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Chair's Opening Remarks Minutes: The Chair welcomed all in attendance to the February meeting of the Scrutiny Board (Children and Families).
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Declaration of Disclosable Pecuniary and Other Interests To disclose or draw attention to any disclosable pecuniary interests for the purposes of Section 31 of the Localism Act 2011 and paragraphs 13-18 of the Members’ Code of Conduct. Also to declare any other significant interests which the Member wishes to declare in the public interest, in accordance with paragraphs 19-20 of the Members’ Code of Conduct. Minutes: There were no disclosable pecuniary and other interests.
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Apologies for Absence and Notification of Substitutes To receive any apologies for absence and notification of substitutes. Minutes: Apologies for absence were submitted by Councillors K Renshaw and Co-opted Member, Mrs S Hutchinson. Notification had been received that Councillor P Grahame was to substitute for Councillor K Renshaw.
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Minutes - 17th January 2013 PDF 70 KB To confirm as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting held on 17th January 2013. Minutes: RESOLVED –That the minutes of the meeting held on 17 January 2013 be approved as a correct record.
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Welfare Reform and Child Poverty PDF 77 KB To receive and consider the report of the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development which facilitates the tracking of recommendations made in the Raising Aspirations and Combating Child Poverty Inquiry report and promotes debate about Welfare Reform and the impact this will have on Children, Families and Children’s Services.
Additional documents:
Minutes: The Head of Scrutiny and Member Development submitted a report which reviewed progress against recommendations made in the Raising Aspirations and Combating Child Poverty Inquiry. The report also sought to promote debate about the implications of welfare reform and the impact on child poverty.
The following information was appended to the report:
- Recommendation Tracking – Combating Child Poverty and Raising Aspirations - Leeds Children’s Trust Board – Child Poverty – Update on progress and national consultation - Advice Services Review and Commissioning – Members’ Briefing Note – December 2012 - Leeds Benefit Changes Booklet - Welfare Reform Strategy Board – Terms of Reference.
The following Executive Member and officers attended the meeting and responded to Members’ questions and comments:
- Councillor Blake, Executive Member (Children Services) - Sue Rumbold, Chief Officer (Partnership Development Business Support) - Steve Carey, Chief Revenues and Benefits Officer - Rob McCartney, Head of Housing Support - Andrea Richardson, Head of Early Help Services - Neil Warren, Head of Finance, (Children’s Services) - Stephen Featherstone, Policy, Planning and Procedures Leader.
The main areas of discussion were:
- Burmantofts and Richmond Hill - City and Hunslet - Gipton and Harehills - Hyde Park and Woodhouse - Middleton Park.
RESOLVED –
(a) That the contents of the report and appendices be noted (b) That the recommendation tracking element of the report be deferred to the April Scrutiny Board.
(Councillor A Sobel declared a significant other interest on the basis that his wife was Manager of St Vincent’s Advice Centre.)
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To receive and consider the report of the CSCs project which provides an update to the Scrutiny Board on the progress of the implementation of a new information and case management system for Children’s Social Work service, to replace the current in-house system named ESCR. Minutes: A report of the CSCS Project was submitted which updated the Scrutiny Board on the progress of the implementation of a new information and case management system for Children’s Social Work Service to replace the current in-house system named ESCR.
The following Executive Member and officers attended the meeting and responded to Members’ questions and comments:
- Steve Walker, Deputy Director (Safeguarding, Specialist and Targeted Services) - Jon Nevill, Service Delivery Manager - Nadine Snowden, CSCS Project Manager - Angela Gilchrist, CSCS Project Team.
A powerpoint presentation was provided which provided further information about the new system, key principles and training. A demonstration of the system was also provided.
The key points of discussion were:
RESOLVED – That the contents of the report be noted.
(Ms C Foote left the meeting at 12 noon during the consideration of this item.)
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To receive and consider a report from the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development outlining the Scrutiny Board’s work schedule for the remainder of the current municipal year. Additional documents:
Minutes: A report was submitted by the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development which detailed the Scrutiny Board’s work schedule for the current municipal year.
Appended to the report for Members’ information was the current version of the Board’s work programme, the minutes of the Executive Board meeting held on 9 January 2013, together with an extract from the Forward Plan of Key Decisions for the period 10 September 2012 to 4 February 2013.
RESOLVED – That the work schedule be approved.
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Date and Time of Next Meeting Thursday, 14th March 2013 at 9.45am. (Pre-meeting for all Board Members at 9.15am.)
Minutes: Thursday, 14th March 2013 at 9.45am (Pre-meeting for all Board Members at 9.15am)
(The meeting concluded at 12.26pm.)
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