
that
this
meeting
is
webcast,
live
and
welcome
everybody
who's
watching
the
meeting
and
I'll
just
move
on
to
the
formalities
at
the
start
of
the
meeting.
So
do
we
have
any
appeals
against
refusal
of
inspection
of
documents?
Please.
B
Thank
you,
chair
to
confirm,
there'd
been
no
appeals
received
for
today's.
A
I
don't
see
any
I'll
move
on
to
the
minutes
of
the
march
meeting.
Is
everybody
happy
with
those
take
it?
Everybody
is.
Thank
you.
We
move
on
to
the
first
main
item,
which
is
council
hayden.
Please
item
six.
D
Thank
you
leader.
This
is.
This
report
provides
an
update
on
the
leveling
up
fund
and
the
council
has
been
to
government
under
round
one
in
2021
and
the
anticipated
approach
to
round
two.
This
year
we
have
a
date
of
the
eighth
of
july
for
submissions
and
a
follow-up
report
with
much
more
detail
in
terms
of
the
round.
D
Two
applications
will
come
in
to
june
exec
board,
so
details
in
here
are
the
resupplication
of
leeds
east
and
the
farmville
well-being
center
and
leeds
west,
which
is
green,
healthy
and
connected
bid
and
details
about
that
outline.
Details
are
in
this
paper
and
then
the
some.
D
And
then
some
discussions
that
have
been
had
around
leed,
central
and
helmet
and
rothwell
and
I'd
like
to
thank
the
officers
for
working
on
these
bids.
Again,
it's
quite
a
quick
time
frame
and
the
mps
for
their
engagement
in
terms
of
getting
ready
bids
for
their
areas.
D
I
will
leave
it
there
in
terms
of
my
my
introduction,
I'm
not
sure
whether
any
of
my
colleagues
would
like
to
come
in
and
whether
martin
would
like
to
come
in
as
well.
Thank
you.
E
Yes,
gonna
begin
by
thanking
the
officers
who
are
dealing
with
the
pudsey
constituency
scheme
and
thank
them
for
their
hard
work
and
and
thorough
briefings,
and
things
seem
to
be
progressing
reasonably
well
there.
So,
as
I
say,
thanks
to
the
office
is
concerned,
I'm
particularly
looking
forward
to
seeing
the
drawings
of
the
footbridge
across
the
ring
road
linking
carving
fastly,
actually
different
parts
of
fastly,
which
has
been
split
ever
since
the
ring
road
was
constructed
in
that
particular
area.
E
Having
said
that,
I
want
to
comment
on
the
current
position
with
round
two
as
we're
a
priority
one
area.
As
far
as
the
government
are
concerned,
we
should
be
looking
optimistic
optimistically
towards
getting
one
scheme,
at
least,
and
I
am
just
a
little
concerned,
having
read
through
the
paper
about
how
far
we
are
down
the
line
with
any
of
the
bids,
barring
the
failed
bid
of
last
time
at
firmville
and
the
time
scale
which
isn't.
E
Our
fault
is
obviously
very
tight
and
I'm
concerned
that
we're
not
going
to
have
a
chance
for
much
exact
board
input
between
now
and
when
the
bid
has
got
to
be
in
with
the
meeting
in
june,
and
would
you
consider
therefore,
perhaps
even
an
informal
briefing
for
the
exec
board
as
things
progress,
because
presumably
we
were
making
more
than
one
bid.
E
I
also
want
to
ask,
particularly
on
the
helmet
rothwell
one.
The
mp
sent
me
some
time
ago,
a
submission
that
I
think
he
made
to
the
council
and
yes,
it
needs
us
correct
and
in
it
there
was
the
what
one
of
the
areas
you've
picked
up
in
this
report
we
haven't
mentioned
really
is
the
suggestion
of
a
station
at
methi,
and
I
think
the
answer
given
on
that
is
it
wasn't
shovel
ready
enough
to
be
considered.
E
That
may
well
be
the
case
yeah.
I
don't
know
I
just
I
I.
What
I'm
asking
is,
what
are
the
opinions
of
the
two
councils
from
that
court
or
three
councils
from
that
constituency
who
are
here.
A
Well,
certainly,
on
methane
station
a
bid
was
submitted
to
the
restoring
the
railway
fund
over
two
years
ago,
and
I
know
a
number
of
successful
awards
have
been
made
from
that
fund
by
the
dft.
Unfortunately,
the
bid
rnp
put
in
doesn't
seem
to
yet
have
been
successful
for
that.
Obviously
we
keep
our
fingers
crossed
that
the
government
will
progress
that
particular
bit.
So
there
is
a
live
bid
in
for
funding
method
station.
We
had
a
successful
meeting.
It
seems
a
long
time
ago.
A
Now
it
was
only
a
couple
of
years
ago
in
the
village,
with
the
mp
and
council
golden
kindly
turned
up
in
our
war
to
be
very
helpful,
as
he
always
always
is
we
welcomed
his
input.
We
welcomed
his
input
at
that
time,
so
there
is
certainly
a
lot
of
momentum
locally
behind
reopening
method
station
and,
like
I
say,
the
restoring
your
railway,
I
think
it
was
fund
bids
seem
to
be
announced
alongside
the
budget,
fairly
budget
and
other
events
fairly
regularly.
A
So
we
are
hopeful
of
that
one
moving
forward.
I
think,
given
the
time
scales
the
railway
industry
works,
so
I
mean
the
railways
work
too.
It
wouldn't
fit
in
the
leveling
up
time
scale
of
achieving
that,
but
we
are
like
say
we
do
have
another
bid
into
government
funding
for
methane
station
in
terms
of
the
second
one
I'll
answer,
council
carter,
I
mean
we
did
have
an
extra
exec
board
meeting
last
year.
I
believe
to
move
the
leveling
up
fund
bid
onwards.
A
I
think,
given
the
commitment
we've
seen
from
everybody
on
exec
board
to
getting
bids
in,
there
are
a
number
of
options
available
to
us
and
I'm
sure
both
yourself
and
council
goldman,
certainly
ourselves.
Well,
if
we
need
to
if
we
need
to
do
additional
meetings
as
an
executive
board
together,
we'll
certainly
commit
to
that
because
you're
absolutely
right,
we
do
need
to
maximize
our
opportunities
from
this.
I
would
want
to
think
something
as
simple
as
a
a
meeting
cycle
would
would
hold
that
up.
A
I
don't
know
martin
or
councillor
hayden.
If
you
want
to
comment
on
any
of
the
other
issues.
Council
carter
raised.
D
In
terms
of,
we
will
be
submitting
a
number
of
bids
that
obviously
fernville,
although
it
was
failed,
it
wasn't
a
fair.
D
It
was
a
very,
very
strong
bid
and
the
informal
feedback
we
haven't
had
any
official
feedback
from
government
as
yet,
but
the
informal
feedback
was,
it
was
a
very,
very
strong
bid
so
that
that
is
ready
to
go
the
leeds
west
and
the
green,
healthy
and
connected
bid
is
very
far
advanced
and-
and
you
know,
with
the
work
that's
been
done
by
the
local
over
the
council
is
involved,
and
the
mp
rachel
reeves
the
the
other
two
bids.
D
Then
they
do
need
some
work
on
for
the
in
the
next
couple
of
months,
which
will,
which
is
why
we'll
come
back
to
to
june,
except
with
that
completely
back
up
was
very
much
happy
to
have
an
extra
exec
board
last
year.
Happy
to
do
the
same
this
year,.
E
We're
kicking
an
open
goal
to
get
at
least
another
one
bid
successfully
submitted
and
approved,
so
I
do
think
we
should
have
the
extra
meeting
because
you've
been
watching
any
football
in
the
past
few
days,
you've
seen
a
few
penalty
misses.
I
don't
want
us
to
miss
a
penalty
when
we
are
a
priority
one
area
and
we
should
be
able
to
get
a
substantial
bid
agreed.
A
Okay,
like
I
said
when
it
comes
to
the
time
to
do
that,
we'll
be
more
than
happy
to
more
than
happy
to
bring
execute
together,
whether,
like
you
say,
informally
or
or
formally.
F
Just
a
point
of
clarification
leader
it
it,
the
deadline
for
submission
of
the
bids
is
the
6th
of
july.
Just
for
just
for
the
minutes.
Yeah.
G
Thanks
chair,
I
was
very
interested
in
council
carter's
intervention
on
metal
station
because
one
of
the
points
that
was
made
in
the
scheme,
which
was
discussed
at
the
meeting
that
we
did
have
in
metally,
was
that
any
such
proposal
should
be
led
by
the
member
of
parliament
and
as
a
constituent
of
that
member
of
parliament,
I
have
been
waiting
for
an
update
as
to
progress
on
his
leadership
of
that
scheme.
