Forthcoming Key Decisions

This page lists the key decisions due to be taken within Leeds City Council over the next few months. Details of each key decision will be published below at least 28 clear days before the decision is due to be taken

What is a 'Key Decision'?

A key decision is an executive decision which is likely to:

  • result in the Authority incurring expenditure or making savings over £500,000, or
  • have a significant effect on communites living or working in an area comprising one or more wards.
  • Article 13 of the Council's Constitution provides more details about which decisions will be treated as key decisions.

    How to get more information about a particular key decision

    The agenda papers for Executive Board meetings, and the documents being considered by officers taking key decisions, are available five working days before the decision will be made through the Council's website.

    The contact details of a lead officer are provided for each key decision listed below. Please contact the lead officer directly if you wish to obtain copies or extracts of any other listed documents, or if you wish to receive details of further documents as they become available. Sometimes the papers you request may contain exempt of confidential information. If this is the case, the lead officer will explain why it will not be possible to make copies available.



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    Forthcoming Key Decisions

    17/01/2023 - Creation of an Edge of Care service for adolescents at risk of entering care

    The Children and Families Directorate is proposing that a new team be established, requiring creation of additional staffing posts, to specifically work with young people and their families to prevent family / placement breakdown which would result in entry into the care system.

    Adolescents make up a significant number of the current (and projected) Leeds Children Looked After (CLA) population.  It is this age group of CLA where there is the most demand and pressure on placements, often with the need to use external fostering and residential placements which tend to be high cost.

    The new Edge of Care service could provide the right support to help prevent at least 30 young people entering care per annum.

    Decision Maker: Director of Children and Families

    Decision due date: Not before 15/02/2023

    Wards affected: (All Wards);

    Lead officer: Ruth Terry

    Notice of decision: 17/01/2023