Meeting documents

Details of all Members’ interests in District, Town and Parish Councils will be displayed in the meeting room. The Statutory Register of Member’s Interests can be inspected via the Community Governance team.

Cllr Adkins, Cllr Dyke, Cllr Hunt, Cllr J Lock, Cllr Redman, and Cllr Yeomans, all declared a personal interest as a District and/or City/Town, Parish Councillor.

Eilleen Tipper declared a personal interest as a lay member of the Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and as a trustee of CHYPPS.

Ruth  ...  view the full minutes text for item 12.

The Committee is asked to confirm the minutes are accurate.

The Committee agreed the minutes of the last meeting were accurate, and the Chairman signed them.

The Chairman will allow members of the public to ask a question or make a statement about any matter on the agenda for this meeting. These questions may be taken during the meeting, when the relevant agenda item is considered, at the Chairman’s discretion.  

There were no members of the public present.

To discuss any items for the forthcoming work programme. To assist the discussion, the following documents are attached:

a) – The Cabinet’s latest published forward plan;

b) – Current Work Programme for the Committee;

c) – Outcome Tracker.

The Committee considered and agreed its own work programme and the future agenda items listed. The Chairman requested an update on the status of Members Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and this was provided by the Scrutiny Manager who noted that this process would begin afresh after the elections.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 15.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered this report designed to give Members an understanding of what services were available and how drug and alcohol use and the safeguarding concerns associated with families were addressed.

The strategic approach in Somerset to addressing drug and alcohol concerns recognises that there are different levels of need  ...  view the full minutes text for item 16.

To consider this report.

The Committee agreed to note the Youth Offending update report, which was an information report.

To receive an update.

The Committee agreed to defer consideration of the Data Handling Update until its next meeting.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered this report that provided details of performance by Somerset schools in 2016 and included a summary of summary of the Somerset Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Assessments, KS1 and KS2 Standard Assessment Tests (SATs), GCSE and A Level results for 2016. It was stated that the data  ...  view the full minutes text for item 19.

To consider this report.

The Committee a report on the development of the Team Around the School (TAS) model that is an early help approach that supports the targets set out in the County Plan relating to Childrens Services in particular those improving the Ofsted rating and improving educational outcomes for disadvantaged children. TAS  ...  view the full minutes text for item 20.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered this report that provided an update on achieving effective multi-agency support for more vulnerable children and young people and developing an excellent children’s social work service.

Members noted that since programme 6 update was considered at a meeting the following achievements had been reported:

 • Family group  ...  view the full minutes text for item 21.

The Chairman may raise any items of urgent business.

The Chairman, after ascertaining there were no other matters arising, thanked all those present for attending and reminded Members that the Committee’s next meeting would be the last of this quadrennium.

The meeting closed at 12:48.