Agenda item

Scrutiny of the Decision on Investment in Young People

Report of the Children, Young People and Family Support Scrutiny and Policy Development Committee.

 

 

Minutes:

10.1

The Cabinet received a report of the Children, Young People and Family Support Scrutiny and Policy Development Committee outlining the outcome of the Committee’s consideration, at its meeting held on 21st May 2020, of the decision taken by the Cabinet on 18 March 2020 regarding Investment in Young People.

 

 

10.2

Councillor Mick Rooney (Chair of the Scrutiny Committee) reported that a considerable number of questions were raised at the meeting, with the answers to several of such questions included in the paper which was due to be considered by the Cabinet in April, but the Cabinet meeting had been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  Councillor Rooney believed that if this meeting had gone ahead, the item may not have been called-in.

 

 

10.3

The Chair (Councillor Julie Dore) referred to the report that was due to be submitted to the Cabinet in April indicating that the call-in of the item had stalled the progress of the Cabinet decision on this issue in March.  Councillor Dore expressed her thanks to Councillor Rooney for chairing what had been a very difficult meeting, particularly as it was one of the first meetings held via Zoom. 

 

 

10.4

RESOLVED: That the Cabinet:-

 

 

 

(a)      notes the decision of the Children, Young People and Family Support Scrutiny and Policy Development Committee to request that the decision be deferred until the Scrutiny Committee has considered all relevant issues and made recommendations to the Executive;

 

 

 

(b)      agrees to the request from the Children, Young People and Family Support Scrutiny and Policy Development Committee to defer the decision, as above; and

 

 

 

(c)      irrespective of recommendation (b) above, the Cabinet agrees to provide more detail to the Children, Young People and Family Support Scrutiny and Policy Development Committee on what is envisaged in the service going forward, as identified in item 2.4 of the report, preferably at an early point in the timeline, prior to the Executive Decision.

 

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