Issue - meetings

To receive any questions or petitions.

Notes:

1.    The deadline for Member’s questions is 12.00pm four working days before the meeting (30 November 2023).

2.    The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting(29 November 2023

3.    The deadline for petitions was 14 days before the meeting, and no petitions have been received.

The public retain their right to submit questions for written response, with such answers recorded in the minutes of the meeting; questioners may participate in meetings to ask a supplementary question. Petitioners may address the Committee on their petition for up to three minutes Guidance will be made available to any member of the public wishing to speak at a meeting.

Key points made in the discussion:

1. There were two Member questions and no public questions or petitions. The responses to those questions are annexed to these minutes.

2. A Member asked a follow up question on what changes were planned for the adult education budget. The Director for Education and Lifelong Learning noted that there were no plans to reduce the budget for Surrey Adult Learning for the coming year.  The Cabinet Member for Children and Families, Lifelong Learning added that the budget for Adult Learning did not include any centre closures in 2024/25.