Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence and temporary appointments.

See guidance note on the back page.

The Committee is recommended to APPROVE the minutes of the meeting held on 22 July 2024 and to receive information arising from them.

Members of the public who wish to speak at this meeting can attend the meeting in person or ‘virtually’ through an online connection. 

To facilitate ‘hybrid’ meetings we are asking that requests to speak or present a petition are submitted by no later than 9am four working days before the meeting i.e., 9am on 16 September 2024.  Requests to speak should be sent to the Scrutiny Officer at scrutiny@oxfordshire.gov.uk.

If you are speaking ‘virtually’, you may submit a written statement of your presentation to ensure that your views are taken into account. A written copy of your statement can be provided no later than 9am 2 working days before the meeting. Written submissions should be no longer than 1 A4 sheet.

Cllr John Howson, Cabinet Member for Children, Education, and Young People’s Services, Cllr Kate Gregory, Cabinet member for SEND Improvement, and Lisa Lyons, Director of Children’s Services, have been invited to present an update report on the SEND Priority Action Plan.  Kate Reynolds, Deputy Director of Education, Joanna Hoskin, Senior Youth Worker, and Dan Leveson, the BOB Integrated Care Board’s Director of Place (Oxfordshire), have also been invited to answer the Committee’s questions.

The Committee is asked to consider the report and raise any questions, and to AGREE any recommendations it wishes to make to Cabinet arising therefrom.

Cllr John Howson, Cabinet Member for Children, Education, and Young People’s Services, Lisa Lyons, Director of Children’s Services, and Jennifer Sergeant, Head of Service Leaving Care, have been invited to present the Youth Justice Annual Plan.

The Committee is asked to consider the report and raise any questions, and to AGREE any recommendations it wishes to make to Cabinet arising therefrom.

Cllr John Howson, Cabinet Member for Children, Education, and Young People’s Services, Lisa Lyons, Director of Children’s Services, Gillian Ming, Interim Business Manager (OSCB), and Ian Sutherland, Independent Chair/Scrutineer (OSCB), have been invited to present the Annual Children’s Safeguarding Board report.

The Committee is asked to consider the report and raise any questions, and to AGREE any recommendations it wishes to make to Cabinet arising therefrom.

Lisa Lyons, the Director of Children’s Services, has been invited to provide a brief oral overview of the Local Authority’s responsibilities with regard to planning issues in district councils for private residential homes.

The Scrutiny Officer has provided a report setting out proposed arrangements for member involvement in considering the Spare Seats scheme. 

The Committee is recommended to AGREE the proposed arrangements and to DELEGATE to the Scrutiny Officer, in consultation with the Chair and Deputy Chair, the arrangement of the meetings proposed.

The Committee is recommended to NOTE the progress of previous recommendations and actions arising from previous meetings, having raised any questions on the contents.

The Committee is recommended to AGREE its work programme for forthcoming meetings, having heard any changes from previous iterations, and taking account of the Cabinet Forward Plan and of the Budget Management Monitoring Report.

No responses from Cabinet were due.