12 Reconciling Policy, Performance and Resources (RPPR) 2016/17
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Report by the Chief Executive
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Minutes:
12.1 The Chief
Executive, Becky Shaw, and the Director of Children’s
Services, Stuart Gallimore, introduced the report by providing an
overview of the context of the current RPPR process.
12.2 The
Committee then discussed the areas of search before them and sought
more information about the following items:
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Revenue Budget. The
Committee asked for more detailed information about progress with
Children’s Services review of all its costs across the
department (which it is undertaking in response to a projected
overspend for the year of approximately
£4million);
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Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability
(ISEND). Further clarification was sought regarding the increased
costs the ISEND service is experiencing. The Committee were specifically interested
in:
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whether more could be done to manage public
expectations about the level of special educational needs support
available; and
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delays
in converting statements to Education, Health and
Care Plans (EHCPs) and the additional costs this may
incur.
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Mental Health and Young People. More detail was
requested about the impact of the savings plan on the provision of
services relating to Mental Health and Young People. In particular
the Committee asked about progress with the integration of Child
and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHs) with the local
Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).
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Children’s Centres. Further clarification was requested
about the impact of the savings plan on Children’s Centres.
In particular, the Committee asked for more information about the
extent of the integration between Children’s and Health
Services and whether more could be done to maximize this
collaboration.
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Troubled Families.
More detail was requested about the impact of the savings plan on
the delivery of services for Troubled Families.
12.3 RESOLVED
to:
1)
agree the key areas of interest/lines of enquiry for scrutiny as set
out in paragraph 12.2 and to ensure these are reflected in the
Committee’s future work programme.
2)
establish
a scrutiny review board to consider the developing
portfolio plans and savings proposals as they emerge in December
and to submit scrutiny’s final comments on them to Cabinet in
January 2017.