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Good afternoon everybody and welcome to a meeting of Surrey County Council cabinet here at Woodhatch on Tuesday the 23rd of April. There are no members of the public in attendance so I won't read out the the file on but there are no fardules expected so if in the event there is one please do exit in the usual way. Obviously in line with our social media policy happy for you to use social media during the meeting provided it doesn't interfere with the business of the meeting. The meeting is webcast and we do in fact have some members that are joining us online who I think will speak on at least one of the items. So it's a relatively short agenda today but we've got three really big projects that have been approved by your funds, Surrey and indeed a really important item in relation to the Collema Gypsie Roma Traveller camp in Woking. So we will press on with the agenda in the usual way. I'll read out your name and if you could just confirm that your hair please and identify which portfolio hold starting with Claire Karen. Good afternoon Leader Councillor Claire Karen I'm the cabinet member for Children, Families and Lifelong Learning. Thank you David Lewis. Yes good afternoon David Lewis cabinet member for finance and resources. Thank you Denise Turner Stewart. Good afternoon Denise Turner Stewart, Deputy Leader and Customer and Communities cabinet member. Thank you. Thank you Kevin Deaners. Yes good afternoon Kevin Deaners cabinet member for Fine Rescue and Resilience. I am Martin Uti. I now know what you mean. Yes I happy St George's Day everyone. And I know in fact we celebrate St George's Day today but St George never actually stepped foot in England. Did you know that? There you go. I'm Martin Uti cabinet member for health well-being and public health. Well of course had he stepped footed and sorry he would have stayed here. I'm quite sure. Beautiful County. Marissa Heath. I'm not sure how I follow it on from that I would just say hello everyone Marissa Heath cabinet member for Environment. Thank you very much Matt Furness. Good afternoon Matt Furness cabinet member for Highways Transport and Economic Growth. Maureen Attewell. Good afternoon everyone. Maureen Attewell, Deputy cabinet member for Children, Families and Lifelong Learning. Thank you very much Natalie Bramhall. Good afternoon Natalie Bramhall cabinet member for property waste and infrastructure. Thank you and Paul Deach. Good afternoon Paul Deach Deputy cabinet member to the leader of the Council. Good afternoon tonight Moonie cabinet member for Adult Social Care. Thank you and finally Steve Bax. Thank you leader. Steve Bax Deputy cabinet member for Highways very pleased to be stepping foot in Surrey on this occasion. Thank you. Thank you very much and there are no apologies for absence. So item two the minutes of the previous meeting which held on 22th March 2024 those minutes been circulated those agreed. Thank you very much. Item three decorations of interest and member have any interest to declare a relation to the items on this agenda today. Mrs. Curran. Thank you leader. Yes I'd like to declare a non-precunery personal interest in item 10 on the agenda. I have family members who are members at Epsom Hockey Club. Thank you very much we'll know that but that is as there's no pecuniary interest you're more welcome to stay and to speak. Thank you. Item four then four A there were no questions from members on this occasion. Item four B no questions from the public. Four C there were no petitions. Four D no representations received on reports to be considered in private. Item five no there were no reports from select committees or task groups or other committees of the council. Item six then decisions of the leader or cabinet member there were seven decisions to note. I'll just briefly just run through those just in case anybody wants to raise anything. So the first decision was in relation to health and social care commissioning from the committees in common jointly with Surrey Heartland's family. Mark was the only thing you wanted to raise on that. No I don't think so Leader. Thank you. The second item there was a mental health investment fund. The only thing I will say I think a new picks up there will be a slight amendment to that which we're following through in regard to the authorisation process of the fund being cited by the lead member stroke leader of the council. Okay thank you. So that will go back to the committee's in common. Looks like it will have to in July. Okay in the meantime we'll note the sort of thrust of the decision at least. Okay thank you very much. Item three was dynamic purchasing system for parents support. It's an aid. Thank you chair. Quite straightforward item that's been to committees in common on a few occasions so very pleased to see that one decision finally reached. Thank you. Good thank you very much. Item four was a periodic review of Surrey Choices, a wholly owned company by Surrey got to counsel the strategic investment board but those because there was some commercial sensitivity those minutes are exempt. Item five, your funds, Surrey application, Memorial Hall, Denise. Thank you Leader. I mean this is an excellent application which will enable children to use the facilities. They currently have to go over the road because there's lack of legally required segregation and there's lots of fantastic events that take