Issue - meetings

Briefing Note of the Cabinet Member – Regulatory, Compliance and Corporate Services

Further to Minute No. 22 of its meeting held on 22 October 2019 the Committee considered an update of the Head of Health and Wellbeing and Cabinet Member - Regulatory, Compliance and Corporate Services on the operation of the Members’ Welfare Reform Reference Group.

The update provided information on the purpose of the Welfare Reform and Anti-Poverty (WRAP) Cabinet Member Reference Group and in particular on activities associated with:

·        Winter Programmes

·        Healthy start vouchers

·        Childhood poverty

·        Debt issues

·        Emergency Limited Assistance Scheme

·        Mental wellbeing

Councillor Lappin, Cabinet Member – Regulatory, Compliance and Corporate Services presented the update.

A Member of the Committee made a comment on the following issue:

·        The provision of laptops for those children who did not have access to any tools to undertake remote learning. It was noted that a lack of adequate ICT devices and/or suitable Wi-fi access would have a detrimental impact on home schooling 

RESOLVED:  That