Summary:
London Councils commissioned an independent peer challenge in autumn 2017, focusing on the extent to which boroughs’ collaborative resilience arrangements – recently strengthened by the EP2020 Prospectus - continue to provide assurance and to identify ways in which the collective arrangements can be further strengthened. This followed a discussion amongst Leaders of these issues in July 2017.
Tom Riordan, Chief Executive of Leeds City Council, and Mary Ney, former Chief Executive of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, were commissioned to conduct the peer challenge. Their report is attached as Appendix B. Tom Riordan and Mary Ney will attend Leaders’ Committee.
Eleanor Kelly, Chief Executive of the London borough of Southwark, has also been invited to attend the meeting to represent the London Resilience Local Authorities’ Panel ( which will have manegerial oversight of the peer review’s implementation).
Recommendations:
Leaders’ Committee is asked to:
1. Endorse the report’s recommendations for strengthening resilience and emergency preparedness across London’s local authorities.
2. Agree that the London Resilience Local Authorities’ Panel will oversee implementation of the recommendations.
3. Agree that the Panel will prepare a progress report for Leaders’ Committee, early in 2019.
