Issue - meetings

The Corporate Director of Economy & Place to present a report which will enable the Executive to review formal enforcement action as well as the surveillance activity undertaken in 2017-18 by Public Protection (Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing), Housing Services, Community Safety and National Trading Standards Regional Investigation and National Trading Standards eCrime teams.

Resolved:  That the report be approved.

Reason:     To provide oversight to the activity undertaken in 2017-18, fulfil the requirement for an annual review under the Public Protection, Housing Services and Community Safety enforcement policy, and meet the requirement of the Office of Surveillance Commissioners for Member oversight of surveillance activity.

The Head of Public Protectionpresented a report which provided an update on the formal enforcement action and surveillance activity undertaken in 2017-18 by Public Protection (Environmental Health, Trading Standards & Licensing), Housing Services, Community Safety, and the National Trading Standards Regional Investigation and eCrime teams.

The enforcement action taken by each team was summarised in Annex A to the report.  Annex B provided details of surveillance activity undertaken undertaken across the City of York Council during the year.  Highlights had included securing:

·        A total of 64 years’ imprisonment for offenders

·        £21k in fines

·        1,060 hours of unpaid work

·        £311k in compensation for victims

·        £3.3m in proceeds of crime confiscation orders

·        £98k in costs awards.

Members thanked officers for the report and commented that it would be helpful in the longer term to review the areas that it covered in terms of portfolio responsibilities.

Resolved:  That the report be approved.

Reason:     To provide oversight to the activity undertaken in 2017-18, fulfil the requirement for an annual review under the Public Protection, Housing Services and Community Safety enforcement policy, and meet the requirement of the Office of Surveillance Commissioners for Member oversight of surveillance activity.