Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Enforcement and Community Safety presented a report on the Tri-Borough Civil Protection Service and updated versions of the two statutory plans which underpinned much of the service’s work, the Corporate Emergency Management Plan and the Corporate Business Continuity Plan.

The Cabinet Member referred to the key responsibilities and achievements of the tri-borough service, which also covered the London Boroughs of Redbridge and Waltham Forest, since its inception in September 2017.  The two statutory plans, required under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, were extremely comprehensive and the robustness of the existing plans and service arrangements had been particularly evident in the Council’s response to the fire at Samuel Garside House in July 2019 and the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Corporate Business Continuity Plan also sets out the Council’s procedures for responding to IT system software attacks, which had occurred in other local authorities and had a significant impact on their ability to maintain service provision.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Approve the Corporate Emergency Management Plan at Appendix 1 to the report;

(ii)  Approve the Corporate Business Continuity Plan at Appendix 2 to the report; and

(iii)  Note the delivery mechanism for resilience via the Tri-Borough partnership arrangements.