Issue - meetings

Report of the Head of Regulation and Compliance

The Committee considered the report of the Head of Regulation and Compliance that sought the views of the Committee on the Work Programme for 2017/18, the identification of potential topics for scrutiny reviews to be undertaken by a Working Group appointed by the Committee and the identification of any items for pre-scrutiny scrutiny by the Committee from the Key Decision Forward Plan.

Members of the Committee requested that feedback from the consultation in relation to “Family Well-being Centres” be reported to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Children’s Services and Safeguarding) prior to the report being considered by the Cabinet.

RESOLVED: That

(1)       the Work Programme for 2017/18, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report, be approved;

(2)       the following additional items be added to the Work Programme:-

“Progress report on the implementation of recommendations of the Not in Education, Employment and Training Working Group“, to a future Meeting of the Committee; and

“Progress report on Family Well-being Centres” scheduled to be submitted to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Children’s Services and Safeguarding) on 14 November 2017;

(3)       it be acknowledged that the Committee had one outstanding Working Group in relation to the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service; and that work would be completed with the Final Report being submitted to the next Meeting of the Committee;

(4)       a Working Group be established to review the topic of “Special Educational Needs and Disability Process of Assessment”; and in that respect the following Members be appointed to serve on the Working Group:-

Councillor Spencer, Sandra Cain, Carrie Ryan-Palmer and Libby Kitt; and

(5)       the Head of Regulation and Compliance be requested to contact those Members who were absent to seek their interest in serving on the Working Group referred to in (4) above.