Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note the update on education and wider children’s services reforms;

(ii)       to instruct the Interim Director Children and Family Services to continue to consider the implications of each published report to ensure we remain ready to respond positively to any national policy changes;

(iii)      to instruct the Interim Director Children and Family Services to update Committee following publication of the final Daniel’s report in October 2023.

The Committee had before it a report by the Interim Director of Children’s and Family Services which provided an update on the progress being made on education and wider children’s services reforms.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the update on education and wider children’s services reforms;

(b)      instruct the Interim Director of Children’s and Family Services to continue to consider the implications of each published report to ensure the Council remains ready to respond positively to any national policy changes; and

(c)      instruct the Interim Director of Children’s and Family Services to update Committee following publication of the final Daniel’s report in October 2023.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.