Issue - meetings

This report presents the outcome and cost options from a commissioning exercise undertaken on behalf of Brent by Harrow Council. These outcomes relate to a re-procurement of the managed personnel contract that provides drivers and assistants for the shared Special Needs Transport (SNT) service.  The report seeks a specific decision in relation to the payment of London Living Wage (LLW) to staff employed through the contract.

Cabinet RESOLVED to approve an uplift in payment in line with LLW which draws from the Council’s reserves in 2021/22, but which would be included in the Council’s Medium Term Financial Strategy from 2022/23 onwards.

Councillor Krupa Sheth, as Lead Member for Environment introduced a report detailing the outcome and cost options relating to the re-procurement of the managed personnel contract that provided drivers and assistants for the shared Special Needs Transport (SNT) service, and the proposal to pay the London Living Wage (LLW) to staff employed through the contract.

Members noted that the recommissioning exercise had been a process led by the London Borough of Harrow, on behalf of Brent. Confirmation was provided that the associated costs would be funded through corporate reserves in 2021/22 and then built into the Medium Term Financial Strategy from 2022/23 onwards.

Councillor M Butt, Leader of the Council reaffirmed the Council’s commitment to ensuring that the LLW was pursued as standard across Council contracts, in view of the wider benefits provided.

RESOLVED that Cabinet to approve an uplift in payment in line with LLW  which draws from the Council’s reserves in 2021/22, but which would be included in the Council’s Medium Term Financial Strategy from 2022/23 onwards.