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10:30 |
Election of Chairman Additional documents: Minutes: RESOLVED
That Mr D Dhillon be elected as Chairman of the Children’s Select Committee for the ensuing year.
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Appointment of Vice Chairman Additional documents: Minutes: RESOLVED:
That Mrs J Ward is appointed as Vice-Chairman of the Children’s Select Committee for the ensuing year.
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10:35 |
Apologies for absence/changes in membership Additional documents: Minutes: Apologies were received from:
Mr D Babb Mrs M Aston
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10:40 |
Declarations of Interest
To declare any Personal or Dislosable Pecuniary Interests.
Additional documents: Minutes: Mrs J Ward and Mr S Lambert declared an interest in item 11 as they are members of the Early Help steering group.
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10:45 |
Minutes of the meeting held on 15th May 2018.
Additional documents: Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on the 15th May 2018 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
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10:50 |
Public Questions Public Questions is an opportunity for people who live, work or study in the county to put a question to a Scrutiny Committee about any issue that has an impact on their local community or the county as a whole.
Members of the public, who have given prior notice, will be invited to put their question in person.
The Cabinet Member and responsible officers will then be invited to respond.
Further information and details on how to register can be found through the following link and by then clicking on ‘Public Questions’.
http://democracy.buckscc.gov.uk/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=788
No Public Questions have been received for this meeting. Additional documents: Minutes: There were no public questions received.
Committee Members discussed the importance of public questions and encouraged members of the public to submit their questions.
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10:50 |
Chairman's Report For the chairman of the Committee to provide an update to the Committee on recent scrutiny related activity.
Additional documents: Minutes: The Chairman thanked Mrs I Darby and Mr G Williams on their work on the Permanent Exclusions Inquiry.
The Chairman went on to thank Mrs S Hawkswood, Committee & Governance Adviser, for her contribution to the Committee and wished her well.
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10:55 |
Committee Member Updates For members of the Committee to update the Committee on any issue they are investigating on behalf of the Committee.
Additional documents: Minutes: There were none. |
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11:00 |
Cabinet Member Question Time PDF 267 KB For the Committee to ask Cabinet Members questions on current key issues for their portfolios.
I. Mr M Appleyard, Cabinet Member for Education and Skills II. Mr W Whyte, Cabinet Member for Children’s Services
This agenda item will also include an update on the performance of the Educational Psychology Service.
Additional documents: Minutes: The Chairman welcomed Mr M Appleyard, Cabinet Member for Education and Skills to the meeting.
Mr Appleyard briefed the Committee on the issues of the outsourced public service delivery for transport between Marlow and Wycombe. The service provider informed parents they had considered terminating their service without informing the Council beforehand which caused unnecessary concern. Mr Appleyard advised that the Council would communicate the business requirements of the Council with the service provider.
Mr W Whyte informed the Committee that the current week was the start of Private Fostering Week. Following his appointment in March 2018, our commissioner, John Coughlan has completed his 3 month review of Children’s Services. The commissioner has submitted his recommendations to the Department for Education and the outcome will be shared once received. In addition, OFSTED had visited the Council to complete the first monitoring visit following the November 2017 inspection and will publish their findings in early August. .
The following questions were asked and responses provided.
ACTION: Mr Vouyioukas
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11:20 |
Performance Report Q4 2017-18 PDF 123 KB For the Committee to review and ask questions of Cabinet Members about any underperformance.
Contributors: I. Mr W Whyte, Cabinet Member for Children’s Services II. Mr M Appleyard, Cabinet Member for Education and Skills III. Mr T Vouyioukas, Executive Director of Children’s Services
Additional documents: Minutes: During the discussion around the performance indicators, the following issues were raised.
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11:45 |
Early Help Project - Progress Report (verbal item) For the Committee to receive a verbal update on progress on the Early Help project.
Contributors: I. Mr W Whyte, Cabinet Member for Children’s Services II. Mr T Vouyioukas, Executive Director of Children’s Services III. Ms S Turnbull, Transformation Programme Manager, Early Help
Additional documents: Minutes: The Chairman welcomed Mr Whyte, Cabinet Member for Children’s Services and Mr G Morgan, Head of Early Help, who provided a verbal update on the report.
Mr Whyte informed the Committee that the pre-consultation phase of the Early Help Review had been launched. The results of this research activity would be used to inform and develop the details presented during public consultation, which would be launched in the autumn. The Early Help steering group would monitor the results of the pre-consultation.
During discussion, the following questions were asked and responses provided:
What has been learnt from the previous consultation and how can the public be reassured that their concerns have been addressed?
Mr Whyte re-confirmed that this was the pre-consultation stage and the public consultation would be launched in October 2018.
The Chairman thanked the Cabinet Member and his officers for their update.
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12:00 |
Children's Short Breaks Draft Strategy Consultation PDF 468 KB To seek Members’ views on the Draft Strategy for Children's Short Breaks, to respond to the current consultation and help shape and inform the developing vision of how short breaks should be delivered in Buckinghamshire.
Contributors: I. Mr W Whyte, Cabinet Member for Children’s Services II. Mr T Vouyioukas, Executive Director, Children’s Services III. Mrs M Moss, Interim Head of Children’s Commissioning
Additional documents: Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Children’s Services was joined by Mrs M Moss, Interim Head of Commissioning for Children, who presented the report.
During discussion, the following questions were raised and responses provided:
The Chairman thanked Mr Whyte and his officers for their update.
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12:30 |
For the Committee to agree the Inquiry Report – Working Together to Reduce the Number of Permanent Exclusions from School, to be presented to Cabinet for consideration and approval at its meeting on 10th September 2018.
Contributors: I. Mr D Dhillon, Inquiry Chairman II. Mrs I Darby, Inquiry Member III. Mrs S Hawkswood, Committee and Governance Advisor
Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee discussed the draft inquiry report, including the recommendations.
RESOLVED:
That the Committee AGREED the Inquiry report which would be presented to Cabinet on 10th September 2018 |
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12:45 |
Committee Work Programme PDF 88 KB For the Committee to note forthcoming agenda items and make suggestions for topics to be considered at future meetings. Additional documents: Minutes: Members were reminded that the Voice of the Child Inquiry would be revisited at the next meeting. ACTION: Committee & Governance Adviser
The Chairman advised the Committee Members to send their suggestions for the work programme to the Committee & Governance Adviser.
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12:50 |
Date of Next Meeting To note the next meeting of the Children’s Select Committee on 4th September 2018. Additional documents: Minutes: The next meeting will take place on Tuesday 4th September 2018 at 10:30 in Mezz Room 1, County Hall, Aylesbury.
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