G
So
I'm
afraid
I'm
as
much
in
the
dark,
as
you
are
councillor
carter
in
terms
of
the
progress
of
that
transport
scheme
going
forward.
But
what
I
can
say
is
to
give
the
mps
due.
He
did
actually
convene
a
meeting
with
the
councillors
for
the
wards
which
he
represents,
because
I
think
he
recognizes
that
it
is
one
of
the
wealthier
constituencies
in
the
city
and
therefore
the
opportunities
for
leveling
up
places
that
are
already
pretty
leveled
up
is
difficult.
G
However,
one
of
the
things
I
would
say
about
the
leveling
up
fund
is
it's
not
meant
to
be
just
about
directing
money
to
the
poorest
parts
of
the
country?
It's
about
directing
money,
as
I
understand
it,
to
those
communities
which
have
often
been
overlooked
when
that
redistribution
has
been
done
historically
and
one
of
the
areas
which
has
been
overlooked.
G
Time
and
again
is
the
area
around
rothwell
and
metally,
and
out
and
bywater,
which
are
ex-mining
communities
but
never
quite
met
the
criteria
for
deprivation-based
index
funding,
and
I
think
this
is
a
great
opportunity
for
such
a
scheme
in
that
area
to
be
developed
up,
and
even
if
it
doesn't
get
successful
in
this
round
for
leveling
up
actually
the
background
work
which
is
done
on
this
kind
of
thing.
It's
a
bit
like
at
least
2023.
G
Actually,
even
if
you're
not
successful
in
getting
one
of
these
capital
culture
awards,
the
work
that
you
do
to
convene
people
and
and
puts
a
plan
on
paper
actually
means
that
even
if
you're
not
successful
for
what
you
bid
for
following
on,
you
do
actually
get
enablement
to
funding
elsewhere.
And
I
think
that
kind
of
work
which
needs
to
happen
on
all
of
these
suggested
bids
will
be
very
exciting
for
those
communities
that
they're
involved
in.
G
But
I
do
think
that
the
element
of
the
world
bid
is
a
little
bit
more,
shall
I
say,
headline
grappling
and
innovative
in
terms
of
a
regeneration
of
a
post-industrial
landscape
reimagined
as
a
leisure
destination,
to
enable
the
disabled
in
particular,
to
access
high-class
infrastructure,
and
I
look
forward
to
that
idea
being
developed
with
officers
between
now
and
july.
Thank
you,
chair.
E
Well,
I
don't
know
whether
I'm
pleased
I'm
sorry
that
councillor
galton
decided
to
be
political,
I'll,
say.
E
This
document
I
have
in
front
of
me,
was
produced
by
the
el
mitten
roth
de
rothwell
mp,
after
a
meeting
on
the
12th
of
november
that
he
had
with
various
councillors
council
harland,
I
think
you
attended
and
council
has
listed
11
possible
schemes.
E
The
mp
then
submitted
the
thought.
Those
thoughts
to
this
council.
E
I
suggest
he
goes
back
and
reads
the
criteria,
because
if
that's
the
way
you
treat
somebody
who
you
want
to
be
a
sponsor
of
your
scheme,
you're
going
a
funny
way
about
it,
and
I
would
think
the
people
of
the
area
would
prefer
some
proper
engagement
and
discussion
and
not
political
point
scoring
from
you.
H
Thank
you
chair,
so
I'm
really
happy,
obviously,
that
we're
going
again
for
the
fun
wellbeing
center,
but,
like
me,
and
many
residents
in
east
leeds,
were
absolutely
dismayed
when
the
first
round
was
rejected
because
for
all
of
the
government's
rhetoric
and
levelling
up
in
left
behind
communities
well,
east
leeds
is
one
of
the
most
deprived
communities
or
constituencies
in
the
whole
of
the
country,
and
if
anybody
deserves
leveling
up,
it's
east
leeds.
So
I
really
hope
that
the
government
this
time
puts
its
money
where
its
mouth
is
and
that's
this
bid.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you.
Somebody
learned
to
swim
at
fernville,
I'm
very
supportive
of
this.
I
think
I
think
it
was
new.
I
think
the
I
I
think
it
was
a
new
sports
centre
in
ireland,
which
probably
says
more
about
how
old
I
am
than
anything
else.
If
there's
no
further
comments
on
this
paper,
I
assume
that
everybody
supports
the
recommendations
to
move
forward
on
the
proposals
made
will
note
the
comments
made
around
the
table.
It's
a
very
swift
process.
A
Moving
forward,
we
certainly
has
agreed
we'll
look
at
if
we
need
to
bring
a
meeting
of
executive
board
together.
That's
not
currently
in
the
diary
to
do
that.
That's
our
commitment
to
achieve
that
and
we'll
move
on
to
your
paper.
Then
council,
cooper.
I
Thank
you,
leader
and
my
paper
for
today's
bodies
on
financial
health
monitoring,
it's
chapter
11
in
the
process
of
this
year's
monitoring
of
the
finances
of
of
the
organization.
I
So
just
a
couple,
I'm
assured
that
members
have
read
the
report,
so
I
don't
need
to
go
through
it
in
detail,
but
just
a
couple
of
points
to
note
that
the
pay
award
has
has
taken
place
and
staff
has
received
the
backdated
pay
in
march
2022
that
we
have
still
got
some
pressures
in
unfunded,
corvid,
related,
spend
and
and
also
and
underspend,
is
projected
around
0.4
of
a
million
along
with
that
overspend.
I
The
pressures
still
remain
on
energy
costs
to
the
organization,
and
we
need
to
keep
this
in
mind
for
the
final
out
turn
report,
which
will
be
next
next
month
and
and
I'll
leave
it
there
for
now
chair
for
any
questions
on
on
any
specifics.
E
On
energy
costs,
I
mean:
stick
your
finger
in
the
air
and
guess
clearly
we're
on
track
for
a
balanced
outcome
for
this
financial
year
last
financial
year,
which
will
be
reported
next
month.
E
However,
what
provisions
are
we
making
for
energy
prices
continuing
to
rise
in,
like
particularly
of
the
ukraine
situation,
and
the
likelihood
that
the
situation
there?
If
you
look
at
last
few
days,
news
is
getting
if
anything
worse
and
not
better.
I
So
I'll
I'll
ask
richard
to
come
in
on
the
specifics
around
the
provisions
for
next
year,
you're
right
councillor
carter,
that
it
looks
as
if
we
can
bring
in
a
balanced
budget,
even
if
we
have
to
use
some
contingency
for
the
energy
cost
pressures
that
we
might
face
over
the
next
month.
But
until
all
those
charges
come
in,
we
won't
know
until
the
closing
of
the
accounts
on
that
one.
I
But
I
know
that
some
excellent
work
has
been
taken
place
around
how
we
resource
energy
and
by
our
energy
and
I'll,
ask
richard
and
maybe
neil
to
to
come
in
around
those
proposals.
For
next
year.
B
Despite
the
fact
we
had
uplifted
for
inflation
and
had
also
created
an
energy
reserve
potentially
based
on
those
projections
that
we
had,
as
there
was
a
gap
circle
between
four
and
five
million
pounds,
and
clearly
it's
a
fluid
situation.
We'll
have
to
monitor
that
as
part
of
the
sort
of
standard
budget
monitoring
reports
that
we
bring
forward,
we
have
created
the
strategic
contingency
reserve,
which
is
money
put
aside
specifically
to
deal
with,
unplanned
events
of
which
clearly,
energy
price
increases
could
fall
into
that.
I
guess
the
issue
is
moving
forward
beyond.
B
2022-23
is
to
make
sure
that
the
the
base
budget
with
regard
to
energy
costs
is
sustainable,
and
we
will
need
to
reflect
that
in
terms
of
the
updated
medium
term
financial
strategy
report,
which
we
come
to
this
board
in
in
september.
Thank
you.
E
I
recall
we
made
some
decisions
about
advanced
purchasing
of
energy
supplies
and
I
would
guess
that's
currently
paying
off.
Is
it.
J
Yeah
I
mean
on
on
that,
so
we
we
are
pretty
much
hedged
until
october
on
our
our
current
purchases,
so
our
exposure
is
through
part
of
this
winter.
Even
then,
we've
got
around
about
two-thirds,
I
think
bought.
So
it's
the
exposure
on
the
third
which
hasn't
been
bought,
which,
as
richard
said
last
time,
he
came
to
executive
board
was
around
about
five
million.
I
think
more
than
what
we
had
put
aside
in
reserve
now.
