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Reconciling Policy, Performance and Resources (RPPR) 2016/17

 

 

Meeting: 26/09/2016 - Children's Services Scrutiny Committee (Item 12)

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Report by the Chief Executive

Additional documents:

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:

 

  • 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);
  • 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:

 

  • whether more could be done to manage public expectations about the level of special educational needs support available; and
  • delays in converting statements to Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) and the additional costs this may incur.

 

  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.