Issue - meetings

The Corporate Director of Children’s Services, Helen Jenner, presented the report and explained that in 2013 the London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest agreed to merge their Children’s Emergency Duty Teams (EDT) and create one single Children’s EDT, with Redbridge Children’s Trust being the host authority.  The service had become operational on the 1 May 2014. The Police confirmed that from their perspective the new service was operating well.

At that time the officers involved had not understood that under the Council’s Contract Rules it would be necessary to obtain approval from the Board to enter into the contract as the value of the contract was over £500,000.  The Corporate Director wished to rectify the position in order that the contract could be sealed and sought the Boards retrospective approval to the entering into a three-year legal partnership agreement, effective from 1 May 2014. 

The Board:

(ii)  Approved the entering into of a three-year legal partnership agreement contract, effective from 1 May 2014, for the delivery of the four Borough Children’s Emergency Duty Team (EDT) Service with the London boroughs of Havering, Waltham Forest, and Redbridge on the terms set out in the report;

(ii)  Noted the cost of the service to LBBD at present was £257,000 and over the life of the contract was anticipated to be in the sum of £771,000;

(iii)  Noted that Redbridge Children’s Trust were the host authority.