Any county councillor may, by giving notice to the Proper Officer by 9 am two working days before the meeting, ask a question on any matter in respect of the Cabinet Member’s delegated powers.

The number of questions which may be asked by any councillor at any one meeting is limited to two (or one question with notice and a supplementary question at the meeting) and the time for questions will be limited to 30 minutes in total. As with questions at Council, any questions which remain unanswered at the end of this item will receive a written response.

Questions submitted prior to the agenda being despatched are shown below and will be the subject of a response from the appropriate Cabinet Member or such other councillor or officer as is determined by the Cabinet Member, and shall not be the subject of further debate at this meeting. Questions received after the despatch of the agenda, but before the deadline, will be shown on the Schedule of Addenda circulated at the meeting, together with any written response which is available at that time.

Forward Plan Ref: 2018/176

Contact: Sarah Jelley, Senior Policy & Performance Officer Tel: 07554 103437

Report by Policy & Performance Service Manager (CMDLC4).

Following an LGA Peer Challenge review of the Council's work with the voluntary and community sector, the Council is now co-producing a new support arrangement with the sector as the review suggested that the current arrangements did not work for the sector. The current contract is due to end in March 2019 and to allow a co-produced solution to be developed, this report seeks an exemption from contract procurement rules to extend  the contract for an additional year to complete the co-production work.

The Cabinet Member Local Communities is RECOMMENDED to approve this exemption from the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules.