Agenda and minutes
Venue: Committee Room 6, Harrow Civic Centre, Station Road, Harrow, HA1 2XY
Contact: Miriam Wearing, Senior Democratic Services Officer 020 8424 1542; Email: miriam.wearing@harrow.gov.uk
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Election of Chair Minutes: RESOLVED:ThatCouncillorKeithFerry beappointedas Chairfor the meeting.
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Declarations of personal and prejudicial interests Members are invited to declare at this stage of the meeting, any relevant financial or other interest in the items on this agenda. Minutes: RESOLVED: Tonotethat therewerenodeclarationsofinterestsmadeby Members.
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Minutes of the previous meeting PDF 92 KB Minutes: RESOLVED:Thattheminutesofthemeetingheldon 26March 2015, be taken asreadand signedas acorrectrecord.
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Matters arising Minutes: There were none. |
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Deputations Minutes: RESOLVED: Tonotethat nonewere received. |
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Trading Standards Annual Accounts 2014-2015 PDF 129 KB This report provides Members with information concerning forthcoming Joint Advisory Board meetings and the planned programme of reports to the Board.
Minutes: TheBoardreceived areportfrom theHeadofRegulatory Services on the annual accountsfor2014/15.It wasnotedthat therewas anetsurplus of £57,205,largelyduetoa widermanagementrestructure inBrentCounciland a resultantsalariessaving.Withinthatnet surplus,therehadbeena shortfall in theProceedsofCrime (POCA) incomeasonly £120,000ofthebudgeted £250,000hadbeenreceived.
Memberswere advisedthata reportwouldbe submittedto afuturemeeting on workcurrentlybeingundertakento reviewwhether thebudgetarytarget for proceedsofcrimework wassustainable.
In responseto questions,it wasreportedthat:
• Theaccountsonlyshowedthree quarterlypayments forPOCA, asthe fourth quarterly paymentfromthe HomeOffice would notbe received until theend ofthefinancial year.Paymentsmadeon thelast dayof March wereaccrued to2015/16.Thepaymentswere diff ... view the full minutes text for item 6. |
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Trading Standards Annual Report 2014-2015 PDF 3 MB This report details the work of the Trading Standards Consortium for 2014/15. Minutes: TheBoard receiveda reportwhichdetailedthework ofthe TradingStandards Consortium for2014/15.It wasnoted that,as previously requestedby the Board, the report referenced datafrom previous yearsto enable benchmarking.
Memberswere advised thattheservice wasdeveloping amore risk based framework as a result of a reduction in powers arising from the 2012 Protection of Freedom Act. The number of inspections would reduce as officers could only enterand inspect iftherewere specific reasonsto do so such asintelligenceleads,riskassessmentandbusinessestrack record.
In responseto questions,it wasreportedthat:
• Recordsofwebsite compliance checksdid not enable statistics tobe separatelymaintainedforthe internetcomponentofhighstreet businesses;
• With regard to overseas websites, i ... view the full minutes text for item 7. |
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Trading Standards Joint Advisory Board - Forward Plan PDF 76 KB This report provides Members with information concerning forthcoming Joint Advisory Board meetings and the planned programme of reports to the Board. Minutes: TheBoardreceivedinformationconcerningforthcomingJointAdvisoryBoard meetingsandtheplannedprogrammeofreportsto theBoard.
RESOLVED:Thatthereport benoted.
(Note: The meeting,havingcommencedat 7.00pm, closedat8.00pm).
(Signed) Chair
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Any other urgent business Notice of items to be raised under this heading must be given in writing to the Democratic Services Manager (London Borough of Brent) or his representative before the meeting in accordance with the constitutions of both councils. |