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Hampshire County Council

Children's Services Policy Review Committee Item 15

17 January 2006

Children's Services Policy Review Committee - Forward Plan 2005/06

Report of the Chief Executive

Contact: Kelvin Ridout on 01962 847356 email: [email protected]

1. Introduction

1.1. This report sets out items which have been identified by either the Committee or the Chairman or an individual Member, in consultation with the Chairman, for future meetings, together with items put forward since the last meeting for the PRC Work Programme.

2. Those reports identified for future meetings are as follows:

Title

Requested by

Author

Committee Date

(a)

Progress of young people supported by Care Leavers' Scheme

Committee on 12.7.05

Director of Children's Services

to be confirmed

(b)

Management of Family Group Conferences in Hampshire

Committee on 12.7.05

Director of Children's Services

to be confirmed

(c)

Committee's Terms of Reference

Chairman on 15.11.05

Chief Executive

14.3.06

(d)

Kinship Care

Chairman on 25.11.05

Director of Children's Services

18.7.06

(e)

Youth Crime and School Exclusions

Cllr. Mrs. P. Peskett on 14.11.05

Chief Executive

14.3.06

(f)

Annual Performance Assessment

Chairman

Director of Children's Services

to be confirmed

(g)

Adoption and Fostering New Legislation

Vice-Chairman

Director of Children's Services and Chief Executive

to be confirmed

(h)

Data on costs of home to school transport service (to show costs broken down into their constituent elements and benchmarked against other like authorities)

Chairman

Director of Children's Services

to be confirmed

3. Items For Consideration As Part Of PRC Work Programme:

(a)

Placement Stability

-

My reasons for wishing the Policy Review Committee to consider this are:

(requested by Chairman)

(i)

placement stability impacts upon the education of LAC

(ii)

this is a JAR item which we will be marked upon

(b)

Educational Performance of Children in Need & LAC

-

My reasons for wishing the Policy Review Committee to consider this are:

(requested by Chairman)

(i)

placement stability impacts upon the education of LAC

(ii)

truancy and bullying are issues which impact on all children's educational performance

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