Issue - meetings

Consideration was given to report of the Corporate Director of Social Services.

The Corporate Director of Social Services presented the report which updated Members on the formation of the Corporate Safeguarding Leads group and the developments in respect of the Welsh Audit Office (WAO) recommendations following their review of the arrangements of the corporate arrangements for the safeguarding of children.

The conclusion of the WAO review was that the Council had made limited progress in addressing previous recommendations and proposals for improvement, and safeguarding arrangements were not consistent enough to provide assurance across all areas.

The Corporate Director reported that as a direct result of the COVID 19 pandemic the Action Plan in response to the WAO recommendations has been amended to allow for the timescales for the completion of the actions to be extended.

RESOLVED that the report be accepted and the WAO revised Action Plan timescale be approved (Option 1).