Issue - meetings

            That the Forward Work Programme be agreed subject to the above additions.

The Learning and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Facilitator introduced the Forward Work Programme of the Committee. She advised that the next meeting would be held on 14 March 2013.  An additional joint meeting with Social Care and Health would take place on 21 March 2013 to discuss Educational Attainment of Looked After Children, Young People Partnership, Corporate Parenting Activity Update, Local Safeguarding Children Update and Families First and Young Carers.

                        An update on Saltney Library would now be added to the 25 April 2013 agenda as a result of this meeting.

                        Councillor N. M. Matthews asked that the school meals service, menus and working practices be added to the Forward Work Programme along with School Modernisation and Post 16 Education.

                        Councillor C. A. Thomas referred to items referred by Lifelong Learning Overview and Scrutiny by the Corporate Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee.  The Learning and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Facilitator advised that they would be covered within the Quarterly reports and that the new Section 106 Policy would be included.  Councillor Thomas also asked that the Play Sufficiency Survey results be included in a future meeting.

                        Mr D. Hytch said that it may be helpful if the function of the committee be examined to establish effective working practices.  He said that he found it difficult to read and scrutinise lengthy reports which contained too much information and found it equally difficult to scrutinise short reports which did not contain enough detail.  The Learning and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Facilitator agreed that self evaluation be added to the Forward Work Programme.

            RESOLVED:

That the Forward Work Programme be agreed subject to the above additions.