Corporate Parenting Panel

Tuesday, 16 January 2024

10.00 am Committee Room, County Hall, Lewes

MEMBERSHIP -

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

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1.	Minutes of the meeting held on 17 October 2023 (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.	East Sussex County Council (ESCC) Children's Homes Quarterly Regulation 44 summary report (Pages 7 - 22) 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 23 - 28) Report by Director of Children's Services.

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9.	Lansdowne Secure Unit update on relaunch (Pages 29 - 32) Report by Director of Children's Services.

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10.	IMPOWER - Sufficiency and Valuing care (Pages 33 - 34) Report by Director of Children’s Services.

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11.	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                                                                                                          8 January 2024

Contact Belinda Trunfull, Democratic Services Support Officer,

01273 335230

Email: belinda.trunfull@eastsussex.gov.uk

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