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.

The Chairman welcomed all those present to the meeting and he hoped that both new and returning Members would find being on the Children and Families Scrutiny Committee and enjoyable and interesting experience.

At the suggestion of Cllr J Lock, the Chairman called for a moment of quiet contemplation to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.

The signed minutes of the previous meeting are provided for information.

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 Chairman explained to the Committee that an item on the agenda for each of its meetings would be to consider its own work programme and proposed future agenda items and he noted that any Member of the Council could propose an area and or topic within the Committee’s remit  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered this report that provided the Committee with details of the Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP) a three year plan that had started in April 2016 that set out the actions the Council and its partners were taking to continue and sustain improvements in Children’s Services. The  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered a report that provided details of a peer review carried out last May by Gloucestershire County Council of the Council and partners, as part of the preparation for a Local Area Inspection of Special Educational Needs and Disability 0-25 (SEND 0-25) by OFSTED and the Care Quality  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered this report that provided an update (requested by the previous Committee in 2016) on the capital projects that were submitted to the Education Funding and Skills Agency (EFSA) to support sufficiency of places for the new requirement to deliver 30 hours a week funded places for 3  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered this report that provided an overview of the on-going fostering recruitment activity, and Members heard that a rolling programme of pro-active recruitment activity continued with the support of the Communications Team and that it had been particularly good at raising awareness and the profile of this important  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9.

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 this first meeting of the new quadrennium and he encouraged his fellow Committee Members to take up opportunities to visit and/or learn about this interesting and varied area of the Council’s business.