The Standards Sub Committee of Surrey Heath Borough Council will meet on 18 December 2024. The agenda suggests that the meeting will mostly be concerned with a standards investigation. The committee may also review whether previously redacted information should be kept confidential.

Standards Investigation

A report is included in the meeting pack that details a standards investigation, but the details have been redacted from the version that is available to the public. The report is 42 pages long, suggesting that this is likely to be the most substantial item on the agenda for the meeting on 18 December 2024.

Review of Exempt Items

The committee has previously decided to keep some information confidential. A report has been prepared for the meeting to help the committee decide whether to continue to keep that information confidential. The agenda states that:

The Sub Committee is advised to RESOLVE that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the consideration of the business set out in items 5 and 6 below on the ground that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

Agenda frontsheet 18th-Dec-2024 17.00 Standards Sub Committee

Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 allows councils to decide that the public should not be present during discussions if they are likely to involve the disclosure of confidential information.