J
Actually,
I
think
the
price
is
a
bit
down
from
where
we
were
last
time
actually
at
the
executive
board,
so
your
prices
are
a
bit
lower
than
that,
so
our
out
turn
on
current
prices
would
be
you
know
within
that,
within
that
figure
lower
than
that
figure.
As
you,
as
you've
indicated,
it
is
going
to
be
a
bit
of
a
judgment
of
solomon
to
kind
of
judge.
J
What
is
the
right
time
to
go
with
purchasing
the
remainder
of
our
our
requirement
over
the
winter,
but
I
I
think
it
would
be
what
we
sat
last
time
was
probably
the
outer
limit
of
what
we
would
be
expecting.
I
Yeah,
I
think
the
other
point
to
know
on
the
energy
pressure
for
finances
as
well.
Is
that
we're
not
we're
not
we're
not
alone
in
that
situation?
Obviously,
and-
and
so
I
think,
working
together
with
other
authorities
and
through
the
lga
and
with
the
government
on
how
we
can
address
that
as
local
authorities
is
the
best
way
to
go
forward
as
well,
so
we're
we're
undertaking
some
of
that
work
as
well
cancer
transfer.
You
know.
G
Thanks
chad,
I've
taken
up
most
of
the
issues
in
the
report
with
the
individual
directorates.
I
won't
labor
the
the
attention
of
attendees
here
with
those
because
they're
ongoing
discussions,
but
one
thing
I
would
like
to
highlight
is
something
that's
been
highlighted,
as
local
council
as
well
is
the
performance
of
our
housing
services.
G
An
unforeseen
effect,
for
instance
in
children's
services,
in
terms
of
being
able
to
get
care
leavers
into
sustainable
accommodation
going
forward,
there's
also
impact
in
terms
of
our
own
income
generation.
Obviously,
because
we're
not
getting
the
rentals
from
these
properties
which
are
void
and
there's
frustration
within
the
community,
of
course,
because
there's
great
pressure
in
my
own
area,
there's
added
pressure
as
well,
because
there's
the
sugar
hill
estate,
of
course,
of
people
wanting
to
decount
into
affordable
properties
and
to
see
properties
sometimes
for
up
to
eight
months
empty
for
a
variety
of
reasons.
G
First,
of
course
it
was
social
distancing
due
to
covid.
Then
it
was
material
shortages
due
to
covid.
Now
we're
being
told
that
it's
a
subcontractor
shortage
due
to
covered-
and
I
thought
most
of
our
lease
building
services
operatives
were
in-house
direct
employees
of
the
council.
So
I'm
very
concerned
on
that,
and
I
just
wondered,
given
the
impact
it
has
on
all
these
different
spending
streams.
G
Could
we
have
a
report,
the
next
executive
board,
to
have
a
bit
of
a
deep
dive
into
the
building
services
and
the
position
that
we
have
now
on
voids,
because
the
covid
effect
should
obviously
be
less
so
as
time
progresses,
and
it
would
be
good
to
know
that
we've
got
a
mitigation
plan
for
all
those
deficiencies
and
in
the
system
in
terms
of
getting
homes
repaired
and
brought
back
into
usage.
Considering
there's
such
a
a
long
waiting
list.
C
No
you've
mentioned
about
corvid
and
some
of
the
pressures
I
mean
this
is
not.
Indeed
there
are.
We
are
running
behind
with
the
with
the
void
numbers
you're
quite
right
about
that,
but
I
think
nationally
there
are
issues
to
do
with
the
market
shortages.
It's
not
just
related
to
corvid.
There
are
issues
to
do
you
know
sourcing
materials
as
well,
although
things
may
get
better
and
we're
not
completely
out
of
the
cupboard
as
well.
We've
still
got
staff
who
are
actually
ringing
in
who
are
who
are?
C
Obviously
you
know
having
virus
and
viruses
still
out
there
as
well,
but
we
have
got
plans
to
to
deal
with
that
to
source
extra.
You
know:
support
extra
external
con
subcontractors
to
deal
with
it,
not
just
relying
on
lead
at
least
building
services
and
and
and
mayors
to
kind
of
carry
out.
So
I'm
I'm
confident
you
know
share
that
in
the
coming
months,
that
will
will
be
will
be,
bringing
the
numbers
down
off
the
of
the
voids
and
in
the
city.
C
C
I
Thank
you,
leader,
yeah,
just
a
couple
of
points,
but
I'll
ask
gerard
to
come
in
on
on
some
of
the
detail.
Maybe
around
the
action
plan
going
forward
to
deal
with
the
increase
in
voids.
We
have
to
remember
that
we
come
from
a
historical,
excellent
place
for
our
void
numbers.
You
know
nationally,
we
were
recognized
as
one
of
the
of
the
outstanding
performing
councils
on
voids
and
corvid
has
had
a
huge
impact
corvid.
I
I
I
myself
was
I'm
only
just
out
of
isolation
from
having
covered,
so
I
do
know
that
we're
still
suffering
from
some
absences
to
do
with
corvid,
not
just
within
the
council,
but
also
within
some
of
the
contractors
that
we
do
use
and
we
do
use
contractors
through
lbs
to
conduct
some
of
the
work
and
some
of
the
contracts
that
that
we
need
to
undertake
in
our
housing
stock.
I
You
know
so
that
is
still
having
an
impact
on
the
ability
to
bring
voids
back
into,
as
maybe
as
quickly
as
we'd
like
to
see
it,
because
we
all
want
to
see
that
come
forward
as
quickly
as
it's
possible
to
do
so.
But
it
needs
to
be
done
in
a
safe
way
and
we
need
to
remember
the
restrictions
that
we've
that
have
brought
us
to
this
position
as
well.
But
I'll
ask
gerard
to
come
in
on
the
specifics
of
the
action
plan
around
voids.
K
Thank
you
councillor,
I
mean
yeah,
but
before
curving
in
in
later
the
average
void
percentage
we
had
in
the
city
was
was
around
point
seven
percent
this
moment
in
time,
the
round
about
1.3
percent.
So
we
have
seen
an
increase
in
the
numbers
and
the
reason
is:
is
councillor
fake
and
councillor
cooper
have
already
explained.
K
We
do
have
a
plan
to
get
those
void
numbers
back
down
to
where
the
world
before
the
start
of
the
pandemic,
and
we've
actually
got
two
contractors
starting
with
us
this
week
and
we're
hoping
that
within
the
next
four
to
six
months,
having
those
that
additional
capacity
will
then
allow
us
to
get
back
to
the
pre-pandemic
levels,
you're
right
council
of
golton,
it
does
have
an
impact
on
other
services.
K
It
does
delay
the
time
that
people
can
move
into
our
properties.
That
said,
the
allocation
process
hasn't
slowed
down,
we're
still
working
as
quickly
as
we
can
with
applicants
and
identifying
properties
for
them.
It's
just
the
time
it's
taking
to
get
the
properties
up
to
a
habitable
habitable
situation,
for
them
to
move
into.
Some
of
the
other
things
that
we're
looking
at
are
in
urgent
cases
where
people
may
need
to
move
quickly
is
if
we
can
allow
them
to
move
in
and
carry
some
of
the
repairs
work
around
them.
K
B
Just
going
to
add
confirmation,
really
because
I
was
up
in
seacroft
meeting
the
teams
yesterday
and
I
can
confirm
that
somebody
was
off
having
cart
covered
that
morning
from
the
void
team.
The
allocations
team
were
incredibly
busy.
B
The
the
I
talked
to
the
people
who
were
dealing
with
the
team
who
are
dealing
with
the
procurement
and
the
materials
side
and
we're
looking
actively
at
the
procurement
side
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
everything
we
can
there
there's
very
proactive
work
in
terms
of
the
workforce
to
see
if
we
can
recruit
more
local
people
into
the
into
some
really
good
jobs
that
you
know
exist
in
the
council
and
with
subcontractors
as
well,
and
you
know,
as
just
said,
the
the
subcontract
is
about
to
to
start
as
well.
B
So
I
think
you
know
that
we're
absolutely
on
it
and
I
do
know
from
other
council
conversations
that
we
are
seeing,
as
you
know
been
on
top
of
this
particularly
over
the
years
and
I'm
sure
we'll
get
it
back
on
track
soon.
A
Great,
thank
you.
We're
still
on
item
seven
financial
health
monitoring.
Are
there
any
more
comments
anybody
wants
to
make
before
we
turn
to
the
recommendations,
I'll
take
it
at
their
answer
and
everybody's
happy
with
the
recommendations.
A
So
with
that,
we'll
finish
that
item
and
we're
on
to
counteract
council
of
enemies
items
I
to
mate,
please.
