The Director of Regeneration gave members an update on the Parks and Countryside Service Procurement Exercise (PACSPE) and Gateway Review.  Members were asked to agree that the previous initial allocation of £40,000 from the Efficiency Investment Fund to provide support for the review be increased to £85,000.

The Cabinet Member for Culture, Tourism and Leisure moved an amendment, duly seconded and it was –

Resolved: - That

(1)  the sum allocated from the Efficiency Investment Fund to provide support for the Gateway process be increased from £40,000 to £85,000 with this sum to be spent in 2008/09 and 2009/10; and

(2)  Cabinet reaffirms its commitment to the Gateway Review Process and believes this will bring real benefits to the review of Wirral’s Parks and Countryside service.