place there so it will become a truly all-age facility and the location is Peace Lake which is in Guildford and Bob Hughes and the advisory panel were wholly supportive of this application. Thank you. Excellent thank you and the next one is also your funds Surrey application. Again this was there was a tremendous fundraising effort from somebody in Morton and Seeker debts. They attracted funds from the London Marathon Trust Community Infrastructure Levy and the Heathrow Community Fund as well as the significant funds that we awarded. Again fantastic facility providing sailing, wind surfing, power boating, rock climbing, you name it and the facility will now be able to have disabled access, changing rooms and showers to make the facility fully usable. There's a big waiting list for this facility so it's really really popular locally. Thank you. Good excellent and we have some more successful applications coming up later in the agenda. Sorry, Maureen. Thank you, Leader. I just welcome the report for the Seeker debts at Waughton. It's just across the division board boundary of my division and many of the young people in my area attend there and they've come in on leaps and bounds. I mean I'm always very involved with them attend all their meetings, very supportive of them and I'm very pleased to see this presented here today. Excellent. Thank you very much. The next decision was of mine actually in relation to the governance and management to the basic state canal together with an identical decision taken by Hamish County Council. Paul Deach is in your area. I don't know if you want to make any comments. No, only to say that the proposals have widespread support, cross-party support as well I would say from the borough and district members of the previous committee there. So, no, in fully support. Good. And you will that will sort of hopefully settle down and we'll then see some further investment in the canal. But I think it's a definite positive way forward. Good. Thank you very much. I think that brings us to the end of those cabinet member decisions. So that then takes us to item seven which is the cabinet member of the month which is our monthly spotlight on one particular area and today it is Kevin Deness and the sorry for our rescue service. Thank you, Kevin. Thank you, Leader. I do not propose to read the update out verbatim which you'll be pleased to hear but I'm sure my colleagues have already found this an interest in an insightful document. So we find rescue continue to make progress on Chobham, Lingfield and Rygate fire stations which will start in September 2024. And following the approval of full council, the training facilities at Raybalt, the state-of-the-art health facility, fire facility will see where it's beginning 2025. These investments demonstrate the commitment this administration has placed on keeping people and businesses safe. Following a cause of concern for its risk-based inspection prioritised in the highest risks, a recent reinspection the cause of concern was removed. Her Majesty's fire and rescue service inspectorate stated that Surrey had fully reviewed the risk-based inspection program, has a comprehensive plan and has complete commitment from the service. This is positive feedback but it is just the staff of our journey. Emergency planning has dealt with storm hink which was in January with flooding more prevalent along the River Thames. The coroner's court temporary being relocated to Woodhatch to dealing with the M25 closures. This has been a busy time for the team. The coroner service received some 3,600 referrals every year and the teamwork hard to streamline processes, increase their visibility and working closely with health colleagues. Cases allocated to a dedicated coroner's officer on average within one day. This is leading to a much improved experience for loved ones at what is an extremely difficult and emotive time for them. In January 2023 the serious violence duty was enacted to identify where violence occurs, causes and prepare a strategy to prevent and reduce violence in Surrey. The priority areas are leadership, evidence, connections and focus. Analytical support has been provided and projects such as engaging in youths whilst in custody, nighttime economy, cocoon engagement services. In the financial, current financial year, funding has been allocated to a serious violence program manager, funding to target unhealthy behaviours during a nighttime economy and working with children in custody and knife crime prevention work. Additional to this work areas focus on violence against women and girls and domestic abuse services which are now in place to support these areas. The team are looking at our partnership structure and governance with the aim of completing strategic needs assessment and strategy for hate crime and cohesion. There has also been a review on adolescent pathways and how this has been structured and looking at child exploitation and identifying hotspot areas where there is a vulnerability to exploitation. Finally, counter-terrorism. The UK threat level remains substantial, meaning and attack is likely. The CT police network, there are working on 800 investigations nationally and since March 2017, counter-terrorism police in the UK intelligence services have disrupted 39 late stage attacks. So this obviously is one of our main focus within the team. There are monthly meetings of the channel panel which