Subject: Public Involvement – Written Questions

Date of meeting: 9 February 2023

WRITTEN QUESTIONS

A period of not more than fifteen minutes shall be allowed at each ordinary meeting for questions submitted by a member of the public.

The question will be answered without discussion. The person who asked the question may ask one relevant supplementary question, which shall be put and answered without discussion. The person to whom a question, or supplementary question, has been put may decline to answer it.

The following written questions have been received from members of the public:

1. Youth Arts Award Consultation

Name: Atlanta Cook

Why is the Youth Arts Award thought eligible for a budget cut when it is the last hope of a 16+ education for the city’s children who, like my daughter, have had their educations wrecked by Covid-19 restrictions?

My daughter couldn’t cope with loosing real contact with friends and teachers through school life and having all her plans, hopes and dreams cancelled in 2020. It made her seriously ill.

We’ve all suffered, but taking away the last hope of getting an A Level from children like this is abhorrent. Arts Award is a glint of hope on a dark horizon for many