Issue - meetings

The Panel considered the report of the Service Director, Legal and Governance that provided an overview of performance across Children and Families Services since December 2017.

Hillary Brooks, Service Director, Children and Families; and Jane White, Service Lead – Children’s Social Care; were present and with the consent of the Chair addressed the meeting.

The Panel noted that performance continued to improve overall.  It was noted that, for the second year running, staff had managed Children’s Services spending within the agreed budget.

The Panel also noted that the number of children who are Looked After Children (LAC) had reduced to the level at which the majority of children who were LAC had been court directed and cannot be taken out of care because of court orders.

RESOLVED

  (i)  That the LAC indicator in the performance report would include reference to the number of children who had been directed by the courts to be looked after.