Corporate Parenting Panel

Tuesday, 17 October 2023

10.00 am Priory, Room 2F Centre Block, County Hall  - County Hall, Lewes

MEMBERSHIP -

Councillors Bob Bowdler, Jonny Denis, Penny di Cara, Kathryn Field (Chair), Sorrell Marlow-Eastwood, Matthew Milligan and Colin Swansborough

A G E N D A

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1.	Minutes of the meeting held on 25 July 2023 (Pages 3 - 8)

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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.	ESCC Children's Homes Quarterly Regulation 44 summary report (Pages 9 - 30) Report by Director of Children's Services.

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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 31 - 36) Report by Director of Children's Services.

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9.	Looked After Children (LAC) Annual Report (Pages 37 - 80) Report by Director of Children's Services.

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10.	Children in Care Council (CiCC) Annual Report - 1 April 2022 - 28 February 2023 (Pages 81 - 94) Report by Director of Children's Services.

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11.	Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO) Annual Report (Pages 95 - 120) Report by the Director of Children’s Services.

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12.	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                                                                                                          9 October 2023

Contact Belinda Trunfull, Democratic Services Support Officer,

01273 335230

Email: belinda.trunfull@eastsussex.gov.uk

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