Issue - meetings

To consider a report updating the Cabinet on changes to services for children and young people and seeking endorsement of the Children and Young People’s Interim Plan, 2005-2006.

Accepted the comments of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Service Delivery & Resources) and endorsed the Children and Young People’s Interim Plan 2005 – 2006.

(Councillor I C Bates declared a personal interest in the following matter by virtue of his membership of Cambridgeshire County Council).

By way of a report by the Chief Executive (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) the Cabinet were acquainted with recent legislative and policy changes in the provision of services for children and younger people, together with the content of the Children and Young People’s Interim Plan which had been produced by the Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership for 2005-06.

Members were informed that Government guidance was expected on the preparation of Statutory Plans from 1st April 2006. However, in the meantime the Partnership had produced this interim plan to provide direction to those agencies involved.

Having endorsed the comments of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Service Delivery & Resources) on the matter, the Cabinet

RESOLVED

that the Children and Young People’s Interim Plan 2005-06 as appended to the report now submitted be approved.