Agenda

Notice of a public meeting of

Children and Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee

To:

Councillors Barbara Brodigan (Chair), Caroline Goodrick (Vice-Chair), Alyson Baker, Stephanie Duckett, Nathan Hull, David Jeffels, Janet Jefferson, Tom Jones, Cliff Lunn, John Mann, Steve Mason, Andrew Murday, Andy Paraskos, Yvonne Peacock, Kirsty Poskitt, John Ritchie.

Tom Cavell-Taylor, Emma Higgins, Stephen Jennings, Anna Kirkham, Yvonne Methley, David  Sharp, Ross Strachan and David Watson.

Date:

Friday, 4th October, 2024

Time:

10.00 am

Venue:

The Grand, County Hall, Northallerton, DL7 8AD

 

PLEASE NOTE:

 

Members of the public are entitled to attend this meeting as observers for all those items taken in open session. Please contact the Senior Scrutiny Officer, whose details are below, if you would like to find out more.

 

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This meeting is being held as an in-person meeting.

 

Recording is allowed at Council, committee and sub-committee meetings which are open to the public, please give due regard to the Council’s protocol on audio/visual recording and photography at public meetings, a copy of which is available.  Anyone wishing to record is asked to contact, prior to the start of the meeting, the Senior Scrutiny Officer. We ask that any recording is clearly visible to anyone at the meeting and that it is non-disruptive.

Business

 

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1.  

Welcome by the Chair

 

 

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2.  

Apologies for Absence

 

 

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3.  

Minutes of the Meeting held on 21 June 2024

 

(Pages 3 - 16)

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4.  

Declarations of Interest

 

 

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5.  

Public Participation

 

 

Any member of the public who lives, works or studies in North Yorkshire can ask questions or make statements to the Committee. The questions or statements must be put in writing to the Committee no later than midday on Tuesday 1 October 2024, three working days before the day of the meeting, Alice Fox, Senior Scrutiny Officer (contact details given at the foot of the agenda sheet).

No one question or statement shall exceed 3 minutes.  The time period for asking and responding to all questions will be 30 minutes. Members of the public who have given notice will be invited to speak:

·            at this point in the meeting if their questions/statements relate to matters which are not otherwise on the Agenda;

·            when the relevant Agenda item is being considered if they wish to speak on a matter which is on the Agenda for this meeting.

If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Chair who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.

 

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6.  

Chair's Remarks

 

 

Any correspondence, communication or other business brought forward by the direction of the Chair of the Committee. 

 

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7.  

Child Death Overview Panel Annual Report 2023/2024

 

(Pages 17 - 26)

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8.  

North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership Annual Report 2023/2024

 

(Pages 27 - 70)

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9.  

Children Accessing Alternative Provision

 

TO FOLLOW

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10.  

Care Experience as a Protected Characteristic - Consultation with Care Leavers

 

(Pages 71 - 82)

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11.  

Work Programme

 

(Pages 83 - 86)

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12.  

Any Other Items

 

 

Any other items which the Chair agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances.

 

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13.  

Date of Next Meeting

 

 

Friday, 6 December 2024 at 10.00am

 

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Members are reminded that in order to expedite business at the meeting and enable Officers to adapt their presentations to address areas causing difficulty, they are encouraged to contact Officers prior to the meeting with questions on technical issues in reports.

 

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Contact Details:

 

For enquiries relating to this agenda please contact Alice Fox, Senior Scrutiny Officer. Email: alice.fox@northyorks.gov.uk Tel: 07712 539012.

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Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive

(Legal and Democratic Services)

County Hall

Northallerton

 

Thursday, 26 September 2024

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