Archived decisions

122. DECLARATION OF INTEREST

Members were mindful that, where they believed they

had a personal or personal prejudicial interest in any

matter to be considered at the meeting, they should

normally at the time of the debate declare their 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 was discussed save for

exercising any right to speak in accordance with

Paragraph 12 of the Code.

No declarations of interest were received.

123. MINUTES

The Minutes of the Committee held on 8 October 2008 were, subject to the first sentence of Minute No. 148 being amended to read:

"The Chairman congratulated HC3S, the County Council's Catering Service on receiving the highest award for excellence in school catering by Hyperactive Children's Support Group (HAGS) for the fourth year running"

confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

Arising thereon:

a. Minute No. 149 - Prevention and Management of

Risk

The Director of Children's Services reported that

arrangements were in hand for Members of the

Committee to receive a briefing on the Prevention and

Management of Risk.

b. Minute No. 115 - Development of the Integrated

Youth Service

The Chairman reported that the Committee would

receive a full report on the Development of an

Integrated Youth Service which would include Not in

Education Employment and Training (NEET) at its

next meeting.

c. Minute No 120 - Review of School Exclusions

The Chairman reported that a report showing the

Executive Lead Member for Children' Services'

comments and outlining any further actions and

ongoing reports for monitoring would now be reported

to a future meeting of the Committee.

124. CHAIRMAN'S COMMUNICATIONS

a. Short Breaks

The Chairman reported that arrangements were in

hand for a seminar on short breaks to take place on

either 6 or 12 May 2009.

b. Youth Offending Team Conference

The Chairman reported that she had recently

attended the Youth Offending Team conference.

125. SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IMPULSE

DATABASE IMPROVEMENTS

The Director of Children's Services presented a report outlining the improvements on the Special Educational Needs Impulse Database (Item 4 in the Minute Book). There had been significant and positive steps made since the appointment of the IT Systems Support Officer in August 2008. Progress continued to pick up pace and user confidence was improving as issues were resolved, addressed and escalated and as functionality was tested, approved and made available for use. It was agreed that the Committee should receive a further update in October 2009.

126. CHILDREN'S SERVICES REVENUE BUDGET

2009/10 TO 2011/12

The County Treasurer and Director of Children's

Services presented a report outlining the revised

revenue budget for 2008/09, the revenue budget for

2009/10 to 2011/12 and the priorities, issues and

specific challenges (Item 5 in the Minute Book).

RESOLVED:

That it be a RECOMMENDATION to the Executive Lead Member for Children's Services that :

a. The revised budget for 2008/09 totalling £935.884m (as set out in appendices 1 and 2), and planned carry-forward from 2008/09 of £1.8m (£0.5m underspend against the Schools Budget and £1.3m on non-schools).

b. The base budget for 2009/10 totalling £960.368m (as set out in Appendix 3).

c. The proposals for growth totalling £12.507m in 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 4).

d. The proposals for redeployment of resources totalling £3.558m in 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 4).

e. The proposals for efficiency improvements totalling £3.2m (2.0% of the base budget) in 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 5).

f. The annual review of income and charges (as set out in Appendix 6).

g. The summarised trading accounts of business units (as set out in Appendix 7).

h. The detailed budget for 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 8).

i. The workforce implications of the proposed budget for 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 10).

j. The provisional budget for 2010/11 of £999.128m and for 2011/12 of £1,004.479m (as set out in Appendix 11). This excludes any assumption around growth or inflation increases in respect of the Schools Budget for 2011/12.

be approved for submission to the Leader and the

Cabinet

127. CHILDREN'S SERVICES CAPITAL PROGRAMME

2009/10 TO 2011/12

The County Treasurer and Director of Children's

Services presented a report outlining the capital

programme for 2009/10 to 2011/12 (Item 6 in the

Minute Book).

RESOLVED:

That it be a RECOMMENDATION to the Executive

Lead Member for Children's Services that the Capital

Programme for 2009/2010 to 2011/2012, as set out in

Appendix 1 to the report be approved for submission to

the Leader and the Cabinet.

128. ANNUAL PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

OUTCOMES

The Director of Children's Services presented the

Ofsted report on the annual performance of services

for children and young people in Hampshire 2008 (Item

7 in the Minute Book). Hampshire had been awarded

Grade 3 (Good) in all categories. The report outlined the major strengths and important weaknesses and areas for development . The Director circulated a paper giving details of the work in hand to address the weaknesses and areas for development. Members asked about how school improvement worked and it was agreed that there should be a presentation on how school improvement works to a future meeting of the Committee

129. CORPORATE IMPROVEMENT PLAN

The Director of Children's Services presented the Corporate Improvement Plan (Item 8 in the Minute Book). It was agreed that the report be noted

130. PROGRESS WITH JOINT AREA REVIEW ACTION

PLAN

The Director of Children's Services circulated details of

the progress being made with the Joint Area Review

Action Plan. All recommendations made in the Joint

Area Review report were now being acted on and it

was agreed that no further action needed to be taken

by the Committee.

131. COMMITTEE'S WORK PROGRAMME

The Chief Executive presented the Committee's Work

Programme (Item 10 in the Minute Book). Members

gave consideration to proposals for inclusion on the

work programme which included:

· Haringey Incident Briefing

· Development of 14 - 19 Curriculum

· Commission on Child Wellbeing

RESOLVED:

That the Committee's Work Programme be approved

subject to the issues raised at this meeting.

Director of Children's Services to brief members at the next meeting on the `lessons learned' from the Baby P investigation. Focusing on safeguarding in particular.

Chief Executive to advise Members when the for the Short Breaks Seminar is confirmed

The Director of Children's Services to give a presentation on How School Improvement works to a future meeting of the Committee