Issue - meetings

To consider the 2021/22 Annual PFI contract update report.

The PFI and Performance Officer and the Customer Services and Performance Manager gave a summary of the report that provided an annual update on the Uttlesford Leisure PFI contract for the 2021/22 financial year.

In response to questions relating to the potential relocation of Helena Romanes School in Great Dunmow, officers confirmed that they were being proactive in discussions with all contract Partners. It was noted that whilst there could be a reduction in income there might be benefits with regards to local developments to offset this. Officers said the indication had been that teaching at the new site would begin in 2023.

In response to a question about customer satisfaction statistics, officers said that this was captured through monthly surveys at all three sites and that a report was to be published in October 2021 that would benchmark UDC’s position in relation to other public sector facilities. Councillor Khan requested that this report be brought back.

It was confirmed that the contract ran until 2035 with no break clause.

Members noted the report.