L
Thank
you
chair,
so
my
first
paper
is
the
better
life
strategy,
and
this
has
also
been
to
adults
and
health
scrutiny,
and
it's
been
to
the
community
committee
chairs
meeting.
It's
been
very
well
received
everywhere.
It's
been
presented,
although
it
sits
in
adult
social
care.
I
would
want
to
stress
that
it's
the
council's
better
life
strategy,
the
whole
council,
because,
as
is
outlined
in
the
report,
most
of
what
constitutes
a
good
life,
isn't
provided
by
social
services.
L
We
had
a
workshop
for
elected
members
as
part
of
the
development
of
the
trust
strategy,
which
was
really
well
attended
by
councillors
from
across
the
chamber
and
led
to
some
really
interesting
discussions,
because,
obviously
we're
very
rooted
in
our
in
our
communities
we
ended
up
at
one
point
talking
about
assisted
bin
collections
is
an
example
of
something
that's
really
important,
but
not
not
not
delivered
directly
by
adult
social
care,
but
there
are
a
range
of
things
that
contribute
to
people
having
a
living,
a
positive,
independent,
happy
life.
L
In
terms
of
governance,
it
will
be
overseen
by
the
better
lives
board,
which
I
co-chair
with
somebody
who's
a
service
user
so
leads
involving
people
and
provide
support
and
members
of
the
better
lives
board.
So
it's
very
much
a
co-produced
piece
of
work
and
the
governance
will
be
between
the
department
and
people
are
in
receipt
of
services,
so
there'll
be
a
set
of
metrics
which
will
be
produced
for
each
outcome
so
that
the
better
lives
board
can
monitor
progress
against
the
outcomes
in
the
strategy
and
the
paper.
E
With
anything
in
the
paper
really,
but
as
always,
you
come
back
and
council
then
to
some
extent
address
the
point
as
a
how
success
is
to
be
measured.
E
So
I
was
interested
to
hear
the
comments
about
the
matrix
and
reporting
back
to
the
board
that
she
co-chairs
what
about
reporting
back,
never
mind
the
matrix
in
an
intelligible
way
to
the
people
of
leeds
as
to
how
successful
this
has
been
and
what
your
ideas
of
measurement
are
in
that
respect,
because
I
think
it
is
an
important
piece
of
work,
a
lot
of
times
obviously
gone
into
it
and
it
would
be
extremely
churlish
to
start
nitpicking
all
the
way
through
it,
but
the
proof
of
the
pudding's
in
the
eating.
E
So
I'd
like
to
hear
a
little
more
on
that
please,
and
also
I'm
surprised
you
wanted
to
venture
into
the
pin
collections
but
never
mind.
Casler
rafiq
was
hoping
not
to
have
a
mention
of
that
today,
but
you
brought
it
up.
So
I
carried
on
over
to
you
councillor,
vanna,.
L
M
At
the
moment,
we've
got
a
suite
of
possible
metrics
against
each
of
the
key
themes
that
people
said
is
a
priority
for
living,
a
good
life
and
they're
many
and
varied.
So
things
like
a
number
of
m43
homes.
That's
homes
that
provide
full
wheelchair
access,
number
of
discretionary
housing
payments
made
number
of
benefit.
Claimants
in
leads
following
advice
and
support,
obvious
things
like
referrals
to
adult
social
care,
number
of
local
health
and
well-being
plans.
M
Anyway,
we've
got
a
whole
suite
of
possible
metrics
we're
going
to
work
with
the
better
lives
board
members
for
them
to
work
with
us
to
choose
those
that
they
think
are
the
most
pertinent
ones
to
actually
measure
progress
and
then,
in
terms
of
accountability
and
reporting.
Back
as
councillor
vena
has
said,
we
have
quarterly
batteries
board
meetings
where
we
will
be
updating,
but
also
I
have
a
requirement
to
produce.
M
L
Terms
of
communicating
with
the
wider
public
one
of
the
many
things
that's
really
good
about
co-chairing
the
better
lives
board
with
the
services
you're
having
a
lot
of
services
of
input
on
that
board
is
that
they
do
make
us
talk
intelligently
because,
as
you'll
know,
health
and
social
care
is
really
jargonistic
and
having
a
board
made
up
of
people
that
are
in
receipt
of
services.
L
They
challenge
us
all
the
time
about
the
fact
that
we
have
to
communicate
more
effectively
and
we
have
to
disseminate
information
better
and
they
come
up
with
ideas
like
why?
Don't
we
use
libraries
more?
Why
don't
we
put
out
more
written
material,
and
this
has
also
come
up
on?
It
comes
up
a
lot
on
the
health
and
wellbeing
board
as
well,
which
I
share
around
how
the
health
service
and
the
health
system
communicates
with
with
patients
and
people
in
receipt
of
its
services.
L
Healthwatch
have
identified
communication
as
the
biggest
single
issue
that
would
make
the
most
difference
to
patients
if
it
was
better
and
as
a
result
of
that,
we're
doing
a
workshop
of
the
health
and
well-being
board
just
on
communication.
In
terms
of
how
the
health
system
communicates
with
people
using
its
services,
so
I
think
your
points
are
really
well
made
about
the
fact
we
have
to
be
better
at
communicating
directly
with
the
public
and
in
an
intelligible
way.
Thank
you.
G
Chair,
I
I
very
much
welcome
the
paper,
primarily
because
I
I
was
reminded
as
well.
This
isn't
a
paper
for
leeds
as
a
city.
G
This
is
a
paper
for
leads
as
a
council
as
an
organization
and
as
far
as
I'm
concerned,
it
has
become
an
accountability
framework
because
as
soon
as
this
is
adopted
as
a
council
document,
it
means
that
every
department
of
this
council
is
meant
to
live
up
to
everything
which
is
in
here
and
so
for
me
as
a
local
councillor
who
wants
to
pursue
excellence
in
my
own
small
geography
in
the
leeds
council
jurisdiction.
G
Actually,
this
is
a
help,
because
it
reminds
some
council
departments
that
they
are
meant
to
be
helping
to
deliver
some
of
the
outcomes
which
are
mentioned
in
this
document
so,
for
instance,
the
bit
about
good
housing.
We
do
have
an
issue,
for
instance
in
my
world,
I
know
and
is
replicated
across
the
city.
G
If
you
are
young
and
disabled,
it
is
very
hard
to
get
a
council
property
because
most
of
them
are
targeted
at
those
who
are
over
55
and
disabled,
and
we
do
need
to
do
something
about
that
and
that's
enshrined
in
this
document
when
we're
talking
about
the
disabled
and
access
to
green
space
as
a
counselor,
I
recently
wanted
to
get
somebody
to
do
an
audit
of
our
local
green
spaces
to
show
how
accessible
they
were
to
disabled
people
and
despite
the
best
efforts
of
the
professionals
in
the
council
that
responsible
for
it,
we
couldn't
find
anybody
to
do
it
and
there
certainly
wasn't
anywhere
internal
to
deliver
such
an
exercise
to
help
us
to
plan
better
for
the
future.
G
A
L
Thank
you
chair,
so
this
is
the
child
poverty
strategy
that
I'm
presenting,
which
is
an
overview
of
our
work
on
mitigating
the
impact
of
child
poverty,
and
we
report
twice
a
year
to
this
board
and
twice
the
scrutiny
as
people
will
be
aware
from
from
all
our
work
and
from
what's
in
the
news
as
well,
families
are
having
an
absolutely
extraordinarily
difficult
time
at
the
moment.
L
Interestingly,
research
was
published
two
weeks
ago,
which
said
that
in
the
last
year,
child
poverty
had
actually
fallen.
However,
that
was
absolutely
attributed
to
the
20
pound,
uplifting
universal
credit,
which
has
now
been
removed,
and
the
round
tree
foundation
have
estimated
that
that
will
plunge
an
additional
400
000
children
back
into
poverty,
and
I
wanted
to
highlight
that
because
I
think
that
shows
the
really
profound
impact
that
national
policy
can
have
the
fact
that
child
poverty
went
down
and
is
now
expected
to
hugely
go
up,
because
of
that
that
one
change
around
universal
credit.
L
I'd
really
like
to
sort
of
highlight
that
information
about
where
people
can
get
support
around
the
cost
of
living
crisis
is
on
the
council
website.
I
mean
obviously,
this
crosses
into
councillor
harlan's
portfolio
around
communities,
but
there's
a
lot
of
information
on
the
money
information
center
part
of
our
website.
I
think
for
ev.
Everybody
working
with
children
and
families
is
facing
the
issue
of
the
crisis
at
the
moment,
and
it's
coming
up
in
almost
every
every
meeting
that
I'm
in.
L
To
give
you
an
example,
I
I
still
chair
regular
meetings
of
child
care
providers,
so
that's
child,
minders
nurseries
and
wraparound
settings,
and
at
our
last
meeting
one
of
the
nursery
providers
was
talking
about
the
fact
that
she'd
registered
her
nursery
as
a
food
bank,
because
there
was
so
much
demand
from
the
families
using
her
service.
That
became
an
easier
way
of
dealing
with
it
to
actually
register
the
nursery
as
a
food
bank.
L
So
the
report
gives
an
overview
of
the
work
streams
that
we're
that
we're
working
on
to
address
the
impact
of
child
poverty.
It
lists
outputs
and
outcomes
for
each
area.
L
I
particularly
wanted
to
draw
people's
attention
to
the
improved
partnership
between
children's
services
and
housing,
which
has
been
a
very
positive
piece
of
work
over
the
last
year
or
so.
We've
got
people
from
housing
now
sitting
on
the
foster
calison
group
and
the
corporate
parenting
board,
which
is
partly
about
addressing
the
impact
of
families
living
in
poverty
and
the
needs
of
care
leavers,
but
also
recognizes
that
corporate
parenting
is
the
whole
council's
responsibility,
but
that's
a
really
really
positive
piece
of
work,
better
links
between
children's
services
and
housing
in
terms
of
housing.
L
Being
such
a
such
a
key
element
of
work
around
poverty
and
child
poverty
and
the
needs
of
families.
We
had
an
absolutely
inspirational
presentation
from
zarak
at
our
last,
but
one
meeting,
which
are
the
charities
that
deal
with
bed,
poverty
and
I
I
always
think
kind
of
working.
Quite
a
lot
in
the
field
of
child
poverty
that
I
can't
be
shocked
anymore,
but
actually
the
work
of
sarak
is
profoundly
shocking
in
terms
of
children.
L
Don't
have
access
to
beds
and,
of
course
we
wish
they
didn't
exist,
but
at
the
same
time,
I'm
incredibly
proud
that
they
do
exist
in
leeds,
and
the
council
works
in
partnership
with
them
to
address
that
very
basic
need
around
children
who
don't
have
a
bed
to
sleep
in
so
in
terms
of
what
the
board
are
being
asked
to
do
today,
you're
being
asked
to
support
our
work
around
mitigating
the
impact
of
child
poverty
and
also
recognizing
that
it
crosses
into
all
portfolios,
and
it
asks
the
board
to
support
and
endorse
this
important
standard
of
our
work.
A
E
A
bit
like
last
paper,
really
in
as
much
as
it
indicates
areas
where
we
should
be
having
a
whole
council
approach,
not
just
through
children's
services,
and
I
think
that's
absolutely
right.
I
also
think
that
we,
probably
all
of
us,
have
underestimated
the
effects
of
covid
on
young
people
on
their
perceptions
and
and
their
whole
lives.
E
I
I've
been
going
around
a
number
of
schools
recently
and
and
interesting
talking
with
teachers
and
head
teachers
about
the
changes
in
children's
attitudes
and
behaviors
between
lockdowns
and
particularly
after
the
last
lockdown
and
and
they're
going
to
have
in
schools.
I
think
one
heck
of
a
job
to
do
over
the
next
considerable
time
in
the
hope
that
can
get
kids
back
subconsciously
even
to
a
level
of
normality
that
that
that
isn't
there
at
the
moment,
still
isn't
there
at
the
moment.
E
And
then,
when
you
start
to
talk
about
young
people
with
a
great
deal,
many
other
problems
not
of
their
making,
then
you
realize
what
a
task
this
is,
and
I
think
it's
probably
one
of
the
most
difficult
tasks
we're
going
to
face
over
the
next
few
years.
E
I
was
I
was
looking
at
various
statistics
and
for
the
last
30
years
the
number
of
children
in
poverty
has
gone
up
and
down
up
and
down,
but
never
by
down
by
much.
E
But
it's
now
going
up
quite
significantly,
but
it's
been
at
a
level
for
30
years,
which
is
really
unacceptable
and
now
with
the
effects
of
coving,
we
have
to
do.
I
think
a
lot
more
about
it
and
I
hope
this
paper,
particularly
bringing
together
different
departments
of
the
council.
You
talked
about
green
space.
You
talked
about
housing,
hopefully
that
will
contribute
towards
making
it
a
better
situation.
L
It's
true
that
child
poverty
has
fluctuated,
but
it
was
halved
between
1997
and
2010,
and
it
is
now
raising
exponentially
and
predicted
to
rise
faster
as
a
direct
result
of
policy,
and
the
reason
I
had
the
point
about
universal
credit
is
because
it
does
demonstrate
how
much
of
an
impact
national
policy
can
have,
and
I
would
really
urge
you,
because
you
will
have
more
influence
over
the
current
government
than
we
do
to
press
that
point
that
actually
there's
a
real
need
for
national
leadership
around
this,
and
it
was
theresa
most
government
that
removed
the
requirement
for
local
authorities
to
have
a
child
poverty
strategy
and
they
also
removed
the
target
that
had
been
there
with
the
previous
labour
government
to
reduce
child
poverty
by
2020..
L
So
there's
a
real
need
for
national
leadership
and
national
leadership
in
policy
in
this
area.
In
terms
of
the
impact
of
covered
on
children.
I
mean
I've
talked
about
this
in
in
other
settings.
It's
something
that
obviously
I'm
I'm
looking
at
a
lot,
but
there's
a
really
profound
impact
on
babies
that
were
born
during
covid
that
were
toddlers
during
cleveland.
It's
coming
out
really
profoundly
in
our
early
years
settings.
L
You
know
children
that
haven't
been
used
to
being
held
by
anyone
other
than
their
parents
having
to
go
into
earlier
settings
and
having
separation,
anxiety,
children's
speech
and
language
isn't
where
it
should
be
children's
ability
to
socialize.
I
gave
the
example
of
going
into
a
primary
school.
In
my
own
ward
and
the
head
teacher.
When
we
went
into
reception,
saying
to
me,
please
excuse
these
children
they're
very
regularly,
because
they're
just
they're
not
as
school
ready
as
children,
would
usually
be
because
of
missing
out
on
early
years
provisions.
L
L
Actually,
I
think
the
saying
is
often
isn't
it
we're
all
in
the
same
sea,
but
not
in
the
same
boat,
and
the
experience
of
children
during
the
pandemic
has
been
very,
very
different
according
to
whether
they
were
in
a
family
that
had
enough
resource
or
whether
they
were
living
in
poverty,
and
those
impacts
are
also
going
to
be
played
out
over
this
generation
as
they
as
they
get
older.
N
Yeah
just
to
to
to
reaffirm
some
of
what
council
of
venice
says.
I
really
welcome
this
paper.
Council
carter.
I
don't
think
it's
right
to
characterize
child
poverty
as
something
that
goes
up
and
down
up
and
down
with
no
control
over
it.
Policy
has
an
impact
between
97
and
2010,
and
million
children
in
this
country
were
brought
out
of
poverty.
It
wasn't
just
coincidence
that
was
policy
brought
a
million
children
out
and
it
has
been
going
up
consistently
consistently
since
2010
spiked
as
councillor
venice
said
through
through
covid,
and
in
my
conversations
with
teachers.
N
Children's
reactions
to
to
the
pandemic
and
lockdown
has
been
different
from
child
to
child
there's
been,
some
elements
has
been
whether
they've
had
siblings
or
not,
so
whether
they've
had
an
element
of
socialization,
but
the
largest
impact
has
been
poverty
and
it's
been
housing,
and
it's
been
whether
they've
had
laptops
at
home.
Whether
they've
had
equipment
at
home
different
school
to
school,
as
their
experiences
have
been
hugely
different.
You
know
there
have
been
some
schools
where
teachers
were
focusing
on.
N
Are
the
children
waking
up
on
time
and
brushing
their
teeth
while
other
schools
were
focusing
on,
you
know,
are
they
on
their
third
worksheet
on
their
ipad
this
day?
So
you
can
see
how
kind
of
poverty
is
just
widening
that
gap,
which
is
absolutely
right?
Why
we
need
that
focus
on
it
as
a
council,
but
we
do
need
more
of
a
focus
on
it
from
governments
as
well,
because
government
policies
have
worsened
child
poverty
significantly.
A
H
Yeah,
I
was
just
going
to
come
back
really,
I
think,
just
and
to
highlight
again
that
the
report,
not
only
does
it
give
an
update
in
terms
of
you
know,
the
work
that's
been
done
to
mitigate
the
impact
of
poverty,
but
absolutely
it
does
address
as
well.
The
impact
of
the
pandemic
and
the
former
children's
commissioner
has
estimated
that
more
than
300
000
additional
children
will
have
been
pushed
into
poverty
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic,
and
I
think
the
work
in
relation
to
green
spaces.
