Hampshire Senate
The Hampshire Senate is a voluntary partnership made up of the County Council leader, leaders of all 11 district councils, the Chairmen of Hampshire Police and Fire Authorities, and the Hampshire Primary Care Trust along with the Chairman of the Hampshire Association of Local Councils and representatives of the Hampshire Economic Partnership, Hampshire Strategic Partnership, Voluntary and Community Sector, the Regional Development Agency and the Armed Forces.
What did we set out to achieve?
- To deliver the Local Area Agreement for Hampshire
- Bring people together to keep government as local as possible
- Add value to, and reduce the costs of, public service through working with all the public services and partners
- Act as a strong united voice for all of Hampshire
- Secure extra government funding for our infrastructure needs
- Support development of the Senate and for targeted areas of the Senate action plan
What have we achieved so far?
- The Senate has made good progress in bringing greater democratic involvement to the LAA process
- Given all political leaders with the county the opportunity to hear and challenge the lead officers of each theme
- Carried out an extensive mapping exercise of current and planned shared service
- Commissioned the LAA Executive to implement the recommendations its economic action group identified, and launched its own website, www.hampshiresenate.org.uk.
How can your council benefit?
All relevant authorities are already members of the Senate. For information on Senate business, see www.hampshiresenate.org.uk.
For further information, please email Joanna.richardson@hants.gov.uk.