Corporate Parenting Panel

Friday, 20 January 2023

10.00 am Committee Room, County Hall, Lewes

MEMBERSHIP -

Councillors Bob Bowdler, Johnny Denis, Kathryn Field (Chair), Sorrell Marlow-Eastwood, Matthew Milligan, Colin Swansborough and Sam Adeniji

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1.	Minutes of the meeting held on 28 October 2022 (Pages 3 - 6)

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2.	Apologies for absence

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3.	Disclosure of Interests Disclosure by all members present of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the member regards the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

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Urgent items Notification of items which the Chair considers to be urgent and proposes to take at the end of the appropriate part of the agenda. Any members who wish to raise urgent items are asked, wherever possible, to notify the Chair before the start of the meeting. In so doing, they must state the special circumstances which they consider justify the matter being considered urgently.

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Exclusion of Press and Public To consider excluding the public and press from the meeting for the next two agenda items on the grounds that if the public and press were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as specified in Category 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), namely information relating to any individual.

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6.	Quarterly Registered Children's Homes Report (Pages 7 - 44)

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7.	Any other exempt items considered urgent by the Chair.

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8.	Looked After Children (LAC) Statistics (Pages 45 - 50) Report by Director of Children's Services.

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9.	Lansdowne Secure Unit-temporary closure and forward plan (Pages 51 - 52)

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10.	Placement Sufficiency-National Context Presentation by Children’s Services Department.

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11.	East Sussex Sufficiency Strategy presentation Presentation by Children’s Services Department.

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12.	Key priorities in relation to care and placements from our children and young people Verbal report.

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13.	Foster Carers Association reflections on demand, current challenges and opportunities Verbal report.

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14.	Discussion-Corporate Parenting Panel Response to Sufficiency Challenges and proposals Verbal update and discusssion.

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15.	Any other non-exempt items considered urgent by the Chair.

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PHILIP BAKER

Assistant Chief Executive 

County Hall, St Anne’s Crescent

LEWES BN7 1UE                                                                                                        12 January 2023

Contact

Belinda Trunfull - 01273 335230

Email: belinda.trunfull@eastsussex.gov.uk

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