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The Commission considered a report of the Director of Education concerning the decision of the Cabinet to respond to an invitation from the Children and Young Persons Unit of the DfES to bid for Children’s Fund monies for 2003-4.  A copy of the report marked ‘C’ is filed with these minutes.

 

RESOLVED:

 

(a)       That the current objectives of the Fund be noted with the comment that it is the view of the Commission that

 

(i)         there should be some recognition of the importance of housing needs;

 

(ii)        the targets to be set to meet the objectives of the Fund should be challenging and it should be given the opportunity to comment on these before they are agreed;

 

(b)       That the Director of Education be requested to submit regular monitoring reports on the implementation and impact of the Children’s Fund Initiative to the Commission;

 

(c)        That the concerns expressed by the Cabinet relating the lack of democratically elected representation on the Joint Strategic Planning Team (JSPT) be endorsed.

 

(d)       That the Cabinet be informed of the decisions set out in (a) - (c) above and be requested to give consideration to the appointment of one of the two elected representatives on the JSPT being made from the Overview and Scrutiny arm.