Decision details

The Local Area Agreement is an agreement with central government, the authority and partner agencies covering a three-year period. The report will be presented initially to the Business Support Overview and Scrutiny Committee and then Cabinet will be asked to refer it to full Council.

113/2008 The Cabinet accepted the recommendations from the Business Support Overview and Scrutiny Committee, in particular amending appendix 3 to reflect the role of the Medway Youth Trust as a contributory partner.
114/2008 That Cabinet agreed to recommend to Council the amended version of appendix 3 circulated at the meeting indicating in bold where informal agreement had been reached with Government Office for the South East.
115/2008 The Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader, to complete the negotiation on those targets where informal agreement has yet to be reached in order that targets against all 35 indicators can be presented to Council on 28 May.
116/2008 The Cabinet endorsed the targets already set with the Department for Children Schools and Families for the 16 statutory targets relating to education and early years which will form part of the Local Area Agreement.
117/2008 The Cabinet agreed to recommend to Council the lead role and supporting role for the council as shown against a selection of indicators at appendix 4 of the report.
118/2008 The Cabinet endorsed the allocation of targets to portfolio holders and overview and scrutiny committees, as shown at appendix 4 of the report, and noted the Local Strategic Partnership thematic partnership which has responsibility in each area.

Cabinet approval of the Local Area Agreement (LAA) targets will enable the negotiation of the LAA to move forward to the government timetable.