Issue - meetings

To consider a report by the Head of Personnel Services on the Protection Policy for Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults.

Approved the content of the policy document on safeguarding children, young people and adults in Huntingdonshire produced on behalf of the Council in accordance with the Children’s Act 2004

By way of a report by the Heads of Policy and of Human Resources and Payroll Services (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) the Cabinet were invited to consider the content of the first draft policy document on safeguarding children, young people and adults in Huntingdonshire produced on behalf of the Council in accordance with the Children’s Act 2004. Having been reminded of the background to the policy, Executive Councillors were acquainted with the contents of an associated action plan outlining key activities aimed at implementing the policy. Comment was made on the procedure, portability and cost of Criminal Record Bureau checks for Members, the process for which was to be the subject of a separate report to a forthcoming meeting of the Corporate Governance Panel.

Having noted that the document had been endorsed by the Employees’ Liaison Advisory Group and Employment Panel, the Cabinet

RESOLVED

that the contents of the Council’s Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults Policy be approved.