Meeting documents

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The Statutory Register of Member’s Interests can be inspected via request to the Democratic Service Team.

There were no new declarations of interest made at the meeting.

The Committee is asked to confirm the minutes are accurate.

The minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 3 March 2021 were approved as a correct record.

The Committee is asked to confirm the minutes are accurate.

The minutes of the special meeting held on Tuesday 16 March 2021 were approved as a correct record.

The Chair will allow members of the public to ask a question or make a statement about any matter on the agenda for this meeting. The deadline for Public Question Time is 5pm on Thursday 1 July 2021. These questions may be taken during the meeting, when the relevant agenda item is considered, at the Chair’s discretion.

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There were no questions submitted by members of the public.

To receive an update from the Governance Manager, Scrutiny and discuss any items for the forthcoming work programme. To assist the discussion, attached are:

a) The Committee’s work programme

b) Outcome Tracker

c) The Cabinet’s Forward Plan

Please use the following link to view the latest Cabinet Forward Plan of planned key decisions that have been published on the Council’s website: -

Cabinet Forward Plan of Key Decisions

The Committee considered and noted the Committee’s current work programme and outcome tracker (which uses a traffic light system) and the Council’s Forward Plan of proposed key decisions in forthcoming months including Cabinet meetings up to 15 December 2021.

The following matters were raised by the Committee and also highlighted  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

Presentation from Fi Phur, Partnership Business Manager.

This work will feed into the development of the CYPP. To view short film made by the Care Councils (Sicc and SLCC) - children in care and care leavers asks of the Council as Corporate Parents.

Note – The Chair will be allowing 30 minutes for this agenda item.

The Committee received a PowerPoint presentation from the Council’s Participation & Partnership Manager, Fi Phur on learning from the voice of children and young people in the later stages of the pandemic and followed the presentation given at the meeting on 12 November 2020 on how the pandemic impacted on  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

Report and presentation which will provide an update and progress on actions taken on recommendations from the Scrutiny Task & Finish Group, next steps and future priorities.

Note – The Chair will be allowing 1 hour for this agenda item.

The Committee considered a report and received a PowerPoint presentation from the Council’s Assistant Director, Inclusion, Dr Rob Hart who provided an update and progress on actions taken on the recommendations from the Committee’s Task and Finish Group, next steps, and future priorities.

The presentation covered the following: –

·           Somerset  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

Report from Simon Clifford, Corporate Affairs Director and James Hadley, Corporate Planning and Performance Manager

The Appendix has been highlighted, to indicate the most relevant sections for the Scrutiny Committee.

Note – The Chair will be allowing 30 minutes for this agenda item.

The Committee considered a report and received a presentation from the Council’s Corporate Affairs Director, Simon Clifford and from the Council’s Corporate Planning and Performance Manager, James Hadley. The County Council Business Plan 2021 – 2023 details the strategic ambitions of the authority for the next 2 years.

During the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

Report – for information.

The Committee received and noted the update report on the work of the Task and Finish Group on the ‘Continuity of Children’s Services through Local Government Reorganisation’.

(a)    Children's Oral Health – circulated on 30 June 2021

If Committee members have any questions or comments on the information, please contact fabbott@somerset.gov.uk

The Committee noted the following item which had been circulated for information since the last formal meeting: -

(a)  Children’s oral health – briefing paper from the Council’s Health Promotion Manager, E Hutt. This outlined how SCC are meeting their statutory responsibilities around oral health including the oral health improvement  ...  view the full minutes text for item 10.

The Chair may raise any items of urgent business.

There were no other items of business.