Agenda and minutes

Councillor Peter Curling sent his apologies and Councillor Lynne Allen substituted for him.

No interests were declared by Members present.

The minutes of the virtual meeting held on 24 September 2020 were agreed as a correct record.

To confirm that the items of business marked Part I will be considered in public and that the items marked Part II will be considered in private.

Items to be considered in public and those in private were confirmed.

To receive the responses on any information requests or clarifications on matters from the previous Cabinet meeting and associated reports.

Clarifications from the last meeting were noted.

To undertake the statutory scrutiny role of executive decision-making by the London Borough of Hillingdon, and in particular to review decisions made by the Cabinet prior to this meeting. Members should consider any other decision taken by a Cabinet Member(s) or key decision taken by an Officer published in the five working days before this meeting.

Members had watched the virtual Cabinet meeting held prior so that they could review the Cabinet reports and decisions made.

On the Hillingdon Safeguarding  Annual Report, Members sought confirmation that all the recommendations in the Serious Case Review of child X by Jane Wonnacott published in December 2019 had been addressed.

Submitted outside the meeting, but agreed by the Committee, the Representative Member for Education Issues queried what the Council was doing in respect of training for Career Advisers in respect of Looked After Children.

On the Monthly Budget Monitoring Report, the Committee asked how had the 17.5% growth in Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) in Hillingdon been contributed to by the backlog and how many cases were still outstanding?

RESOLVED: – That the decisions made by the Cabinet at their meeting on 22 October 2020 be endorsed and that no call-in be made.