Issue - meetings

Report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer.

The Committee considered the report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer reviewing the Committee’s Work Programme for the remainder of 2021/22; reporting on progress of the Impact of Covid 19 on the Primary Curriculum Working Group; identifying any items for pre-scrutiny by the Committee from the latest Key Decision Forward Plan; and receiving an update on the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

The Work Programme for 2021/22 was set out at Appendix A to the report, to be considered along with any additional items to be included and agreed.

There was just one Key Decision within the latest Key Decision Forward Plan, attached to the report at Appendix B, that fell under the Committee’s remit, and the Committee was invited to consider items for pre-scrutiny.

Members of the Committee asked questions/raised issues on the following:

·       A request was made for a full report on the Improvement Board in regard to the Children’s Social Care Improvement Journey to be submitted to the next scheduled meeting of the Committee on 5 July 2022 and regular reports submitted to the Committee thereafter during 2022/23.

·       A request for the Key Decision on the Education Excellence Strategy for Sefton 2021-2025 to be deferred to the Cabinet meeting scheduled for 28 July 2022 was made, to enable this Committee to pre-scrutinise the matter at its meeting scheduled for 5 July 2022.

RESOLVED: That

(1)      the Work Programme for 2021/22, as set out at Appendix A to the report, be noted;

(2)      the following item be added to the Committee’s Work Programme for 2022/23:

the Executive Director of Children’s Social Care and Education be requested to submit a full report on the Improvement Board in regard to the Children’s Social Care Improvement Journey to the next scheduled meeting of the Committee on 5 July 2022, and regular reports on the matter be submitted to the Committee thereafter during 2022/23;

(3)      progress of the Impact of Covid 19 on the Primary Curriculum Working Group be noted;

(4)      a request be made for the Key Decision on the Education Excellence Strategy for Sefton 2021-2025 to be deferred to the Cabinet meeting scheduled for 28 July 2022, to enable this Committee to pre-scrutinise the matter at its meeting scheduled for 5 July 2022, and for the item to be included in the work programme for 2022/23; and

(5)      the update on the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee be noted.