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The Committee resolved:-

(i)         to request that the figures be broken down further where possible, while noting that if the figure was less than five, that would not be reported to Committee;

(ii)        in respect of the incident at Beachview Court, to note that an update on this would be included in the asbestos report to Committee in October 2019;

(iii)       in respect of paragraph 3.5 and the work being carried out in service areas to review policies and procedures and identify training which could assist employees to de-escalate issues quickly, to request that officers report back to Committee in October 2019 in respect of the work being undertaken in relation to Pupil Support Assistants, to include financial information in respect of any training required;

(iv)       to note that future reports would provide comparative data; and

(v)        to otherwise note the report.

With reference to article 7 of the minute of its previous meeting, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Governance which summarised statistical health and safety performance information for the three-month reporting period January – March 2019 in order that the Committee had the opportunity to monitor compliance with health and safety legislation.

The report recommended:-

that Committee –

(a)       review, discuss and comment on the issues raised within this report;

(b)       scrutinise and review health, safety and wellbeing policy, performance, trends and improvements; and

(c)        note that future reports will provide comparative performance data.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)         to request that the figures be broken down further where possible, while noting that if the figure was less than five, that would not be reported to Committee;

(ii)        in respect of the incident at Beachview Court, to note that an update on this would be included in the asbestos report to Committee in October 2019;

(iii)       in respect of paragraph 3.5 and the work being carried out in service areas to review policies and procedures and identify training which could assist employees to de-escalate issues quickly, to request that officers report back to Committee in October 2019 in respect of the work being undertaken in relation to Pupil Support Assistants, to include financial information in respect of any training required; and

(iv)       to otherwise note the report.

-       COUNCILLOR YVONNE ALLAN, Convener