Issue - meetings

Councillor Gill and Councillor Suleman submit a report presenting a proposed Children and Young People's plan for Leicester City.  The plan is a statutory requirement of the Children Act 2004 and is a single strategic plan drawn up by the Council and relevant partner agencies covering all relevant services.  The Cabinet is asked to approve the Plan for recommendation to Council.

The relevant minutes extracts of the Social Services Scrutiny Committee on 18 January and the Education and Lifelong Learning Scrutiny Committee on 23 January are attached to the report.

The full Plan is attached for Members of the Cabinet only.  Further copies are available on the Council's website at www.leicester.gov.uk/cabinet  or by contacting Committee Services on 252 6028.

Councillor Suleman submitted a report presenting a proposed Children and Young People's plan for Leicester City.  It was noted that the plan was a statutory requirement of the Children Act 2004 and was a single strategic plan drawn up by the Council and relevant partner agencies covering all relevant services.  The Cabinet was asked to approve the Plan for recommendation to Council.

The relevant minutes extracts of the Social Services Scrutiny Committee on 18 January, the Education and Lifelong Learning Scrutiny Committee on 23 January and the African Caribbean Working Group on 1 March had also been circulated to the Cabinet and Councillor Suleman thanked them for their contribution.  Councillors Suleman and Gill also thanked and congratulated the officers who had produced the Plan.

RESOLVED:

that the Leicester Children and Young People’s Plan be recommended to Council for approval.