provides early intervention and diversion for individuals at risk. There is a new definition of extremism which applies to groups that promote ideology based on violence, hatred and intolerance. So I think across all of my portfolio it's an exceptionally busy time. Thank you, Leader. Thank you very much, Kevin. I just kind of found the prevent counter-terrorism, which is presumably a primary responsibility to the police, is our involvement through the local resilience forum or why does the foreign rescue service have a substantial involvement in that? Because it comes under the community safety umbrella and we obviously have a statutory responsibility to deal with prevent. It's not just solely a police. So we are engaged in meetings with the police and with the community safety partners and within the prevent and channel meetings. So we have a statutory responsibility. Okay, thank you. Did I see, thought I saw a hand go up, I missed it. No, I think Kevin, you are getting off quite lightly. I think the hand was ready for a round of applause, but never mind. No, thank you very much. I know that there's all sorts of other activity that the service is also working on, but I think the removal of the cause of concern, which I think we felt probably was we didn't deserve in the first place. So it's good to have got that clarification from the Bar Rescue Service and obviously from the last inspection report, all of the recommendations that are being worked on, and I'm sure will be completed before the team return. But I think it's always interesting to see the fire rescue, just the breadth of the work that you do. It isn't just about sending fire engines out. There is a little bit more to it, isn't there? You can see the chief fire officer smiling. I think that's right. But thank you very much, both of you. Okay, in that case, in that report, just for noting, thank you. Item 8, the Calima Gypsy Roma Traveler Camp in Woking, Natalie Bramble. Thank you, Leader. This report requests Cabinet to approve funding from the capital maintenance budget. As funding is commercially sensitive, I will cover this off in the part two of the report. We will renew 15 utility blocks, which is seven double units, and one single unit, as well as services, civils and drainage at Calima Gypsy Roma Traveler Camp in Woking. The existing blocks are in poor condition, near the end of their useful life. We will provide new units, plus improved site infrastructure, roads, paths and utilities. There are around currently 100 adults and children on this site. Cabinet are also asked to approve procurement of appropriate supply chain partners to deliver design, build and fit out. The Executive Director for EIG and the Director for London property are authorised to award contracts up to plus minus 10%, the budgetary tolerance level. This decision makes an essential contribution to Surrey County Council's 2030 vision of no one left behind. GRT communities face inequalities, deprivation, discrimination and social exclusion. These utility blocks help to maintain their health and well-being. Thank you. Thank you very much, Deputy. Any comments? It's important that we continue to upgrade those existing sites, so it's good to see that that's underway. There are four recommendations to approve the capital funding to renew 15 utility blocks and undertake associated drainage and civil works at the Calima GRT camp in Woking. Capital funding required to develop the new facilities is commercially sensitive at this time and is set out in the part two report, which we'll consider later. Approves the procurement of appropriate supply chain partners to deliver the design, build and fit out of the new structures in accordance with the Council's procurement and contract standing orders. Third recommendation is to note that regarding the procurement of supply chain partners, the Executive Director of Environment, Infrastructure and Growth and Director of Land and Property are authorised to award such contracts up to plus minus 10% to the budget to tolerance level and any other legal documentation required to facilitate the approvals within this report and recommendation for authorises legal services to seal any awarded contracts were required. Are those four recommendations agreed? Thank you very much. Item nine, your funds, sorry, applications. The first is Asheville Community Wellbeing Meeting Place and New Scout Headquarters, Denise. Thank you, Leader. So this is, as you say, Asheville Scout Group. First, Asheville Scout Group Community Wellbeing Meeting Place and New Headquarters. They're seeking 646,443 pounds, which is 92% of the total project. Asheville Scouts fundraised the balance to turn an end of life 1960s pre-fabricated concrete scout hut into a modern community hub. This is next to a key neighbourhood which is Ash Wharf and the land is free-holed owned by the Scout Group. So extra capacity will be provided and there will be a focus on the youth and the elderly. There are many isolated people in the vicinity and it's very much the vision of the Scout Group to bring the age groups together. There's lack of capacity at a local church and a chapel. This funding will provide an energy-efficient building, a new outside area, bicycle storage and will tackle social issues, promote friendship, address loneliness and support well-being. I have to say the first Asheville Scout Group demonstrated their deep connections and links within