(i) to request that a report be brought back to this committee in Autumn 2022, providing details on the impact the funding has had on the support for care leavers; and
(ii) to otherwise note the progress and activities outlined in this report.
The Committee resolved:-
(i) to note the content of the report;
(ii) to instruct the Chief Officer – Operations and Protectives Service to bring back a further report to this Committee in September 2021 incorporating a revised Roads Winter Service Plan in advance of the 2021/22 winter period;
(iii) to request that officer work with the media team to ensure communications are issued in relation to the correct use of grit bins; and
(iv) to thank officers for their continued efforts in delivering the winter maintenance operations.
The Committee resolved:-
to approve the following:
(i) A new Payment for Skills Levels scheme (3.1)
(ii) With effect from 1st April 2021 a 1.5% increase in the level of:
· Fostering Allowance (3.2)
· Adoption Allowance (3.3)
· Kinship Allowance (3.4)
· Supporting Lodgings Allowance (3.5)
(iii) An increase in the level of fee charged for Inter-Country Adoptions (3.6);
(iv) An increase in the fee paid to Independent Chairs of Adoption and Permanence/Fostering Panels (3.7); and
(v) With effect from 1st April 2021 a 1% increase in the fees paid to Curators-ad-litem/Reporting Officers (3.8)