{"id":82686,"date":"2017-07-18T15:33:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T15:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=3ecf9c2fe373ea6924b141a50ab0a2ed"},"modified":"2017-07-18T15:33:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T15:33:02","slug":"press-release-proposed-return-of-further-powers-to-rotherham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=82686","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Proposed return of further powers to Rotherham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has announced plans to return a further 5 powers to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.<\/p>\n<p>It follows the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/rotherham-intervention-proposed-return-of-5-further-functions\">latest report<\/a> by the government-appointed Commissioner team that noted steady improvement by the council.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioners have proposed that 5 functions, which include community safety and waste collection, be returned to the council.<\/p>\n<p>This council has already regained 8 powers in the last 9 months.<\/p>\n<p>Communities Secretary Sajid Javid said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The council is continuing to make progress under the watchful eye of our Commissioners. So I am now inviting representations from the council before making my final decision on returning these further powers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"steady-progress-by-the-council\">Steady progress by the council<\/h3>\n<p>The Commissioner team, led by Mary Ney, who replaced Sir Derek Myers as Lead Commissioner in April 2017, outlined continuing improvements in her progress report of 18 May 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Based on evidence in that report the Communities Secretary is considering handing back control of the following functions to the council:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>performance management in each of the council\u2019s service areas<\/li>\n<li>waste collection<\/li>\n<li>community safety which includes community cohesion and domestic violence<\/li>\n<li>human resources<\/li>\n<li>asset management including both land and property assets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To give further assurance to residents, the community safety service would be returned with enhanced oversight by the Commissioner team over services supporting victims of domestic violence. This would allow the relevant Commissioner to veto any Cabinet decision if they feel necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioners will retain executive decision making power over children\u2019s services, special allowances, and also the appointment and dismissal of any statutory officers. They will also continue to have oversight over all returned functions.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h2>\n<p>Commissioners with executive responsibilities at Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lead Commissioner &#8211; Mary Ney<\/li>\n<li>Children\u2019s Social Care Commissioner &#8211; Patricia Bradwell<\/li>\n<li>Supporting Commissioner &#8211; Julie Kenny CBE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The intervention is expected to end on 31 March 2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_171\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:newsdesk@communities.gsi.gov.uk\">newsdesk@communities.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Please use this number if you&#8217;re a journalist wishing to speak to Press Office<\/span><br \/>\n              0303 444 1201\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_40\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Office address and general enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">2 Marsham Street<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLondon<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">SW1P 4DF<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"contact_form_url\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Contact form<\/span><br \/>\n              <a href=\"http:\/\/forms.communities.gov.uk\/\">http:\/\/forms.communiti&#8230;<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">General enquiries:  please use this number if you are a member of the public<\/span><br \/>\n              030 3444 0000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_3149\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Social media &#8211; DCLG<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"comments\">Twitter &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CommunitiesUK\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/CommunitiesUK<\/a><br \/>Flickr &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/communitiesuk\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/communitiesuk\/<\/a><br \/>LinkedIn &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/department-for-communities-and-local-government\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/department-for-communities-and-local-government<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communities Secretary Sajid Javid announces plans to return a further 5 powers to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82686"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}