the community and it was a really enjoyable presentation which was fully supported by the advisory panel and I believe we have Carla Morrison present who wants to comment as divisional member on the application. Thank you. Thank you Denise. Good afternoon Carla. Good afternoon leader. That's it. Excellent. I think you were just going to say a few words in support of the application. I am indeed I don't want to repeat what Denise has said but I did prepare a few words. I will be very brief. My first Asheville Scout Group has been serving the young people of Asheville and Ash and the surrounding areas for over 85 years. Over 120 beavers, cubs, goats, brownies and guides meet weekly at this group headquarters in Asheville. It's probably the biggest youth group in our area and is accessible and inclusive to all. The existing prefabricated building is definitely at the end of its life. It has many potential problems that could make it unusable and risk the future of the issue of group. The condition is terrible. It has a roof is concrete asbestos and the wooden floor is constantly lifting. In addition, there are several large cracks in the structure. So what's been proposed is a new energy efficient and sustainable building in the heart of our community which not only will help the scouts but as Denise said, it will help us assist in tackling the deprivation in our area of Ash Wharf. It will meet social needs by allowing its use by various clubs and organizations and hobbies and interest groups during the day while still ensuring continuation of the provision of the scouting experience for our next generation. There's been incredible support from all in our local community who see this new building as a local space for meetings, coffee mornings, self-help sessions and endless opportunities to improve the lives of many. We're all very grateful for the support that we've received from the Council thus far and the help in hopefully bringing it to fruition. Thank you. Sorry, thank you very much, Carla. I'm just going to hand back to Denise. Oh no. Thank you so much, Carla. I mean, we did, as you say, we did have a very impressive presentation from the group. I mean, it was quite emotional, actually, discussing the issues locally and as you say, there had many photographs of the condition of the building currently which showed that there was an absolutely, you know, brilliant case made for this funding which will make such a difference locally and I'm really grateful to you for coming along and giving your local perspective as well. So, thank you very much. Thank you for the opportunity. Thank you, Carla and Paul did. Yeah, it's only just to say that, you know, my division actually neighbours Ashvale and there are members of the community that I represent that benefit from the services. I think it's a really good strong, a bid that's been put in in terms of the multi-use and everything else. So, I just wanted to support Carla on everything that she said there and you, Denise, and yeah, I hope that the Cabinet approves it. Thank you. Good, thank you very much. Anybody else wish to speak? Otherwise, the recommendation to Cabinet is to agree to fund Project CF259 for the full amount requested of 66443 pounds, comprised of 660643 of capital funding towards the development of the new building outside area and bicycle storage to be paid in staged payments on evidence of spend and then to include 5% to be held by Surrey County Council until final evidence is provided of income and expenditure, evaluation and completion, such as building control, sign-off. Is that agreed? Excellent, thank you very much and thank you, Carla, for joining us. So, we'll move to item 10 then. The three items are all from your fund Surrey, so Denise, the second one is the Epsom Sports Club, thank you. Thank you, Leader. So, Epsom Sports Club are seeking 1 million pounds, which is 44% of the total cost. They've had a tremendous fund-raising effort. They've got another 200,000 to be raised. They've raised 944,000 already. The total project cost is 2,144,472 pounds, so I think they've done absolutely brilliantly. They will be providing a home for cricket football, hockey and other sports. The fields were restored, so they've put in considerable effort to bring all of these fields back into use and it provides community clubs which are much needed. Again, this is located adjacent to a key neighbourhood. They're currently operating out of Porter Cabin, so you can imagine how restrictive those facilities are. Elderly people, disabled people, can't use the facilities at all and they've only got very basic toilets and changing facilities. So, the new clubhouse will provide disabled access and provision for the elderly. They aim to provide menopause support, music and movement for the elderly, art classes, bridge club, croquet, tennis lessons for children with special needs. There really is a very impressive range that they intend to provide. The car parking to cater for the disabled people for sports events and to access the all-weather pitch and floodlit facilities, which again provides a range of activities for all ages. So, this is really around maximising the fantastic facilities that they have, but they've been making do for some time. So, to have adequate shelter and catering facilities to support the grounds is much needed. Again, this was fully supported by the advisory panel and Stephen McCormack, I don't