Agenda for Corporate Parenting Sub-Committee on Wednesday, 4th July, 2012, 4.00pm

Procedural Business

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(a)   Declaration of Substitutes - Where Councillors are unable to attend a meeting, a substitute Member from the same Political Group may attend, speak and vote in their place for that meeting.

 

(b)  Declarations of Interest – Statements by all Members present of any personal interests in matters on the agenda, outlining the nature of any interest and whether the Members regard the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

 

(c)   Exclusion of Press and Public - To consider whether, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, or the nature of the proceedings, the press and public should be excluded from the meeting when any of the following items are under consideration.

 

NOTE:  Any item appearing in Part Two of the Agenda states in its heading the category under which the information disclosed in the report is exempt from disclosure and therefore not available to the public.

 

A list and description of the exempt categories is available for public inspection at Brighton and Hove Town Halls.

Minutes:

1a)      Declarations of Substitutes

 

1.1             There were none.

 

1b)      Declarations of Interest

 

1.2             There were none.

 

1c)      Exclusion of Press and Public

 

1.3       In accordance with Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (“the Act”), the Planning Committee considered whether the public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any item of business on the grounds that it is likely in view of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during it, there would be disclosure to them of confidential information as defined in Section 100A (3) of the Act.

 

1.4       RESOLVED - That the public are not excluded from any item of business on the agenda.

 

Terms of Reference PDF 46 KB

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Attached for noting.

Minutes:

2.1       RESOLVED – That the Terms of Reference be noted.

Appointment of Co-Optees

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Minutes:

3.1       The Sub-Committee discussed the arrangements for the appointment of co-optees and agreed representation from looked after children and foster carers would be preferable.

Chair's Communications

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Minutes:

4.1       There were none.

Public Involvement

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To consider the following matters raised by members of the pubic:

 

(a)         Petitions: to receive any petitions presented to the full council or at the meeting itself;

 

(b)        Written Questions: to receive any questions submitted by the due date of 12 noon on the 27 June 2012;

 

(c)    Deputations: to receive any deputations submitted by the due date of 12 noon on the 27 June 2012.

Minutes:

5.1       There were no petitions, written questions or deputations received from members of the public.

Member Involvement

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To consider the following matters raised by councillors:

 

(a)         Petitions: to receive any petitions submitted to the full Council or at the meeting itself;

(b)        Written Questions: to consider any written questions;

(c)         Letters: to consider any letters;

(d)    Notices of Motion: to consider any Notices of Motion referred from Council or submitted directly to the Committee.

Minutes:

6.1       There were no petitions, written questions, letters or notices of motion raised by Councillors.

Introduction to Corporate Parenting PDF 124 KB

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Report of the Strategic Director, People.

Additional documents:

• Appx 1 BH Corporate Parenting Policy Strategy Nov 2010 , item 7. PDF 116 KB View as HTML (7./2) 99 KB
• Appx 2 Corporate Parenting Summary Report - Jun 2012 v2 , item 7. PDF 711 KB
• Appendix 3 Consumers views report , item 7. PDF 2 MB

Minutes:

7.1       The Sub-Committee considered a report of the Strategic Director, Place outlining an introduction to corporate parenting. The concept of corporate parenting was introduced with the launch of the Quality Protects Programme in 1998; the principle was that the local authority is the corporate parent for children in care and thus has the legal and moral duty to provide the kind of support that good parents would provide their own children. Elected Members have a responsibility for making sure that the Council meets all of its statutory duties and responsibilities.

 

7.2       RESOLVED - That the report be noted.

Corporate Parenting Sub Committee Workplan PDF 172 KB

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Report of the Strategic Director, People.

Minutes:

8.1       The Sub-Committee considered a report of the Strategic Director, Place in relation to the Sub-Committee workplan. The report provided guidance to the Sub-Committee for a future thematic workplan that would enable the Sub-Committee to discharge some of its corporate parenting responsibilities, in a summary of local and national context.

 

8.2       RESOLVED – That the report be noted.

Placement Type - where children live and children & young people missing from care

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Report if the Strategic Director, People

Minutes:

9.1       As detailed in the Part 2 confidential report.

Part 2 Proceedings

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To consider whether the items in Part Two of the agenda and decisions thereon should remain exempt from disclosure to the press and public.

Minutes:

10.1    RESOLVED – That the above items remain exempt from disclosure from the press and public.