Agenda item

4.1

The minutes of the meeting of the Children, Young People and Family Support Scrutiny and Policy Development Committee held on 10^th December 2018, were approved as a correct record and arising therefrom:-

(a)   the Policy and Improvement Officer (Deborah Glen) stated that she had contacted Kate Wilkinson (Service Manager – Performance and Analysis Service) regarding the request for statistics regarding indices of deprivation for Batemoor, Beauchief, Beighton, East Ecclesfield, Greenhill, Jordanthorpe and Low Edges.  Kate had confirmed that once established, it would be easy to replicate for all wards.  It was hoped the data would be available for the Committee’s meeting to be held on 11^th March 2019;

(b)    a holding response had been received from the Chair of the Schools Forum in relation to ensuring that schools continued to record and report the five-stage proficiency in English code.  It was hoped the full response would be available for the meeting of the Committee to be held on 11^th March 2019;

(c)    the Chair reported that a date had not yet been received for a meeting with Mark Sheikh (Head of Service – Business Strategy) to discuss further investigations into the potential for prudential borrowing with regard to capital funding for schools;

(d)   Deborah Glen (Policy and Improvement Officer) undertook to follow up details of youth activities, including dates and times of sessions with Dan White, to be circulated to all Members of the Committee; and

(e)   the Chair sought clarification regarding recommendation 7.5(c).  The briefing note to be prepared by Dan White (Head of Health & Targeted Services), referenced in the minute, was regarding the reasons for the increase in referrals of Looked After Children to the CSE Team.  Deborah Glen reported that a response was still awaited from Dan White on the matter and also from Victoria Horsefield (Assistant Director with responsibility for Safeguarding and Quality Assurance) regarding the request for an assessment of the roll out of Friend or Foe training in schools.  The Chair requested that a progress report on both matters be available for the next meeting of the Committee on 11^th March 2019.