think he's a divisional member, I think he might be adjacent divisional member, he's lent his support, had a note from John Beckett to say that he may attend online, but if he hasn't, he has indicated his support as well. So, again, excellent support locally for this fantastic facility, and I know Claire's family are users of the club as well. Thank you. Thank you, Denise. I can't see John is on the call at the moment. Any other comments? I mean, I think that all three of these schemes actually are fantastic in that they are kind of multi, multi-use, multi-purpose, which is exactly kind of what we want to achieve for all age, all sorts of activities. So, I think as none of you are reading out the recommendations, I will. So, the recommendation is to agree to fund project CF235, the full amount requested 1 million pounds, comprised of 1 million pounds of capital funding towards the developments of the pavilion to be paid in stage payments on evidence of spend and to include 5% to be held by Sorry Gantt Council until final evidence is provided of income and expenditure, evaluation and completion, such as building control for SINO. Is that agreed? Thank you very much, and then still with you, Denise. Thank you, Leader. So, this application is for the link community hub in Hazlemere. The funding will renovate a building adjacent to a church to increase accessibility and flexibility. The total project cost is 2 million 126,722 pounds. The link are seeking 1 million pounds, which is 47% of the project costs. There have been significant sale contributions. Hazlemere fund, the town and parish councils, there have been a lot of contributions towards this because the absolute recognition of the need locally is to enable local, affordable counseling services to expand, which again are much needed locally. The income generation from the downstairs will support the charitable counseling. So again, they will be able to have an income stream to make this sustainable. And the location is close to a social housing area, which will benefit from the additional provision. And we did have testimonies from residents locally who would be struggling to afford transport to access these services. The site will provide citizens advice, crossways counseling, there's a Ukraine support group, a clothing bank, free community meals, mental health support, English lessons for refugees, youth support, hearing loss support groups, social prescribing, mental and physical health support. So you can see the range of activities. This adjustment includes moving a chimney basically, but that moving that chimney can actually enable several rooms to be created to give that privacy and because some of the issues that are discussed are quite sensitive, so it's absolutely adapting the building to be a much needed community asset locally. Again, this was fully supported by the advisory panel, but it was a very quite moving presentation. And I hope we are able to agree this today that the Divisional Member is John Rabini and he's in support as well. Thank you. Okay, thank you. And just looking at the breakdown here, there's one million from the County Council. The balance 800,000 is being confirmed and then there's sort of 425 or so to be raised, but it looks as if that is well on its way. If, assuming the 200,000 from the Hazelmere Parish Council appears, that's another million so relatively small, some say, but from what I understand, they're confident that they will be able to raise that balance. You can see there's a very, very sound foundation locally to try and get this facility up and running as we predict. Thank you. And it's good to see that we have got some, in this case, match funding actually, which is always encouraging. Okay, does anybody else wish to speak in relation to that item? Yes, Kevin, sorry. Thank you. I was just going to say that was quite impressed by the positive comments from from the community. I think there was over 400 comments in support, which I think is a good indication. And I was quite impressed with the variety of funding streams. It was a really good wide range. I mean, this definitely is an asset for future generations. I know the area well, Hazelmere, so I sort of endorse what John Rabin has said and support this whole heartedly. Thank you. Excellent. Thank you very much. So the recommendation from Denise is, one, agree to fund the full amount requested of £1 million, comprised of 1 million of capital funding towards transforming the Hazelmere Link Community Hub to be paid in stage payments on evidence of spend to include 5% to be held by Sorry County Council until final evidence of income expenditure and final completion such as building control sign-off. Is that agreed? Good. Excellent. Thank you, Mike. So three brilliant projects there. So we're right onto the team and to the communities for putting those forward and being successful. Okay, so that takes us actually to the last substantive item on the public agenda, which is an update on month 11 of our financial position, David. Yeah, thank you, Leader. So this is an update in terms of the Council's financial position at the end of month 11, which was the end of February of this year. If we start with the revenue budget, there has been a slight improvement in terms of the forecast overspend. At the end of February, we saw a 0.7 million improvement in the forecast overspend, which was predicted to come in at 3.3 million pounds. And