Issue - meetings

The Council is asked to note a report from the Standards Committee on its activities for the period from April 2021 to March 2022.

115.1  The Council noted a report from the Standards Committee on its activities for the period from April 2021 to March 2022 (pages 79 and 80).

115.2  Resolved -

That the report be noted.

Report by the Director of Law and Assurance.

The report sets out a draft Annual Report for approval for submission to the County Council on 15 July 2022.

5.1        The Committee considered a report by the Director of Law and Assurance (copy appended to the signed minutes), which set out a proposed annual report on the Committee’s activities during 2021/22, for submission to the County Council in July 2022.

5.2        The Committee supported the proposed report. In response to a question about the lack of referrals via the Whistleblowing Policy, the Director of Law and Assurance confirmed that the revised Policy had been publicised to all staff via standard communications and that the senior contact officers in the document had been reminded of their role. The contact officers have been proactive in helping complainants to consider different options for progressing a matter, including informal routes to resolution, so nothing had progressed to the formal Whistleblowing Policy during the last year.

5.3        Resolved – That the draft annual report be approved for submission to the County Council on 15 July 2022.