H
I
think,
really
highlights
our
focus
on
the
pandemic.
I
think
it's,
you
know
not
insignificant,
that
in
england,
if
you
are
a
black
black
child
of
black
family,
that
you're
four
times
more
likely
not
to
have
access
to
outdoor
space
than
children
and
family
from
a
white
british
background.
So
again,
I
think
that
what
the
pandemic
has
done
is
it
has
exacerbated
and
it
has
amplified
existing
inequalities
and
that's
why
the
report
needs
to
cover
the
again
combating
the
impact
of
poverty,
but
also
the
impact
of
the
pandemic.
G
Thanks
chair,
I'm
not
sure
which
iteration
this
is
of
the
thriving
report.
Is
it
number
three
or
number
two
in
terms
of
annual
reports
on
thriving
there's
been
several.
G
I'll
leave
that
one
in
the
air-
I
I
think
the
point
is
there
have
been
several
and
I
have
been
critical
in
the
past
in
terms
of
what
was
included
within
the
document,
primarily
because
this
council
is
excellent
understanding
statistics
and
it
knows
the
rate
and
size
of
everything
and
the
statistics
just
just
made
there
about.
You
know
the
ability
for
for
black
children
to
access
green
space.
G
We've
got
all
that
information
in
our
hands,
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
expect
to
report
like
this
to
do
is
to
report
back
in
terms
of
what
the
outcomes
were
for
all
the
interventions
that
we've
made
based
on
that
level
of
knowledge
that
we
have
about
what
needs
to
change
in
the
city
and
each
time.
This
report
comes
it's
very
good
at
reporting
on
outputs
and
it
repeats
actually
year
on
year,
sometimes
the
same
ones
and
it,
for
instance
the
baby
app.
G
Sometimes
it
feels
like
it's
a
curation
piece
where
they,
we
gather
in
all
the
information
and
evidence
we've
got
from
ourselves
and
our
partners
as
to
things
that
we're
doing
to
try
and
counteract
poverty
or
as
a
response
to
poverty.
But
we
never
know
whether
what
we're
doing
is
actually
making
a
significant
impact
on
those
individuals
that
we
want
to
support
and
then
and
then
sometimes
you
think.
G
It
is
now
going
to
be
amplified
by
many
families
who
haven't
had
that
pressure
in
the
past
and
they're
going
to
be
needing
that
they're
going
to
be
experiencing
it
now,
and
our
services
are
going
to
need
to
respond
to
that
in
a
much
wider
scale.
So
one
of
the
things
I
will
ask
actually
is
our
children's
centers
are
meant
to
be
the
place
where
people
can
come
and
get
access
to
advice
and
services
to
help
them
as
they're
bringing
up
young
children
and
the
service
has
not
had
the
investment.
G
It
requires
over
the
past
few
years,
its
intentions
to
increase
its
income
to
enable
them
to
be
more
sustainable
family
focus
hubs
has
not
been
achieved
because
the
attention
hasn't
been
given
to
them.
Can
we
also
for
the
next
executive
board,
have
a
report
on
children
centers
and
how
they
can
be
the
focus
for
the
city's
families
going
forward
that
are
going
to
be
experiencing
trauma
financial
trauma
going
ahead
thanks,
chair.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Council
got
you
really
filling
up
the
next
exec
board
agenda
for
us.
Let's
hope
you
still,
let's
hope,
you're
still
here
after
the
election
council
of
enemy.
L
Yeah,
I'm
really
happy
to
come
back
on
a
number
of
those
points.
You've
heard
me
say
many
times,
council
galton,
that
one
of
the
things
that
is
quite
frustrating
about
leading
this
work
is
is
that
we
don't
control
a
lot
of
the
levers
to
lift
families
out
with
poverty.
L
They
are
in
the
hands
of
national
government,
but
that
you've,
what
you've
also
heard
me
say
is,
but
we
have
a
moral
imperative
to
try
and
mitigate
the
impact
of
child
poverty,
and
that's
what
this
work
is
doing.
It's
what
it
will
continue
to
do,
as
you
said,
as
things
get
harder,
you've
made
the
point
before
about
children's
centers
and
we
did
bring
their
work
more
into
this
report.
L
But
I
would
be
really
happy
to
bring
a
report
to
exact
board
about
the
work
of
children's
centers,
because
you're
right,
they
are
absolutely
at
the
center
of
dealing
with
child
poverty.
It's
a
real
feature
when
I
visit
children's
centers,
it's
one
of
the
things
I
talk
about
the
most
is
the
amount
of
feedback
referrals
are
doing
the
basic
provisions
they're,
giving
out
the
terrible
housing
situation.
L
Families
are
in,
and
I'm
really
proud
that
we've
kept
all
our
children's
centers,
because
you
know
that
was
a
political
decision
to
do
so
and
they
they
have
suffered
a
drop
in
income,
as
have,
as
has
the
earliest
sector
across
the
country.
There's
it's
a
sector
that
is
in
difficulty
at
the
moment.
As
a
result
of
that,
we
are
doing
some
business
planning
around
our
own
little
house
settings.
L
You
always
make
the
point
about
about
outputs
and
outcomes,
and
I
think
the
report
gives
outputs
in
terms
of
like,
for
example,
how
many
healthy
holidays
meals
have
been
given
out.
The
reason
we
included
the
case
studies
and
the
individual
examples.
I
mean
that's
qualitative
monitoring,
evaluation,
which
is
recognized
as
valid
evidence,
and
it
also
it
also.
What
did
you
say.
L
In
research
terms,
qualitative
data
is
recognized
as
valid
evidence,
and
its
power
is
that
it
does
show
the
impact
of
the
work.
It
shows
the
impact
of
work
on
individual
lives
and
the
individual
lives
of
children
and
families.
With
regard
to
outcomes,
we
talked
in
our
last
meeting
about
looking
at
how
we
monitor
outcomes
around
healthy
holidays.
More,
for
example,
what
impact
does
healthy
holidays
have
on
school
attendance?
L
It's
still
the
right
thing
to
do
to
feed
children
in
school
holidays
because
they
shouldn't
be
hungry
in
the
same
way
that
the
work
of
zarak
was
started
by
a
teacher,
because
she
was
very
aware
that
children
couldn't
learn
if
they
haven't
had
a
good
night's
sleep,
but
actually
the
reason
she
started.
That
work
is
because
it's
just
awful
that
children
ask
them
where
to
sleep,
and
it's
morally
the
right
thing
to
do
so.
L
E
E
Let's
not
go
into
it
in
detail,
but
the
whole
proposals
were
steeped
in
mystery
to
start
with,
and
the
councils
in
itself,
no
favors
and
the
people
who
lived
in
work
in
that
part
of
working
world
which
is
actually
as
close
to
harmony
as
as
you
can
get
we're
going
to
be
deprived
of
one
of
the
few
open
green
spaces.
E
Kids
can
play
now.
I
don't
expect
you
to
defend
what
you
did.
I
expect
you
to
accept
that
it's
a
community
asset
and
if
you're
going
to
talk
about
young
people
having
access
to
green
space
in
in
the
city,
areas
or
certainly
adjacent
to
the
inner
city,
then
you
know
you've
got
to
stop
that
sort
of
thing.
You
should
never
have
got
off
the
of
the
starting
blocks.
A
A
A
A
Take
it
the
people
so
we'll
move
item
10,
please
counselor,
harlan,.
H
Thank
you
leader
as
you'll,
be
aware
this
wasn't
a
report
that
was
due
to
to
come,
but
we
thought
it
would
be
timely
to
give
an
update
as
to
the
city-wide
response
to
the
crisis
in
ukraine
caused
by
the
ongoing
russian
invasion.
H
We
obviously
stand
shoulders
to
shoulder
with
the
people
of
ukraine,
and
then
we
are
committed
to
welcoming
and
supporting
ukrainian
refugees
who
settle
in
leeds
with
open
arms.
The
response
in
the
city
has
been
brilliant,
as
we
would
expect
so
you'll
be
aware
that
there
are
two
different
settlement
schemes
for
the
for
ukrainians.
H
Coming
to
the
uk,
the
ukraine
family
scheme,
which
broadly
allows
family
members
of
people
already
settled
in
the
uk
to
settle
here
for
up
to
three
years
and
the
homes
for
ukraine
scheme
which
pairs
ukrainians
with
uk
sponsors
government
will
provide
10
500
for
every
ukrainian
settling
in
leeds
under
the
homes
for
ukraine.
But
no
further
detail
of
funding
has
been
announced
yet
for
those
settling
under
the
ukraine
family
scheme.