that's after the application of the 20 million contingency, which we had built into the budget. I think it's fair to say that the pressures that we've spoken about in previous months have continued, although we did see a slight improvement this month in the adult social care position, which had improved by 0.7 of a million. But they continues to be pressure in terms of the care package costs for adult social care. On the children's side, there was a further half a million deterioration in the forecast overspend, which was predicted to be 28.7 million. There's ongoing pressure in terms of the home-to-school transport budget, a further 1.2 million forecast overspend there, which takes us to over 10 million overspend, just in home-to-school transport, compared to the original budget that we put in place. But in addition to that, within the children's sphere, we continue to see a lot of pressure in terms of the cost of social care placements. And I think we've spoken in the past about, to previous meetings, about this isn't a situation that's unique to Surrey. But in fact, a national picture, where there's a lack, nationally, of market sufficiency in this area. On the atty side, there has been a slight improvement at the month 11 of 400,000 pounds, which I think was largely due to the relatively mild weather that we experienced during the winter, which meant that we spent less than budgeted on things such as gritting of the roads. So as I say, overall, slight improvement, although still forecasting and overspend. And I think we ought to say that just looking ahead, because obviously there's a time lag with all these numbers and we're now into the next financial year, and I think just wanted to say that in terms of the out turn at the end of the year, we anticipate that in December there will continue to be a slight improvement in the overall position. So whilst we expect there to be a slight overspend at the end of the year against the budget, that will, we think, be slightly better than the forecast position at the end of month 11. And we have kept a very close watch on our reserve position, which continued to be robust and provide us with the necessary financial resilience. So the expectation is that we will fund any small overspend at the end of the year from the reserves, and that will come out to the budget equalization reserve. But when we've got the final figures for the out turn, the final figures for the year end, we'll report on that in that a bit in the next cabinet meeting. In terms of the capital budget, as you recall, we reset the capital budget during the year, and we have seen for the last two or three months a forecast expenditure which is slightly higher than that reset budget position. And at the end of month 11, that represented about five million pounds more than the reset budget, which was an increase of about 4.2 million from the month, month 10 position. The capital program panel has undertaken an assurance review of the capital program, and they have made a number of suggestions of actions and recommendations that could be made or will be made to improve our capital forecasting into the next financial year. And I think this is an area which we've spoken about again at previous meetings, and as I said, we had to reset the budget, the capital budget during the year, and I think we do need to do more work in terms of actually sort of improving the accuracy of our forecast, particularly on that capital budget, and it's the profiling of that spend as we go forward. In terms of the capital, just a bit of granularity there, there's been a slight decrease on property schemes since month 10, but the slippage, particularly around the descend independent living extra care, alternative provision projects, and I think most of that slippage has been in the area of Hope's Court Scheme on the send side. In terms of infrastructure, there was a slight overspend against the budget, which represented, as I said, about 4 million, just over 4 million, increase over the month 10 position, but 2.6 million of that came from government grant, which had been unbudgeted. And I think there's been a slight slippage also in terms of the, from a capital point of view of the acquisition of the low emission buses, and some slippage relating to the A320 work. So I think that sort of basically summarizes the key items from a capital point of view, and I think the message overall is that, you know, we, as we know, have been operating within a very, very difficult scenario background backdrop from a financial point of view with high levels of inflation during the year, and increasing levels of demand. And I think that the numbers that we're seeing and the position that we're seeing reflect the huge amount of work that has taken place on the revenue side to try and ensure that we remain within the agreed budgets. And when you think that the overall budget is over 1.1 billion net, you know, if we end up at the end of the year within two or three million overspend, it's a very small percentage of the total budget, and I think, you know, whilst one doesn't want to be complacent, I think, you know, everyone, officers, and the whole council had done a good job to get to that position, but we'll know more about that when we, when we look at the position next month. So I think that's probably what there is to say at the stage leader. Thank you. Thank you, David. And I think, you know, I would