Faversham and Mid Kent Liberal Democrats

Question by Mrs Dean To The Cabinet Member for Finance & Procurement

In view of the transfer to KCC employment of former Health Service employees whose pension schemes would not include investments in tobacco; will the Cabinet Member for Finance & Procurement reconsider KCC's previous stance on the withdrawal of Superannuation Fund investment in tobacco firms?

Question by Mr T Prater to the Cabinet Member for Finance & Procurement

In view of the damming KPMG report of governance of the Laser scheme and the lack of any committee scrutiny of the setting up of Kent Cultural Trading, will the Cabinet Member for Finance agree to a review of the Governance of all KCC Trading Companies & Business activities to ensure they all represent best value for Kent's residents?

Question by Mr G Koowaree to the Cabinet Member for Environment, Highways and Waste

Will the Cabinet Member for Environment, Highways and Waste inform this Council of the criteria for resurfacing deteriorated concrete roads, and provide me with copies of the analysis data reports for:

1. Bond Road, Ashford &
2. Osborne Road, Ashford

Question by Mr D S Daley to the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care & Public Health

A recent Kent County Council (KCC) report states that vulnerable elderly people and disabled adults may have to stay home for longer instead of being moved into residential care. KCC will depend on voluntary and private sector providers, our 'Partners in the Community', to provide home based care for these vulnerable people whilst they await to move into residential care.

Dear Darren,

I'm writing to you regarding your decision on the objection to the Kent County Council accounts from Mrs Kathy Harrigan that you issued on 5th March.

In that decision (which was reported to the Selection and Member Services Committee of 14 March https://democracy.kent.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=143&MId=4066&Ver=4), you state (page 5) that:

Question by Trudy Dean To Bryan Sweetland, Cabinet Member for Environment, Highways and Waste

Can the Cabinet Member for Environment, Highways and Waste please say how many voluntary organisations / charities in Kent have:

a) lost all of their 3^rd party recycling credits

b) retained fifty percent (50%) of their 3^rd party recycling credits

Question by Ian Chittenden to Graham Gibbens, Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health

Given KCC should have regular care management reviews and contractual inspection visits to all residential and nursing homes with KCC funded residents; will the Cabinet Member inform the Council what went wrong to leave 24 KCC funded elderly residents at serious risk of harm in two Kent homes - The Oast in Maidstone* (with 11 KCC funded residents) and The Gables in Wrotham** (with 13 KCC funded residents) and what measure he has put in place to safeguard all KCC 's vulnerable adults in residential & nursing homes to ensure no one will be placed at such risk again?

Question by George Koowaree to Graham Gibbens, Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health

For more than 2 months (since 23 January 2012) I have been asking a relatively simple request* - to be provided with details of the number of KCC funded clients in residential & nursing homes with details of those homes; will the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health give his personal assurance that KCC does know where all our clients are living even if KCC cannot provide me with the details and please inform me what the problems are preventing KCC from providing the information, when these will be sorted and when I will finally be provided with the details I have requested?

Question by Tim Prater to Roger Gough, Cabinet Member for Business Strategy, Performance & Health Reform

Given the Information Commissioner's concerns about Kent County Council's awareness of its responsibilities under the Freedom of Information Act, the Regulations, and the undertaking with the Information Commissioner's Office recently signed by the Cabinet Member for Business Strategy, Performance & Health Reform; can the Cabinet Member please say what additional resources and training, at what additional cost, are to be provided to meet those undertakings with the ICO; and when will these resources be in place to ensure we meet our undertaking, avoid formal action by the ICO and clearly demonstrate to Kent's citizens this council has embraced the culture of openness and transparency the legislation seeks to promote?