Issue - meetings

Consideration was given to the report of the Chair of the Social Services Scrutiny Committee.

After a brief discussion,

The Committee AGREED that the report be accepted and endorse Option 1; namely that three additional reports be prepared and included in the Social Services Scrutiny Committee Forward Work Programme;

     i.        An update report on legal costs associated with the service, the report to include anonymised case studies;

    ii.        Report on the use of consultants and with particular focus on costs and benefits associated within the service; and

  iii.        An update report on vulnerable children during COVID-19 with focus on issues arising from school closures, to be presented to the meeting on 11^th March, 2021.

As this was the last meeting of the Social Services Scrutiny Committee for 2020, the Executive Member for Social Services took the opportunity to thank Members for the support given to Senior Management and staff that support the Scrutiny Committee in its work, especially in this challenging and difficult period and for the professional way Members approach the very important work of the Social Services Committee.