Public reports pack Thursday 09-Jul-2015 19.00 Corporate Committee

Page 16A number of key issues throughout the process were identified bythe review which focussed on the appropriateness of the actionstaken and justification for decisions made; the authority toundertake such actions; governance and oversight of thedecisions taken; the commissioning and application of legaladvice and the risks associated with the decisions taken; the lackof consultation with the Council on decisions being made.The review contained a number of recommendations. At the timeof writing the report, some of the recommendations have alreadybeen implemented and Council officers are considering furtheractions in light of the report’s findings. A Senior Council Officer isnow working in Lambeth Living overseeing the strategic directionof the Lambeth Partnering Contracts (LPC).3.2.8 As reported at last Corporate Committee, the 3 Audits relating to thedelivery of the Decent Homes programme are still being carried out,as required by the Greater London Authority (GLA). The Council iscurrently awaiting completion of the Deloittes element of the GLAaudit before forwarding to the GLA. The full claim of £52m for2014/2015 has been submitted. An additional £23m has beenawarded for 2015/2016. The GLA have requested independenttechnical surveys be carried out each quarter, in order to draw downfunding. Decent Homes Standard funding is conditional on the GLAbeing satisfied with the outcome of the Audits.3.3 Lambeth Council’s continuous auditing3.3.1 Regarding the Council’s Continuous Auditing programme in respectof systems managed by Lambeth Living, two systems within theprogramme managed by Lambeth Living include; housing rents andhousing repairs. Table 1 below is an extract from the report toCorporate Committee July 2015, giving the rating for these twosystems for Period 2 2014/15 (up to February 2015).SystemOverall riskclassification2014/15Rating P22014/15Rating P12014/15Overall riskclassification2013/14Direction of Travel2013/14 to 2014/15Housing Rents Medium • A• A• Medium • Housing Repairs Medium • R• A• Medium • Table 1 – Period 2 ratings3.3.2 The table above shows that Housing Repairs has moved fromAmber to Red in 2014/15 while the overall risk rating remains atMedium risk for the year as a whole.3.3.3 Housing Rents has remained at Amber for the two periods audited in2014/15 and has an overall Medium risk rating which is unchangedfrom 2013/14.