Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence from any members of the Panel.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 23 November 2022 as an accurate record.

Members are invited to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests (DPIs) and other registrable and non-registrable interests they may have in relation to any items(s) of business on today’s agenda.

To receive notice of any business not on the agenda which in the opinion of the Chair, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

To receive a verbal update from E.M.P.I.R.E

The attached report provides an Executive Summary of Croydon Council’s review of children living in residential specialist schools registered as children’s homes, as part of the National Panel review into Safeguarding children with disabilities and complex needs in residential settings (see background reports).

To consider the attached report, which summarises the achievement of CLA for the academic year 2021/22. 

The Children in Care Performance Scorecard for December 2022 is attached

For the panel to consider how its work at the meeting will improve services for children in care.

The following motion is to be moved and seconded where it is proposed to exclude the press and public from the remainder of a meeting:

“That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within those paragraphs indicated in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended.”