Issue - meetings

That the Forward Work Programme be agreed.

The Housing and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Facilitator introduced the Forward Work Programme of the Committee.  She advised that the next meeting of the Committee would be held on 10 October 2013 at Hawarden Records Office, Hawarden. 

Members reviewed the current programme and agreed that the following items would be considered at the next meeting of the Committee:  

·         Quarterly performance reporting

·         Hill Review local implications

·         Apprenticeship and training opportunities

·         Formula Review – ideas and principles

·         School Music Review

·         Leisure Services Task and Finish Group

Members were asked to consider inviting the Chairman of the Corporate Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee to sit on the above Task and Finish Group. 

In response to the comments made concerning the Hill Review the Director of Lifelong Learning advised that the deadline for responses to the consultation was 13 September 2013.  He agreed to circulate the draft corporate response to the consultation to the Committee to enable members to express their views on the implications for schools and education in general.  

RESOLVED: 

That the Forward Work Programme be agreed.