Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from County Councillor Albert Atkinson and County Councillor Ciaran Wells.

Members are asked to consider any Pecuniary Interests they may have to disclose to the meeting in relation to matters under consideration on the Agenda.

None declared

To be confirmed, and signed by the Chair.

Resolved: That the minutes of the meeting held on 10 July 2012 be confirmed and signed by the Chair.

Phil Halsall, Chief Executive, presented a report setting out an update on the progress made by One Connect Ltd.

In terms of performance, reference was made to achievement and development around ICT, procurement, the HR and Payroll service, the Customer Care Centre and Team Catalyst. Key aspects included the development of a replacement adult and social care IT system, implementation of Oracle R12 and the launch of Connect2HRP.

Partnership working continued to be key and work was ongoing to extend the matching of data to maximise the take up of free school meals across all Districts. The value of free schools meals to each family was estimated to be £400 per annum with schools estimated to benefit by some £1.5m in total across Lancashire.

Improvements within the scope of customers and stakeholders included the implementation of interactive voice recognition and improvements to information gathered during online booking for courses and seminars.

Team Catalyst had provided 20 reports with the first ten reports identifying potential savings of £2m.

Resolved: That the report, now presented, be noted.

Phil Halsall, Chief Executive, presented a report setting out an update on the progress of the Lancashire Superfast Broadband Project.

It was reported that there had been little change since the last progress report was considered due to the outstanding issue of State Aid. The Government was continuing its efforts to resolve the outstanding issues with the European Commission which would allow the funding to be confirmed.

Work on a robust delivery framework was taking place in the meantime and it was intended that the Employment Zones would be the first to benefit from the roll out. It was also recognised that the economic benefits of the roll out to rural areas was key.

Resolved: That the report, now presented, be noted.

An item of Urgent Business may only be considered under this heading where, by reason of special circumstances to be recorded in the minutes, the Chairman of the meeting is of the opinion that the item should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.  Wherever possible, the Chief Executive should be given advance warning of any Members' intention to raise a matter under this heading.

There were no items of urgent business.

The next meeting of the Cabinet Committee will held on Tuesday 8 January 2013 at 2.00 pm in Cabinet Room B, County Hall, Preston

The Cabinet Committee noted that its next meeting would be held on Tuesday 8 January 2013 at 2.00pm in Cabinet Room 'B', County Hall, Preston.