Meeting

A copy of the record of the previous decisions taken at Cabinet on 24 June 2025 is attached.

Report to follow

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Item 6

Portico Shipping Limited - Budget 2025/26 and 2026/27 to 2027/28 Forecast

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Appendices 1 to 4 of Appendix A

Appendices 1 to 4 of Appendix A - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

Purpose

1. The Council wholly owns Portico Shipping Limited ("the Company"), a company which provides cargo handling and stevedoring services from Portsmouth International Port.

2. The Company's board of directors are required, by their Articles of Association, to prepare an annual budget and to seek the approval of Cabinet as shareholder, of that Business Plan. Once approved, the directors of the Company must ensure that the Company's business is conducted in compliance with that plan.

3. The Budget & Forecast has been presented and scrutinised by the Company Advisory Group, as part of the governance for the shareholder.

4. The report sets out the advice and recommendations from the Council's officers together with areas of concern and key risks for Cabinet to consider in its ongoing investment in the Company.

RECOMMENDED that the Cabinet

1. Approves the Company’s annual Budget for the financial year 2025-26 and note the forecasts for financial years 2026-27 and 2027-28, as set out in Appendix A.

2. Notes the likely draw-down of up to £5.15 million from the £28.6 million loan facility, previously approved and within the Council's existing Capital Programme. Any draw-down will be subject to meeting the necessary criteria, including approval by the Council's section 151 officer..

3. Notes that this is the first budget for approval following a full independent review of the company by external consultants in 2024.

Purpose

To inform members and the wider community of the Council's treasury management activities in 2024/25 and of the Council's treasury management position as of 31 March 2025.

RECOMMENDED that the Cabinet

1. Note the actual prudential and treasury management indicators based on the unaudited accounts, as shown in Appendix B, (an explanation of the prudential and treasury management indicators is contained in Appendix C).

2. Note that the report goes to Full Council on 23 September 2025.

Purpose

To inform Cabinet of the outcomes and recommendations of the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board, (HIOW ICB) Dementia Community Support review which was presented to the Health Overview & Scrutiny Panel, (HOSP) on 11th June 2025.

RECOMMENDED that the Cabinet

1. To accept the recommendations of the ICB report.

ICB Dementia Community Support Report Recommendations:

1.1 Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST)services should be commissioned so there is equitable access across all areas of HIOW

a. Develop the service and commission for CST Gap: A service should be procured and in place by the end of March 2026 for the high-priority CST gap, with details of the proposed timeline in Appendix V.

b. Align Portsmouth extensions with CST Procurement: Ensure that the Portsmouth extensions align with the procurement plans for CST to prevent any disruption in service provision.

1.2Review high/moderate areas for commissioning plans. Conduct a review of high and moderate areas, focusing on carers support, named worker services, and how existing funds can be re-utilised for equitable access across HIOW. This will include examining roles like Navigators, Carers Support, and Admiral Nurses to ensure value for money.

1.3Work alongside the HIOW Dementia Alliance and Local Authority plans: Continue to engage with and input into the Dementia Alliance work and support the Hampshire LA plans to develop and Hampshire Dementia Strategy, and any BCF plans that include services linked to supporting people with dementia in the community.

1.4Work should be aligned and linked to the system frailty programme: Continue to link with ICB Strategic Lead in Local Care and HIOW Healthcare Lead for frailty work, sharing work plans and timelines and engaging in events as appropriate to ensure work is joined up and not duplicated.

2. Note a meeting is planned between two Portsmouth residents who are carers, ICB and Adult Social Care (ASC) staff, and the Cabinet Member, Councillor Winnington, to ensure the carers' voice has been heard and can feed into future recommendations.

3. Thank NHS Hampshire and IoW for their report and their engagement with the review.

4. Note that the timescales for the next phase of the review are rigid and adhered to.

5. Agree to give consideration to producing a dementia strategy for Portsmouth, similarly to that which has been produced for Hampshire.

"That, under the provisions of Section 100A of the Local Government Act, 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act, 1985, the press and public be excluded for the consideration of the following item on the grounds that the report(s) contain information defined as exempt in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972”.

The public interest in maintaining the exemption must outweigh the public interest in disclosing the information.

Under the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) England Regulations 2012, regulation 5, the reasons for exemption of the listed item is shown below.

Members of the public may make representation as to why the item should be held in open session. A statement of the Council’s response to representations received will be given at the meeting so that this can be taken into account when members decide whether or not to deal with the item under exempt business.

(NB The exempt/confidential committee papers on the agenda will contain information which is commercially, legally or personally sensitive and should not be divulged to third parties. Members are reminded of standing order restrictions on the disclosure of exempt information and are invited to return their exempt documentation to the Local Democracy Officer at the conclusion of the meeting for shredding.)

Item 10

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Property Investment Fund Annual Report

Appendices 3 (Market value) and 4

(Project programmes)

Appendices 3 and 4 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

Purpose

To summarise the activity within the Property Investment Fund including the fund's financial performance as stated in the report to Full Council in July 2015.

Purpose

To update Cabinet on the delivery of the Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) Highways Capital Programme elements.

RECOMMENDED that the Cabinet

1. Notes the progress made to date on the BSIP Highways Capital Programme;

2. Approves amendments to the BSIP Highways Capital Programme set out in this report including those schemes progressing into detailed design;

3. Delegates authority to the Assistant Director of Transport to make minor amendments to the plan in consultation with the Enhanced Partnership Board and Cabinet Member for Transport.

Purpose

1. To present a recent review of Portsmouth City Council's Additional Licensing Scheme undertaken by Local Partnerships (LP), supported by the Local Government Association (LGA) along with recommended actions arising from the review

2. For the Cabinet Member to note the intention to publish the review, its findings and actions.

3. For the Cabinet Member to thank the Local Partnership (LP) & Local Government Association (LGA) for undertaking the work and to the stakeholders that participated in the review.