Agenda item

Would Members please bring their copy of the Council Plan which has been previously circulated.

Submitted – A report (previously circulated) of the Chief Officers Executive which had been considered by Cabinet at its meeting held on 7 January 2020, in relation to the Council Plan 2020-2023.

The Council Plan sets out a proposed vision for the Council and the key actions it will take to achieve that vision and was subject to consultation prior to its approval by Council in March 2020.

It was reported that all Scrutiny Committees are to consider the Council Plan and a public consultation exercise was being carried out between 8 January and 7 February 2020. 

Scrutiny Members will also receive six monthly reporting on progress against the plan and wider performance indicators relating to priority outcomes and Council service delivery.

Members discussed the key actions that the Children and Young People Portfolio focuses on and in particular approved the action to review in-house residential care and consider the Council’s place in providing services; improving employment opportunities for looked after children and care leavers; and work with the schools and the Regional Schools Commissioner to increase educational achievement across the borough and in particular for young people from deprived backgrounds.

RESOLVED-That this Scrutiny Committee has no comment to make on the Council Plan 2020-2023.