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To consider and comment on this report.

The Committee considered these summary reports on the development of the three-year Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP) which started in April 2016 and set out the actions the Council and its partners were taking to continue and sustain improvements in children’s services.

The reports commented on and provided a broad range of information about the activity of the third quarter (October to December 2018) of Year 3 providing a summary of activity and progress, and this was supported by an executive summary report that provided details from each of the seven improvement programmes.

The report provided an update on the continuing themes and it was noted that Improvement Programmes 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 were rated as Amber, and the 2 other Improvement Programmes 2 and 7 were rated GREEN and on course to completion. Further analysis of Quarter 3 highlight reports had shown that the previous themes following Quarter 2 were still relevant and evidence that most activities are concluding positively as the year ends.

There was a question about the status of programme 6 and it was noted that it was now the most extensive programme and was well monitored and reviewed. It was noted that although there were still shortages of social workers there was now more stability and overall capacity.

The Chair thanked the Lead Officer and noted that the final report of the CYPP 2016-2019, covering Quarter 4 of Year 3, would be presented to the May meeting.