The Decision:

That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public were excluded from the meeting during consideration of the items of business at minute no CA.17 on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 and 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as the Cabinet was satisfied that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

Note:   Management Team officers left the meeting at 10.01 am prior to any discussion and voting on the following item.