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                CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE SELECT COMMITTEE

    5 JULY 2007 AT 10.00 A.M.

                THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, CASTLE HILL OFFICES, WINCHESTER

    KAREN WIDDOWSON

    7334

e-mail: [email protected]

PART 1 - PROCEDURAL ITEMS

1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

          All Members who believe they have a personal or a personal prejudicial interest in any

          matter to be considered at the meeting must declare that personal interest and having regard to the circumstances described in paragraphs 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the County Council's Code of Conduct, consider whether to leave the meeting whilst the matter is discussed. The declaration should be made at the time of the relevant debate.

3. MINUTES

To confirm the minutes of the meetings held on 13 February 2007 and 6 March 2007.

4. CHAIRMAN'S COMMUNICATIONS

          To receive any communications the Chairman may have for this meeting.

5. DEPUTATIONS

PART 2 - ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION

6. PROTOCOL FOR SHARED FUNDING FOR CHILDREN WITH COMPLEX NEEDS

      To consider the report of the Director of Children's Services detailing the arrangements developing between the County Council and the Hampshire Primary Care Trust to jointly commission services.

7. PROGRESS WITH THE WORK PROGRAMME: HEALTH SCRUTINY SUPPORT PROGRAMME

          To consider the draft scoping report of Dr. Sheila Marsh commissioned by the Centre for Public Scrutiny to undertake a study of respite for families of children with severe disabilities.

8. NON-COUNTY PLACEMENTS AND INDEPENDENT FOSTERING PROVIDER PLACEMENTS: UPDATE ON QUESTIONS RAISED BY COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER 2006

      To consider the report of the Director of Children's Services updating Members on the position in Hampshire to end of March 2007.

9. ACCESS TO THERAPY SERVICES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN 0-5 YEARS

            (Report to follow)

      To consider the report of the Director of Children's Services detailing the review of access to Therapy Services for children in school and pre school 2004.

10. LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICE AGREEMENT 2

      To consider the report of the Director of Children's Services detailing progress being made on meeting the two Local Public Service Agreement 2 (LPSA2) targets and eight indicators that are being managed by the Children's Services Department.

11. SCHOOL PLACES PLAN 2007 - CONSULTATION DRAFT

          To consider the report of the Director of Children's Services detailing the consultation

draft of the School Places Plan for 2007 and requesting Members to forward any comments to the Executive Member for Children's Services.

12. THE COUNTY COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC APPROACH TO THE PROVISION

OF SCHOOL PLACES

      To consider the report of the Director of Children's Services submitted to Cabinet on 25 June 2007 detailing the overall approach towards the management of school places.

13. RACE EQUALITY DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOLS: ANNUAL REPORT

      To consider the report of the Director of Children's Services providing an overview of the work of Children's Services in relation to its statutory duty to promote race equality, including the annual data on racial incidents in schools.

PART 3 - WORK PROGRAMME

14. CURRENT WORK PROGRAMME

      To consider the work programme for the Committee.

15. EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

      RECOMMENDATION:

    That in relation to the following item the public be excluded from the meeting, as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during the items there would be disclosure to them of exempt information within Paragraph 1, 2 and 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, and further that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons set out in the reports.

16. COMMISIONING STRATEGY FOR CHILDREN IN CARE AND THOSE ON THE EDGE OF CARE (EXEMPT)

      To receive the report of the Chief Executive concerning an exempt urgent decision agreed by the Executive Lead Member for Children's Services on 17 May 2007 in relation to the Commissioning Strategy for Children in Care and for those on the Edge of Care.

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