Issue - meetings

The Children and Young People’s Social Care and Services Scrutiny Panel had undertaken a review entitled Supporting Young People to Prepare for Adulthood and Independence. A copy of the full report was attached. The Scrutiny Panel had made 23 recommendations upon which a response was sought from the relevant service area.

The Executive Member for Children’s Services and Interim Director of Children’s Care submitted a service response to the recommendations of the Scrutiny Panel. A copy of the action plan was attached.

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

ORDERED

1.    That the content of the Children and Young People’s Learning Scrutiny Panel final report on Youth Offending and Partnership Working with Schools (Appendix 1) be noted; and

2.    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.