H
We're
working
closely
with
the
leeds
branch
of
the
association
of
ukrainians
in
great
britain
to
understand
the
concerns
and
needs
of
ukrainian
refugees,
which
is
informing
the
pathways
of
support,
we're
setting
up
across
different
services
in
the
council,
and
we
continue
to
be
in
constant
dialogue
with
olga
and
other
members
there.
H
There's
lots
of
responsibilities
following
on
to
local
authorities
and
details
of
funding
are
in
the
papers,
but
we
have
been
working
in
arrears
and
there's.
Obviously,
an
impact
on
resource
government
policy
updates
and
changes
are
happening
daily,
as
we
are
dealing
with
the
things
on
the
ground.
So
we
are
facing
some
challenges.
F
Thank
you,
councillor
harland,
it's
paul
money,
chief
officer
for
the
surface,
stronger
communities,
team
in
leeds
city,
council
and
I,
along
with
a
number
of
other
colleagues,
providing
some
leadership
support
on
on
this
particular
agenda.
As
we
work
to
coordinate
this,
the
city's
response
to
the
ukraine
crisis
as
council
of
holland
has
identified
as
two
different
schemes
in
operation
in
terms
of
that
second,
one.
F
The
homes
for
ukraine
scheme
that
was
actually
launched
on
the
14th
of
march
this
year
by
the
secretary
of
state
for
the
department
of
leveling
up
housing
and
communities
and
initial
guidance
for
councils
on
this
scheme
was
issued
a
few
days
later
on
the
18th
of
march,
and
I
think,
it's
fair
to
say,
we've
been
in
receipt
of
updated
guidance
continually
ever
since
in
terms
of
the
current
leads
position.
F
The
number
of
scheduled,
actual
arrivals
from
ukraine
coming
into
leeds
who
have
been
matched
to
sponsors
in
the
city,
is
399
individuals,
but
we've
identified
there
are
a
few
glitches
and
some
some
issues
with
the
foundry
government
database.
So
we're
working
with
with
government
on
addressing
some
of
those
we've
put
a
fix
or
a
workaround.
In
place
working
with
our
colleagues
in
ids,
our
rit
colleagues,
we
kind
of
work
into
a
factor
of
plus
or
minus
10,
but
399
is
the
number
that
we're
we're
working,
we're
working
with
of
of
that
399.
F
It's
made
up
of
250
females,
eight
to
two
males
and
65.
Sorry,
67
individuals
who
are
who
are
unspecified
in
terms
of
gender
for
a
number
of
reasons
of
the
399
146
are
children
leaving
us,
obviously
with
a
253
number
in
terms
of
adults,
the
oldest
adult
being
77
years
of
age
as
councillor
harlan
has
kind
of
alluded
to
that.
F
It's
a
really
fluid
situation
is
this
of
that
399
46
individuals
have
already
arrived
and
that
46
number
is
made
up
of
28
separate
family
groups
and
in
itself
includes
12
children,
those
399
that
that
overall
number
they've
all
been
matched
with
186
sponsors
in
the
city,
and
we
are
now
working
through
a
process
of
doing
safeguarding
checks.
Dbs
checks
of
that
of
that
number
of
sponsors,
where
we
know
that
children
are
due
to
join
sponsors.
We
are
undertaking
what
we
call
enhanced
dbs
checks
on
the
wider
safeguarding
agenda.
F
Our
colleagues
in
housing,
we're
joined
today
by
archie's
chief
officer,
gerard
tinsdale,
but
what
I
can
say
about
the
the
accommodation
work
we
have
scheduled,
151
different
property
checks
to
be
undertaken,
and
the
vast
majority
of
the
ones
that
have
been
undertaken
so
far
have
proved
to
be
suitable.
I
think
we're
working
on
a
number
of
about
five
of
the
checks
we've
made
so
far,
where
our
assessment
of
the
properties
being
provided
by
the
sponsors
is
such
that
we
don't
think
it's
suitable
for
people
coming
into
into
the
into
the
city.
F
The
individuals
themselves
will
be
supported
principally
at
the
regional
center,
which
is
one
of
our
main
community
hubs,
where
many
of
the
services
that
individuals
will
need,
including
a
health
centre,
are
actually
located
helpfully
the
regional
centre
is,
is
in
close
geographic
proximity
to
the
leeds
ukrainian
residents
association
and
council.
Harlan
made
a
reference
there
to
to
olga
who's
one
of
the
individuals
in
that
community
who's,
coordinating,
support
and
working
very
much
very
much
with
us.
F
F
When
individuals
do
arrive,
they
are
provided
with
a
comprehensive
welcome
pack,
so
a
wealth
of
information
and
we're
also
sending
that
same
welcome
pack
to
sponsors,
an
english
language
version
of
that
welcome
pack
to
to
sponsors
in
terms
of
the
the
visa
situation
checks
this
morning
with
the
home
office,
advise
that
they've
issued
a
total
of
154
visas
with
a
number
obviously
still
pending.
F
Obviously,
not
all
of
the
154
people
have
arrived
in
the
city
and
visas
will
cover
both
the
two
schemes
that
councillor
harland
has
referenced,
we're
working
with
the
home
office
and
we're
working
with
the
department
for
levelling
up
and
communities
and
housing
to
try
and
streamline
that
that
visa
process
as
much
as
as
much
as
we
can
and
be
as
proactive
as
we
can
be
in
terms
of
this
process
and
chair.
F
If
it's
okay
with
you
just
for
a
couple
of
minutes,
I'd
would
like
to
invite
my
colleague
nadim
just
to
talk
very
briefly
about
some
of
the
high-level
processes
and
arrangements.
We've
got
in
place
to
kind
of
manage
this
situation
as
we
move
forward.
If
that's
okay
with
you,
yes,
please.
J
Thank
you,
nadeem
sadiq,
head
of
community
relations
and
cohesion.
So
from
the
outset,
really
with
a
with
a
fast-paced,
changing
agenda.
We've
at
the
outset
established
a
cross-council
strategic
partnership,
working
group,
coordinating
the
work
and
responding
outpace
to
government
guidance
and
the
homes
for
ukraine
scheme,
as
well
as
a
family
visa
scheme.
J
In
terms
of
liaising
with
college
in
the
broader
geography,
we've
been
doing
a
lot
of
work
with
our
sister
local
authorities
in
establishing
a
welcome
hub
at
leeds
and
bradford
airport
and
with
colleagues
at
the
home
office
and
the
department
for
levelling
up
housing
and
communities
to
to
help
shape
policy
and
guidance.
The
welcome
hub
is
now
operational,
fully
operational
and
able
to
provide
general
information
to
new
arrivals,
as
well
as
emergency
accommodation
and
onward
travel,
if
needed.
J
The
launch
of
the
leads
together
for
ukraine
appeal
established
at
the
outset
really
to
support
the
needs
of
ukrainian
refugees,
as
they
arrive
into
the
city,
is
now
well
and
truly
underway.
We're
working
with
refugee
charities
and
third
sector
organizations
to
help
develop
that
fund
further
kickstarted
by
lee
city
council
with
a
donation
of
fifty
thousand
pound.
The
the
appeal
has
almost
reached
a
hundred
thousand
pound,
and
we
will
continue
to
push
that
appeal.
Moving
forward
as
well.
J
We've
been
working
through
national
guidance
for
the
homes
for
ukraine
scheme
to
ensure
that
sponsors
are
matched
and
provided
with
the
necessary
support,
as
paul
has
already
alluded
to
and
where
we're
working
with
other
organizations
such
as
reset
and
national
organization,
who
are
playing
a
leading
role
in
the
matching
of
arrivals
to
the
uk
with
sponsors
in
the
country
as
well.
J
As
well,
it's
been
referenced
on
a
number
of
occasions,
but
we
are
in
regular
dialogue
and
engagement
with
the
leeds
branch
of
the
association
of
ukrainians
in
great
britain
to
help
prepare
for
new
arrivals
to
the
city
and
to
better
understand
their
needs
and
concerns,
and
within
that
we've
developed
a
welcome
pack
for
new
refugees
translated
into
different
community
languages.
That
will
help
them
settle
into
life
as
seamlessly
as
possible.
J
In
leeds
as
part
of
our
response,
we
are,
we
are,
on
a
daily
basis,
responding
to
a
range
of
new
and
unique
scenarios
that
other
presents
themselves
and
given
its
unprecedented
in
recent
times,
we're
working
through
these,
in
line
with
our
values
of
being
a
welcoming
and
compassionate
city,
to
try
and
provide
the
appropriate
support
to
arrivals
as
and
when
they
arrive
into
the
city,
working
with
a
range
of
different
partners
across
the
council
and
across
communities.
