Issue - meetings

(i)       to request that future reports include comparison where available with data from before the pandemic as could be difficult to evaluate the data against a time when it may have been affected by COVID-19;

(ii)       to note that the EIS had issued a further survey to school staff and that Mr Constable had offered to present the findings once the data was available to Elected Members who might be interested;

(iii)      to note (a) the comments made in relation to the wellbeing of staff and learners and whether a report on this could be presented to the Education Operational Delivery Committee (EODC), and (b) that the Chief Officer – People and Organisational Development had undertaken to discuss this outwith the meeting with the Convener and relevant officers, taking into account the remit of both committees and noting also that EODC received regular updates on Supporting Learners which might already address this matter;

(iv)      to note that the Corporate Health and Safety Lead would liaise with colleagues in Data and Insights to try to resolve the formatting issues in future reports for those using digital agendas;

(v)      to request that the Corporate Health and Safety Lead liaise with colleagues in Data and Insights in relation to the presentation of the figures in the appendix, as different figures were currently presented as the same size in the charts; and

(vi)      to note the report.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Governance which provided a summary of statistical health and safety performance information for the three month reporting period July to September 2021 to provide the Committee with the opportunity to monitor compliance with health and safety legislation.

Members asked a number of questions on the report, with particular reference to the figures around incidents occurring in the Education service, and there was discussion of the survey previously issued to staff by the EIS as well as a new survey which had recently been circulated with results to be made available later in the year.

The report recommended:-

that Committee note the report and provide comment on the health, safety and wellbeing policy, performance, trends and improvements.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to request that future reports include comparison where available with data from before the pandemic as could be difficult to evaluate the data against a time when it may have been affected by COVID-19;

(ii)       to note that the EIS had issued a further survey to school staff and that Mr Constable had offered to present the findings once the data was available to Elected Members who might be interested;

(iii)      to note (a) the comments made in relation to the wellbeing of staff and learners and whether a report on this could be presented to the Education Operational Delivery Committee (EODC), and (b) that the Chief Officer – People and Organisational Development had undertaken to discuss this outwith the meeting with the Convener and relevant officers, taking into account the remit of both committees and noting also that EODC received regular updates on Supporting Learners which might already address this matter;

(iv)      to note that the Corporate Health and Safety Lead would liaise with colleagues in Data and Insights to try to resolve the formatting issues in future reports for those using digital agendas;

(v)      to request that the Corporate Health and Safety Lead liaise with colleagues in Data and Insights in relation to the presentation of the figures in the appendix, as different figures were currently presented as the same size in the charts; and

(vi)      to note the report.

- COUNCILLOR YVONNE ALLAN, Convener