{"id":84266,"date":"2017-09-12T17:11:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T17:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=ade784697e3c2c81bbeb8801b3433886"},"modified":"2017-09-12T17:11:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T17:11:07","slug":"press-release-return-of-further-powers-to-rotherham-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=84266","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Return of further powers to Rotherham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The move to return the functions, which include community safety and waste collection, follows the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/rotherham-intervention-return-of-5-additional-functions\">latest report<\/a> by the government-appointed Commissioner team that noted steady improvement by 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>The council is continuing to make progress under the watchful eye of our commissioners and the return of additional powers to Rotherham reflects this progress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">However, the commissioners will remain in place and continue to work with the council to help restore full democratic powers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"steady-progress-by-the-council\">Steady progress by the council<\/h2>\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>The Communities Secretary will hand 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 will 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 social care 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<p>Mr Javid will continue to receive 3-monthly reviews from the commissioners.<\/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 \u2013 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 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_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 \" 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 has confirmed the return of a further 5 functions 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\/84266"}],"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=84266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}