Meeting documents

SCC Scrutiny for Policies, Children and Families Committee
Monday, 16th January, 2023 1.00 pm

  • Meeting of Scrutiny for Policies, Children and Families Committee, Monday 16th January 2023 1.00 pm (Item 5.)

To receive updates on the work of the Committee’s Task and Finish Groups: -

 

(a)  Sufficiency of external placements

(b)  Home to School Transport

 

Note – the Chair will allow 30 minutes for this agenda item.

Minutes:

The Chair provided a verbal update on the Committee’s Task and Finish Groups and advised that the original timelines have been amended due to the SEND Inspection: -

 

(a) Sufficiency of External Placements

 

The Task and Finish Group has held further meetings and looked at the external placements budget information. The Group will be meeting again this week to consider their draft report and findings and recommendations to Executive.

 

(b) Home to School Transport

 

The Committee AGREED that the Task and Finish Group on Home to School Transport will be paused. This was agreed as an external review has been commissioned by the service to consider home to school transport provision. It is envisaged currently that this external review will be concluded by the end of March 2023 and by pausing, the Task and Finish Group will avoid duplicating work.

 

The Committee NOTED the updates.