just reinforce a couple of those points. What one is, you know, on the basis that the overspend will be no more than this this month of 3.3. It should be less than that. It has a, there's a total percentage of our budget, excepting we've had to use a contingency fund of 20 million this year. But, you know, that 20, 20, 23 million, whatever it is, is against a really, really challenging background in terms of inflation and increasing demand in all of our key services. So it is, you know, it is a science budgeting, but it also is, there's a bit of art in there as well. So I think to come within effectively this year, two or three million of that budget is very good news. And I make that point partly because of the wider public sector and the particularly local government and the, and we're seeing the pressures of the councils that are under, we are, you know, we, we, this is, the budget is tightly run, you know, we are not immune from any of those challenges at all, but we are in a, I think, a pretty solid position. And, you know, evidence also by 273 million pounds of capital spent on, you know, a wide, you know, a wide spread of different, different projects, but we are pushing on hard with our, particularly in relation to creating more spaces for children with additional needs. We are looking at housing for older people to live independently longer. You know, we are investing in our roads, which is always going to be a challenge for us with 3,000 miles of road here, with more traffic on our roads and pretty much anywhere else in the country, but 107, 120 or a million being spent on highways and transport. We are investing in our buses, hydrogen buses and electric buses. We are investing in the little mini buses that are tootling around the county and so on. And we're also investing in our farm rescue service quite apart from all of the stuff that we're doing for the greener agenda. So, you know, a significant capital program all delivering, I think, excellent schemes for our residents. So, I think that brings us to the end of the public part of, oh, sorry to say sorry. Thank you, Leader. I wonder if I could just see something about an item that falls into part two of the council agenda. And before we do fall into that meeting, I just, which I do appreciate the confidential items. So, I shall be very reticent and careful with regards to what I say. But I do think this particular item is of real significance. So, all of you will recall that last year we initiated some work to produce a county-wide strategy for housing accommodation and homes, which recognises the housing crisis that's felt across the county and that strategy piece of work did set out a call to collective action. So, encouraging others to play their part, the council, the county council quite rightly made a commitment to do what we could and we are making really good progress with the proposal before us at the part two proposal is a good example of that. The report that we are going to consider in a moment relates to a purpose-built care home in Tandridge that was closed by the county council when it was deemed no longer fit for purpose. Other than being used as a COVID inoculation centre, it has, since then, remained vacant. The proposal we are being asked to approve will see the work we have done in partnership with Tandridge District Council to bring forward 100% affordable rental housing scheme with 13 housing units being provided and we are doing so in accordance with legislation that requires us to be satisfied that the disposal will secure the promotion or improvement of the economic, social or environmental well-being of an area. So, I'm really delighted that our housing strategy is having a really positive impact and effect in the way that this has highlighted the extent of the problem of housing in Surrey and as well as creating the environment in which partnerships such as this one between Tandridge and ourselves can be formed to take practical action to address this crisis. And I'd really like to thank Councillor Natalie Bramhall and the land and property team who are bringing this paper forward because I think that this has been a really good example of really positive partnership working and it's a great item to bring forward. So, thank you. Thank you very much, Shanade. And sorry, it's impossible to tell the difference between Denise and Shanade. I use the names interchangeably. And a real vindication of your housing strategy which you have championed. So, the only reason it's in part two is because of the commercial sensitivity around the numbers otherwise it would have been in part one. But it's great to see that the two councils working in partnership again for the benefit of residents. I should have said under item 12 the recommendation there which was the financial report, the recommendation was to note the council's forecast revenue budgets after the application of the full contingency budget and capital budget positions for the year. So, we're just confirmed that you're happy to note that report. Thank you very much. Unless I've missed any other hands up, then that brings us to the end of the public part of the meeting. So, under section 100A of the local government act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information under the relevant paragraphs of part one of schedule 12A of the act. And on that note, I bring the meeting to a close. Thank you very much. [BLANK_AUDIO]