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Decision details

Planning Shared Service - Outline Business Case

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

The London Borough of Merton, Sutton and Kingston would like to explore options to achieve the savings target by pursuing a number of alternative delivery models including a shared service. The paper is an outline business case to update members on progress and highlight the time scales going forward and the potential options.

Decision:

RESOLVED:

 

That Cabinet agrees that:

 

1)     two options for a shared approach are followed up in detail:

 

i)      a traditional shared service where one of the Councils is the employing authority, and

 

ii)      a shared service provided through a shared delivery company 

 

2)     a full business case recommending the best delivery model is agreed through a Joint Member Board with Sutton and Kingston and presented to members by September 2016. Details of the financial figures will emerge as the result of developing options (a) and (b) in more detail. It was noted that the benefits of adopting a shared approach include: delivery of more resilient services; the ability to compete with the private sector as the market opens up; improvement in the quality of services; financial savings and income growth.

 

Report author: Paul Schafer

Publication date: 09/03/2016

Date of decision: 07/03/2016

Decided at meeting: 07/03/2016 - Cabinet

Effective from: 15/03/2016

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