• In March 2022, a high level review of the Citizens Climate Assembly recommendations was undertaken in consultation with teams across the council to understand the work that is already being delivered by the council that contributes towards the aims of the Assembly.
• Officers provided information relevant to the proposals made by the Assembly and informed how work could be taken forward in support of the aims of the recommendations from the Assembly. In some cases this was a continuation of existing projects whilst in others, new projects will need to be fully developed and costed up.
• A Cabinet workshop was held to prioritise the proposed projects
• On 28th of April 2022 Cabinet approved the development business cases for each of the prioritised projects
• The development of the business cases has been undertaken with the council’s Project Management Office, overseen by a dedicated project board and has been reviewed by both the relevant service area and Cabinet Member.
• To date the first tranche of Climate Assembly programme as prioritised by Cabinet has been successfully developed, mobilised and is currently underway.
• This proposal is to allocate £153,700 to undertake a review of the current home to school transport service, to identify trends, issues, risks, projected future demand and categorised opportunities to change and improve and decarbonise the service offering.