Agenda item - Minutes

To consider the minutes of the meeting held on 3 December 2018 (copy attached)

            Countering Period Poverty – Red Box Project

41.1    Councillor A Norman referred to the work being carried out which had formed the subject of a presentation at the previous meeting of the Committee detailed in item 29 of the minutes. She had been pleased to be able to report that having attended matches at the Brighton and Hove Albion Football Ground recently she had noticed that boxes had been provided into which donations could be placed.

            Notice of Motion – Rough Sleeping

41.2    Councillor Nemeth referred to Paragraph 33.7 of the minutes stating that he wished the following addition to be made in order to emphasise the point that he had sought to underline his concerns that data needed to be recorded in such fashion that meaningful comparisons could be made.

            “Councillor Clare Moonan, the Administration’s spokesperson for rough sleeping stated that the number of rough sleeper’s in Brighton and Hove had dropped significantly stating that:

            “the official figure verified by the independent organisation Homeless Link is 64. If you remember the official figure last November, was 178, so this is a significant drop”

42.3    The Chair, noted what had been said stating that whilst this had been cited as a direct quote it needed to be considered set against the contextual information which had also been given. The methodology used was approved by the Government but this was not the only number used and that figures were triangulated to make sure that there was an accurate picture on rough sleeping.

41.4    RESOLVED - That the Chair be authorised to approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 3 December as a correct record subject to the amendment/clarification referred to above being agreed and incorporated into the minutes.