Decision details

The Committee resolved:-

(i)             to welcome the external advisers report, with recognition and thanks for the ongoing contribution by our external advisers in shaping our work;

(ii)            to instruct the Chief Officer - Early Intervention and Community Empowerment, to produce a report for the next meeting of the committee, providing further information on the clawback of benefits payments by the Council and Department for Work and Pensions;

(iii)          to instruct the Chief Officer - Early Intervention and Community Empowerment to consult with partners and produce a report for the meeting on 8 March 2023 of the committee with demographic information on child poverty, in-work poverty and other forms of poverty in the city; and

(iv)          to otherwise note the report.