Local Strategic Partnership Governance Arrangements: Fit for Now and the Future Mark Tyson Group Manager, Policy & Partnerships
Our presentation 1) What is the LSP? 2) Background on consultation 3) Current status of the Governance Framework 4) Changes to roles and functions of the Partnership Boards 5) Current and future LSP arrangements
The Barking & Dagenham Partnership Brings together all those who want to make B&D a better place to live, study & work. • Non statutory & non executive organisation • Provides strategic direction to improve B&D quality of life • Vision encompassed by the Community Plan Community Plan Partners include: Residents Council Police Voluntary Sector Health Businesses Fire Jobcentre Plus B&D College
Scrutiny & the LSP Each select committee is aligned with an LSP board for scrutiny purposes Select Committee Board Safer and Stronger Community Select Community Safety Partnership Committee; Children’s Services Select Committee; Children’s Trust Living and Working Select Committee; Jobs, Skills and Enterprise Board Clean and Green Board Health and Adult Services Select Health and Wellbeing Board Committee. Public Accounts and Audit Select Public Service Board Committee
Governance Framework Consultation • Distributed to PSB & Lead Officers in February • Presentation to PAASC • Responses, queries, • Responses, queries, amendments raised & collated
Consultation Responses Overall positive regarding the development of the framework, comments included: • Request to include non-executive directors • Discussions regarding methods of voting • Definitions of accountable body & pooled funding • Definitions of accountable body & pooled funding decisions • Appointment of chair & vice chair • Transparency & accountability • General length and complexity • Some points of inconsistency, style, etc.
Changes to the Partnership Structure April 2010 PSB away day amended the structure . Local Strategic Partnership. Public Service Board …clean… …safe… …fair & respectful… Community Safety Partnership Clean & Green Board = everybody’s responsibility …and where our young people …prosperous… …healthy… are inspired and successful. Skills, Jobs & Enterprise Board Health & Wellbeing Board Children’s Trust Board
Statutory changes to the theme boards • Children’s Trust • ‘statutory’ status to be removed in line with health and education reforms, however partners hope to continue in its current format • Health & Wellbeing • New statutory functions imminent with Health White Paper • To operate in its new role in shadow form from January, with new membership and scrutiny functions • Skills, Jobs & Enterprise • Skills, Jobs & Enterprise • Local Enterprise Partnerships will require the involvement of the same partners, potentially the Board may take on the responsibility of LEP and the statutory requirements. • Remaining relatively stable: • Community Safety Partnership , having just taken on Stronger Board functions • Clean & Green Board , with a more ‘think tank’ format
Governance Framework • Main body of the framework completed • Further work remains on individual boards as they emerge and develop • Transparency in the decision making and financial accountability processes • Clarity that each organisation is a partner, accountable • Clarity that each organisation is a partner, accountable to their own governance structures • Critical to the protection of the Council’s interests. No Council officer can be outvoted and forced into a decision against the Council’s position. There is no expectation that officers behave outside their delegated authority. • Clear (but not heavy-handed) protocols for scrutiny, behaviour and expectations of partners
Governance Framework Available on Partnership website to download and read Document will continue to develop as roles of boards develop boards develop Comments welcomed. www.barkingdagenhampartnership.org.uk/governance
The Future of LSPs? • Loss of the ‘monitoring role’ • End of LAA, CAA and other regimes that LSPs were nominally ‘monitoring’ • But a need to ensure continued delivery for the community • Big challenges ahead • Comprehensive Spending Review • Need to meet them together • Need to meet them together • Some ‘space’ for debate and discussion needed, and for aligning our ambitions » Need the ‘single view of the customer’ • Must reduce the bureaucratic burden • More streamlined documentation and processes • More emphasis on departmental support, to bring LSP in line with the core work of the Council with its partners
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