Issue - meetings

Report of the Service Director Legal and Governance relating to recommendations made at previous meetings of the Panel, attached.

The Panel noted the report of the Service Director, Legal and Governance setting out progress on recommendations made at the previous meeting.

Councillor Painton agreed to raise the issue of the Taxi Trade and Child Sexual Exploitation training at the Licensing Committee.

The following updates to the monitoring appendix were made at the meeting:

• Child Sexual Exploitation Recommendation 2 – Officers were looking at incorporating this information into the work of the CSE/MET team.
• Elective Home Education Recommendation 1 – Difficulty obtaining details, reasons provided were varied.  A process was being put in place to get a clearer understanding of the issues, around the statutory limitations.
• Elective Home Education Recommendation 2 – It was illegal for SCC to search this information without permission from parents.
• Elective Home Education Recommendation 3 – Supported the idea in principle but any approach would be evidence led and targeted.
• Elective Home Education Recommendation 4 – Letter prepared by the Cabinet Member.