Agenda and minutes
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Apologies for Absence / Replacement Members Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillor W H Gray.
Apologies for absence were also received from Councillor Mrs P A Bradwell OBE (Executive Councillor for Children's Services, Community Safety and Procurement). |
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Declarations of Members' Interest Minutes: No declarations of Members' interest were made at this stage of the proceedings. |
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Minutes: RESOLVED
That the minutes of the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee meeting held on 15 October 2021 be agreed and signed by the Chairman as a correct record. |
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Announcements by the Chairman, Executive Councillor for Children's Services, Community Safety and Procurement and Chief Officers Minutes: The Chairman informed the Committee of the passing of Councillor B Adams who was the former Vice Chairman of the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee between 17 May 2013 and 15 May 2015 and continued to be a member of this Committee until April 2017. The Committee held a minute’s silence in honour of Councillor Adams. |
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Joint Diversionary Panel - University of Lincoln Evaluation PDF 539 KB (To receive a report from Andy Cook, Head of Service - Future4Me/Youth Offending, which provides the Committee with the key findings of the evaluation of the Joint Diversionary Panel undertaken by Dr Sue Bond-Taylor from the University of Lincoln) Additional documents: |
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Children In Care (CIC) Transformation - Residential Estate Expansion Programme PDF 389 KB (To receive a report from Tara Jones, Head of Service – Children in Care Transformation, which invites the Committee to consider and comment on a report on the business case for the use of £1.5m of allocated Council capital funding from the Residential Children's Home Capital Programme to invest in two new children's homes in Lincolnshire, prior to a decision being taken by the Executive Councillor for Children’s Services, Community Safety and Procurement between 22 and 30 November 2021)
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Minutes: The Committee considered a report which set out the business case for the use of £1.5m of allocated Council capital funding from the Residential Children's Home Capital Programme to invest in two new children's homes in Lincolnshire, prior to a decision being taken by the Executive Councillor for Children’s Services, Community Safety and Procurement between 22 and 30 November 2021.
The Committee considered the report, and during the discussion the following comments were noted:-
1. That the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee unanimously agreed to support the recommendations to the Executive Councillor for Children’s Services, Community Safety and Procurement as detailed in the report. 2. That the comments listed above be passed on to the Executive Councillor in relation to this item. |
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Lincoln Children's Home PDF 392 KB (To receive a report and presentation from Matthew Stapleton, Senior Project Manager - Corporate Property, which invites the Committee to consider and comment on the relocation of Lincolnshire County Council’s existing short breaks home to a location on the St. Francis Special School site in Lincoln, prior to a decision being taken by the Executive Councillor for Resources, Communications and Commissioning and the Executive Councillor for People Management, Legal and Corporate Property between 23 and 30 November 2021) Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee considered a report which invited them to consider and comment on the relocation of Lincolnshire County Council’s existing short breaks home to a location on the St. Francis Special School site in Lincoln, prior to a decision being taken by the Executive Councillor for Resources, Communications and Commissioning and the Executive Councillor for People Management, Legal and Corporate Property between 23 and 30 November 2021.
The Committee considered the report, and during the discussion the following comments were noted:-
• The Committee was reassured that the risks to the supply chain had been fully assessed and that the costs compared well to the BCIS benchmarking, demonstrating good value for money for the project. • It was expected that children would be first placed in the new children’s home at St Catherine’s in September 2022. Concern was raised that this would coincide with the new academic school year, and it was suggested that the children should be moved into the new children’s home before September. It was confirmed that this could not be guaranteed to happen as the remodelling works may not have been completed by then due to the current supply issues. Careful planning would be undertaken when moving children into the children’s home to ensure that they did not change schools at the same time to allow them time to settle into their new placement first.
RESOLVED 1. That the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee unanimously agreed to support the recommendations to the Executive Councillor for Resources, Communications and Commissioning and the Executive Councillor for People Management, Legal and Corporate Property as detailed in the report. 2. That the comments listed above be passed on to the Executive Councillors in relation to this item.
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Spalding Academy Basic Need Project PDF 389 KB (To receive a report from Matthew Stapleton, Senior Project Manager - Corporate Property, which invites the Committee to consider and comment on the procurement of the expansion and remodelling to Spalding Academy, prior to a decision being taken by the Executive Councillor for Resources, Communications and Commissioning and Executive Councillor for People Management, Legal and Corporate Property between 23 and 30 November 2021) Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee considered a report which invited them to consider and comment on the procurement of the expansion and remodelling to Spalding Academy, prior to a decision being taken by the Executive Councillor for Resources, Communications and Commissioning and the Executive Councillor for People Management, Legal and Corporate Property between 23 and 30 November 2021.
The Committee considered the report, and during the discussion the following comments were noted:-
1. That the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee unanimously agreed to support the recommendations to the Executive Councillor for Resources, Communications and Commissioning and the Executive Councillor for People Management, Legal and Corporate Property as detailed in the report. 2. That the comments listed above be passed on to the Executive Councillors in relation to this item.
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Stamford Welland Academy Basic Need Project PDF 390 KB (To receive a report from Matthew Stapleton, Senior Project Manager - Corporate Property, which invites the Committee to consider and comment on the procurement of the expansion and remodelling to expansion and remodelling to Stamford Welland Academy, prior to a decision being taken by the Executive Councillor for Resources, Communications and Commissioning and the Executive Councillor for People Management, Legal and Corporate Property between 23 and 30 November 2021) Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee considered a report which invited them to consider and comment on the procurement of the expansion and remodelling to expansion and remodelling to Stamford Welland Academy, prior to a decision being taken by the Executive Councillor for Resources, Communications and Commissioning and the Executive Councillor for People Management, Legal and Corporate Property between 23 and 30 November 2021.
The Committee considered the report, and during the discussion the following comments were noted:-
1. That the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee unanimously agreed to support the recommendations to the Executive Councillor for Resources, Communications and Commissioning and the Executive Councillor for People Management, Legal and Corporate Property as detailed in the report. 2. That the comments listed above be passed on to the Executive Councillors in relation to this item. |
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Service Level Performance against the Corporate Performance Framework - Quarter 2 PDF 421 KB (To receive a report from Jo Kavanagh, Assistant Director – Early Help, which summarises for the Committee the Service Level Performance against the Corporate Performance Framework for Quarter 2, for measures that are above or below the target range) Additional documents: Minutes: Consideration was given to a report which summarised the Service Level Performance against the Corporate Performance Framework for Quarter 2. The report only summarised those measures which were either above or below the target range.
Members were provided with the opportunity to ask questions to the officers present in relation to the information contained within the report and some of the points raised during discussion included the following:
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That the Committee’s satisfaction with the performance of the measures, that were either above or below the target range, and the comments made in relation to the performance measures be noted. |
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Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee Work Programme PDF 450 KB (To receive a report from Tracy Johnson, Senior Scrutiny Officer, which enables the Committee to consider and comment on the contents of its work programme to ensure that its scrutiny activity is focused where it can be of greatest benefit) Minutes: The Committee considered a report from Tracy Johnson, Senior Scrutiny Officer, which invited members to consider and comment on the content of its work programme, to ensure that scrutiny activity was focused where it could be of greatest benefit.
It was noted that an amendment to the 14 January 2022 agenda was made, with the Pre-Decision Scrutiny item for the expansion of St Lawrence School, Horncastle being deferred until the 17 June 2022 or 22 July 2022 meeting to allow for further work on the scheme.
In addition, the Committee would be considering the Council’s budget proposals for Children’s Services prior to its consideration at the Executive and subsequently Council in February 2022.
RESOLVED
That the work programme be agreed as amended.
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