Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note that the Interim Director Children’s and Family Services could share the MCR Pathways evaluation with Members when it was available;

(ii)       to note the Corporate Parenting Annual Report 2022 (Appendix 1) detailing progress and activities against key Corporate Parenting duties; and

(ii)       to note and endorse the Corporate Parenting Plan 2023 -2026 (Appendix 2) and delegate authority to the Interim Director Children’s and Family Services to submit the Plan to the Children’s Services Board for approval.

The Committee had before it a report by the Interim Director of Children’s and Family Services which presented an annual report on the progress of the Council’s Corporate Parenting responsibilities outlined in Part 9 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014; and also presented the refreshed Corporate Parenting Plan 2023-2026 (Appendix 2) to the Committee for endorsement.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the Corporate Parenting Annual Report 2022 (Appendix 1) detailing progress and activities against key Corporate Parenting duties; and

(b)      note and endorse the Corporate Parenting Plan 2023 -2026 (Appendix 2) and delegate authority to the Interim Director of Children’s and Family Services to submit the Plan to the Children’s Services Board for approval.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note that the Interim Director of Children’s and Family Services could share the MCR Pathways evaluation with Members when it was available; and

(ii)       to approve the recommendations.

-      COUNCILLOR MARTIN GREIG, Convener