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Council: Havering

Committees: Cabinet Overview & Scrutiny Board (Officer)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

22 meetings · Page 1 of 5

Overview & Scrutiny Board Officer

Overview & Scrutiny Board - Thursday, 9th October, 2025 7.00 pm

The Havering Council's Overview and Scrutiny Board met to discuss budget savings, HR metrics, the improvement and transformation action plan, and cabinet responses to scrutiny recommendations. Councillors reviewed progress on savings targets, scrutinised workforce data, and discussed the future of the Havering Volunteer Centre. The board also considered how to improve the scrutiny process itself.

October 09, 2025
Overview & Scrutiny Board Officer

Overview & Scrutiny Board - Thursday, 3rd July, 2025 7.00 pm

The Overview and Scrutiny Board met to discuss the council's savings progress, HR metrics, customer service strategy, and annual report. Councillors expressed concerns about savings targets, agency worker usage, sickness absence, and the need for improved customer service. The board approved its annual report for submission to the full council.

July 03, 2025
Overview & Scrutiny Board

Overview & Scrutiny Board - Wednesday, 16th April, 2025 7.00 pm

April 16, 2025
Cabinet

PART 1, Cabinet - Wednesday, 12th March, 2025 7.00 pm

March 12, 2025
Cabinet

PART 2, Cabinet - Wednesday, 12th March, 2025 7.00 pm

March 12, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

47 decisions · Page 6 of 10

Office to residential conversions to accommodate homeless families - Chesham House

From: Cabinet - Wednesday, 11th December, 2024 7.00 pm - December 11, 2024

...to enter into a 10-year headlease agreement for Chesham House, a 55-unit building, to provide affordable temporary accommodation for homeless families, with the option to underlease it to a council subsidiary or manage it directly, and approved deficit grant funding of up to £9.7m if needed.

Implemented

Street Lighting Contract

From: Cabinet - Wednesday, 11th December, 2024 7.00 pm - December 11, 2024

...to award the Street Lighting Contract to Marlborough Highways Limited for an initial six-year term, with a possible four-year extension, up to a total value of £25m over 10 years, subject to a statutory standstill period.

Recommendations Approved

Period 6 Revenue & Capital Monitoring Report

From: Cabinet - Wednesday, 11th December, 2024 7.00 pm - December 11, 2024

...to note the Period 6 revenue financial position, progress on savings and earmarked reserves, and the Quarter 2 Capital Programme update.

Information Only

Approval of the Joint Havering Dementia Strategy 2024-2029

From: Cabinet - Wednesday, 6th November, 2024 7.30 pm - November 06, 2024

...to adopt and approve the local Joint Dementia Strategy for Havering 2024-2029, subject to incorporating recommendations from the People Overview & Scrutiny Sub-Committee and removing a specific sentence about government social care charging reforms.

Recommendations Approved

Direct Award of Social Care Case Management System - Liquidlogic

From: Cabinet - Wednesday, 9th October, 2024 7.30 pm - October 09, 2024

...to award a 7-year contract to Liquid Logic Limited for the provision of a Social Care Case Management System & ContrOCC payment Systems, utilizing the Crown Commercial Services Framework Agreement.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 22

Average per Month: 1.2

Decisions Recorded: 47