Decision details

The Cabinet will be asked to consider proposals to extend the Joint Service Civil Contingencies between Barking and Dagenham and Waltham Forest to include Havering

Further to Minute 50 (2 November 2010), the Cabinet Member for Customer Services and Human Resources presented a report on a proposal for the London Borough of Havering to join the joint Civil Contingencies service between Barking and Dagenham and Waltham Forest under an initial one-year pilot.

The Cabinet Member explained that the inclusion of the London Borough of Havering, and the potential for other Local Authorities to join in the future, would provide a framework for the delivery of further efficiencies whilst maintaining the resilience and flexibility of the service. 

Cabinet agreed:

  (i)  To extend the joint Civil Contingencies service to include the London Borough of Havering under a one-year pilot arrangement;

  (ii)  That a report be presented in December 2012 on the evaluation of the pilot and whether to formalise the arrangement from April 2013; and

 (iii)  That officers continue to explore the potential to extend the joint service arrangement to other Local Authorities in the event that it was considered to be in the Council’s interests to do so.