Agenda

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business (late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with at item 14 below).

A Member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest

becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Members’ Register of Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interest are

defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

To consider any requests received in accordance with Part 4, Section B,

paragraph 29 of the Council’s constitution.

To note the terms of reference for the Panel.

An opportunity for the Committee to question the Cabinet Member for Children, Councillor Ann Waters, on her portfolio.

To consider relevant budget monitoring data for the service areas covered by the Panel.                                                           

To consider issues relating to school places, including allocations, levels of demand and funding matters.

To report on developments within the adoption service.

To report on developments within the fostering service.

To report on the placements of the borough’s looked after children and related costs.

To report on work being carried in respect of early intervention.

To consider and approve the draft work plan for the Panel (attached).