Agenda and minutes

(A period not exceeding 20 minutes for questions and statements from members of the public and Elected Members to the Mayor of Doncaster, Ros Jones. Questions/Statements should relate specifically to an item of business on the agenda and be limited to a maximum of 100 words. As stated within Executive Procedure Rule 3.3 each person will be allowed to submit one question/statement per meeting.A question may only be asked if notice has been given by delivering it in writing or by e-mail to the Governance Team, no later than 5.00 p.m. on Thursday, 13th June, 2019.  Each question or statement must give the name and address of the person submitting it. Questions/Statements should be sent to the Governance Team, Floor 2, Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU, or by email to Democratic.Services@doncaster.gov.uk)

Mr Tim Brown asked the following question:-

“Mayor Jones, DMBC’s workforce profile on page 21 Delivering for Doncaster 2018-19 Quarter 4 is showing “Ethnic Minority” 5.06%. 

Please provide a breakdown of the 5.06% to allow for an understanding of the White (White Irish, White European and White) and non-white composition of DMBC workforce (Black, Asian, Mixed and Other) and encourage the Interim CE Mr Allen to meet with black parents and young people to explore implementing best practice from the likes of the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard. The intended outcome is to help DMBC improve its inadequate workforce equality, diversity and Inclusion workforce performance”.

The Deputy Mayor, Councillor Glyn Jones, provided Mr Brown with the following response:-

“Thank you for your question Tim. You will see by the table provided to you the breakdown of Doncaster Council’s workforce profile in regards to Ethnic Minority. As a Council we believe it is important that our workforce reflects the diversity of our population. Once our interim Chief Executive takes up the post, he will continue to meet with parents and young people across Doncaster. As a Council we continually take note of best practice and implement where possible and appropriate”.

Mr Brown made a supplementary statement expressing his concerns at the lack of employment opportunities for young BME applicants, and that artificial barriers be removed for job descriptions.

Councillor Glyn Jones agreed with Mr Brown that barriers such as requirements of prior experience for apprenticeship positions were not helpful and believed, that this had been remedied.

Councillor Jones reported that two similar questions had been received from Councillors Nick Allen and Jane Cox and which would be answered together. As Councillor Cox was not in attendance, a response would be sent to her.

Councillor Nick Allen asked the following question:-

“My question is about item 11 of the 2018-19 Quarter 4 Finance and Performance Improvement Report. What are the real reasons for the significant increase in fly-tipping over this period? Do you think recent rule changes, including a restriction on the amount of rubbish Doncaster residents can take to HWRCs, has led to that. This is counter intuitive because we  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

Decision Records dated the 4th June, 2018, be noted.