Issue - meetings

The Children and Young People’s Social Care and Services Scrutiny Panel had undertaken a review of Sufficiency and Permanency (perceptions of Children in Care. A copy of the full report was attached.

The Scrutiny Panel had made 16 recommendations upon which a response was sought from the relevant service area. The Deputy Mayor and Executive Member for Children’s Services and the Director of Children’s Services submitted a service response to the recommendations of the Children and Young People’s Social Care and Services Scrutiny Panel. A copy of the action plan was attached.

The Chair of the Children and Young People’s Social Care and Services Scrutiny Panel presented to the final report to the Executive. The Deputy Mayor and Executive Member for Children’s Services presented the service response.

ORDERED

1.    That the content of the Children and Young People's Social Care and Services Scrutiny Panel’s final report on Sufficiency and Permanency (Perceptions of Children in Care) (Appendix 1), be noted.

2.    That the action plan (Appendix 2), developed in response to the scrutiny panel’s recommendations, be approved.

REASON

It was a requirement that Executive formally considered the scrutiny panel’s report and confirmed the service area’s response to the accompanying plan.