Issue - meetings

Report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer

Further to Minute No. 16 of 20 October 2020 the Committee considered the report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer that updated on the implementation of recommendations contained in the final report of the Ethical Business Practices Working Group that was approved by Council in February 2020.

The report highlighted responses from the Head of Strategic Support in relation to recommendations concerning the adoption of revised statements of ethical procurement principles/policy; and the adoption and implementation of a Social Value Action Plan.

Members asked questions/commented on the following issues:

·        The Government Commercial Function document “Guide to Using the Social Value Model”, published in December 2020, which indicated that following a review of its outsourcing processes in 2018 government committed to extend the requirements of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 in central government to ensure that all major procurements explicitly evaluate, where appropriate, rather than just consider it

·        Social value within the National Planning Policy Framework and Spatial Development Strategies to recognise that the role of planning policy was to ensure development was engaging with, uniting and benefiting the local area

·        Sefton’s Social Value from Development Supplementary Planning Document 

RESOLVED: That