Meeting documents

To declare any Personal or Disclosable Pecuniary Interests.

For the Committee to agree the minutes of the meeting held on 6^th September 2019.

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

For the Chairman of the Committee to provide an update to the Committee on recent scrutiny related activity.

For the Committee to ask Cabinet Members questions on current key issues for their portfolios.

I.                Mrs A Cranmer, Cabinet Member for Education and Skills

II.              Mr W Whyte, Cabinet Member for Children’s Services

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For the Committee to receive an annual update about adoption services in Buckinghamshire.

Contributors:

Warren Whyte – Cabinet Member for Children’s Services

Nathan Whitley – Head of Children’s Care Service

For the Committee to receive an annual update about Fostering services in Buckinghamshire.

Contributors:

Warren Whyte – Cabinet Member for Children’s Services

Nathan Whitley – Head of Children’s Care Service

For the Committee to receive an update on the progress of the 12 month recommendation monitoring of the permanent exclusions inquiry.

Contributors:

Anita Cranmer – Cabinet Member for Education & Skills

Vivian Trundell – Education Entitlement Manager

Gareth Drawmer – Head of Achievement & Learning

For the Committee to note upcoming items on the work programme –

·       Ofsted visit update

·       Children’s mental health

·       Ofsted Improvement Plan Update

·       6 month Early Help update

·       Retrospective of 2018-19 – to look at progress service has made, where we are now and where we need to be

·       Side by Side Project update

·       BSCB Annual Report

To note the next meeting of the Children’s Select Committee will be on 27^th November at 10.30am, in Mezzanine 1, County Offices, Aylesbury.