J
A
E
Yes,
can
I
first
of
all
thank
paul
and
his
team
for
all
the
work
they're
doing
as
regards
this
terrible
situation,
as
I
think
I
said,
class
council
meeting.
Never
I
never
thought
in
my
lifetime.
I
would
see
this
sort
of
carnage
erupting
in
europe.
Again,
it's
a
difficult
situation.
It's
going
to
remain
difficult
to
have
here
for
a
long
time.
E
E
2022
they've
been
fighting
since
2014
in
the
eastern
part
of
ukraine
and
that
particular
part
of
the
ukraine
is
the
home
to
a
large
number
of
russian-speaking
ukrainians,
some
of
whom
identify
very
strongly
with
the
russian
state,
although
I'm
not
sure
how
they
feel
about
that
now,
having
seen
cities
leveled
to
virtually
nothing
in
which
they
live
by
a
man
who
seems
to
me
to
be
the
epitome
of
evil,
and
so
it's
not
easy.
E
Therefore,
to
simply
start
opening
the
doors
and
letting
everybody
you
would
like
to
come
in,
come
in
without
proper
checks
and
balances,
and
we're
already
alert,
I
mean
the
home
office
to
be
fair,
are
under
huge
pressure
to
speed
up
the
visa
system
for
reasons
we
all
understand,
but
we
also
should
understand
what
speeding
up
the
system
means,
and
we
need
to
be
very
careful
that
we
are
putting
in
place
the
proper
support
packages
for
these
poor
people.
E
E
It
starts
to
put
everything
into
a
horrible
perspective,
so
thank
you
for
the
briefings,
which
I
very
much
appreciate.
Thank
you
for
all
you're
doing.
E
I
don't
think,
there's
anything
anyone
can
do
about
the
fluid
situation
until
putin,
realizes
that
his
atrocities
have
got
him
nowhere
and
have
to
stop
and
let
most
of
these
people
want
to
return
home
and
why
wouldn't
they
actually
get
home,
and
so
we
could
only
do
what
we
can
do
in
that
period
of
time
when
there
are
guests-
and
we
must
look
after
them.
G
Well,
one
thing
you
do
with
welcome
guests:
is
you
don't
make
them
wait
at
the
door?
And
I
think
this
is
an
area
of
disagreement
actually
with
councillor
carter.
I'm
not
sure
how
much
a
security
threat.
Mothers
and
children
are
to
this
state
and
therefore
shouldn't
be
subject
to
such
security
checks,
which
delays
them
actually
getting
to
our
shores.
G
I
was
very
interested
to
hear
the
figures
about
those
people
who
have
been
attended
at
the
leeds-bradford
airport.
G
Welcome
point
which
I
assume
is
airside,
as
opposed
to
landslide,
because
I
wasn't
aware
that
250
people
had
come
to
the
city
but,
as
you
just
pointed
out,
they're
distributed
across
yorkshire,
but
I
I'm
also
a
little
bit
uninformed
in
terms
of
how
people
are
being
enabled
to
get
here,
because
I
know
that
when
people
were
presenting
to
countries
in
eastern
europe,
they
were
immediately
given
free
rail
travel,
so
they
could
get
away
from
the
border
and
towards
different
parts
of
the
country
which
were
able
to
support
them
better
and
I'm
not
sure
if
we're
offering
that
same
kind
of
support
throughout
our
transport
system.
G
So,
for
instance,
I'm
not
sure
if
air
journeys
to
leeds
are
actually
harder
than
land
journeys
to
lead
via
rail
or
via
road,
and
therefore
would
welcome
points
be
appropriate,
for
instance,
at
our
rail
stations,
and
are
we
coordinating
with
welcome
points
that
are
happening
in
other
parts
of
the
country,
because
we're
not
the
first
point
of
landing
for
these
families
because
they
just
want
to
get
away
as
soon
as
possible.
So
is
there
that
kind
of
enablement
in
terms
of
free
transport,
thanks,
chair.
J
Yeah
so
at
there
is
free
travel
to
the
uk
being
offered
by
a
number
of
different
air
travel
companies.
But
within
the
uk,
individuals
are
able
to
access
free
travel
on
trains
if
they
are
able
to
demonstrate
that
they
have
a
valid
visa
which
has
been
issued
by
the
home
office.
So
upon
presentation
of
that
at
a
a
train
station
anywhere
in
the
uk,
they
are
offered
free
travel
to
their
point
of
destination.
E
We
were
offering
free
travel,
apparently
councillor,
galton,
didn't
just
to
to
come
back
to
the
point
I
was
making,
which
again,
council
co
golden
decided
to
misinterpret.
E
I
was
talking
about
health
issues
and
you
will,
if
you
listened,
really
recall
that
I
said
that,
had
we
the
proper
linkages
and
packages
in
place
to
support
people
with
all
sorts
of
health
issues
which,
because
we're
trying
to
speed
the
process
up,
which
is
right,
we
may
not
identify,
and
I
don't
want
to
go
into
any
greater
detail
than
that.
But
I'm
sure
mr
money
knows
what
I'm
referring
to.
A
H
I
don't
want
to
get
into
the
middle
of
a
spat
between
councillor
carter
and
council
golden
and
we'll
leave
up
that
bit
there
shall
we
I'd
just
like
to
thank
paul
nadim
and
the
teams
across
the
council
that
have
been
working
on
this
and
just
you
know
not
just
the
organic,
the
organizations
in
the
council,
but
organizations
across
the
city
that
are
really
pulling
out
all
the
stops
to
help
make
our
guests
as
welcome
as
we
possibly
can.
Something
like
this
really
does
highlight.
H
The
team
leads
ethos
that
nadine
referred
to,
and
you
know
the
approach
that
we
need
for
that.
Joint
working
we've
proved
through
covid
that
that
joint
working
helps
and
can
only
benefit,
and
I
think
we've
shown
again
that
we're
able
to
rise
to
any
challenge
in
this
city-
that's
thrown
at
us
and
we've
much
to
be
proud
of,
but
very
proud
of,
the
teams
that
are
dealing
with
this
day
today.
A
Thank
you,
council.
I
think
we
everybody
on
everybody
in
exec
fall
would
agree
with
that
point
about
the
work
we've
done
and
and
again
in
a
a
different
situation.
I
know
we've
been
recognized
for
the
support
we
gave
the
afghan
community
last
year
and
into
this
year
as
well.
I'm
gonna
turn
to
the
recommendations
on
page
146
take
from
discussion.
Everybody
is
happy
with
those
recommendations
and
we'll
move
on
to
the
last
item.
Please
counsel
prior.
N
Thank
you
leader,
so
this
report
provides
an
update
on
uk
spf,
which
is
the
shared
prosperity
fund,
and
this
is
intended
to
replace
esif,
which
is
the
european
structural
investment
fund
and
sets
out
the
preparations
ahead
of
the
formal
launch
of
uk
sbf
later
in
summer
this
year,
preparations
being
led
by
the
west
yorkshire,
combined
authority
and
our
economic
development
team
at
the
council
are
supporting
weica
in
making
initial
preparations
at
the
local
authority
level
I'll
leave
it.
There.
G
But
I'm
I'm
sorry
chair
it's
just
since
it
indicates
that
we're
going
to
get
less
financial
support
than
we
were
going
to
get
previously.
I
would
have
thought
the
front
bench
of
the
council
would
want
to
make
an
issue
of
it
as
well,
but
I
I
see
you're
you're
in
diplomatic
mode
at
the
moment.
It's
very
disappointing,
very
disappointing
in
terms
of
the
indications
of
what
we're
going
to
get
from
this
shared
prosperity
fund,
and
I
really
do
hope
that
what
is
indicated
is
done
intentionally
so
that
we'll
be
pleasantly
surprised.
G
If
it's
more
than
this,
when
the
actual
allocations
happen
and
that's
it
really.
E
So
do
I
chairman,
we
don't
know
we
guess,
but
for
the
first
couple
of
years
it
runs
in
tandem.
So
it's
actually
more
it's
after
that.
We
need
to
worry
to
make
sure
we
get
the
money.
If
you'd
read
the
paper
stuart,
you
didn't
realize.
F
Just
for
clarification
chair,
the
the
amounts
were
announced
last
week,
so
in
terms
of
west
yorkshire,
the
amount
is
80.486
million
of
that
12.48
is
ring
funds
to
the
multiply
initiative.
That's
an
adult
learning
numeracy
program,
so
that
leaves
68.003
million
as
core
funding
for
west
yorkshire
and
the
way
that's
calculated
is
by
a
formula
for
each
local
authority.
The
leads
calculation
of
that
core
funding
for
west
yorkshire
is
21.292
million.