Councillors and committees

Agenda and decisions

Venue: Members' Conference Room, County Hall, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 2DN

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Items
No. Item

1.

Declarations of Interest

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    All Members present are required to declare, at this point in the meeting or as soon as possible thereafter:

     

    i.      Any disclosable pecuniary interests and / or

    ii.     Other interests arising under the Code of Conduct in respect of any item(s) of business being considered at this meeting

     

    NOTES:

     

    ·         Members are reminded that they must not participate in any item where they have a disclosable pecuniary interest

    ·         As well as an interest of the Member, this includes any interest, of which the Member is aware, that relates to the Member’s spouse or civil partner (or any person with whom the Member is living as a spouse or civil partner)

    ·         Members with a significant personal interest may participate in the discussion and vote on that matter unless that interest could be reasonably regarded as prejudicial

2.

Procedural Matters

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2a

Members' Questions

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    The deadline for Members’ questions is 12pm four working days before the meeting (30 October 2019).

2b

Public Questions

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    The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (29 October 2019).

2c

Petitions

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    The deadline for petitions was 14 days before the meeting and none have been received.

3.

Adoption Report and Statement of Purpose 2018/19 pdf icon PDF 141 KB

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    The Surrey Adoption Service Annual Report (2018/19) and Statement of Purpose seek to provide members with a review of adoption services in Surrey for 2018/19,  including information as to the key issues for the Service and statistical data regarding the Service’s performance in key areas including:

     

    • Timeliness of adoption for children with an adoption plan
    • Surrey’s performance based on the Department of Education’s Scorecard
    • Recruitment of adopters
    • Post order support for Surrey adoptive families

     

    This annual review will be the last before the Adoption Services of Surrey, Brighton and Hove, West Sussex and East Sussex Councils all join together to become Adoption South East, a Regional Adoption Agency, a unified entity hosted by East Sussex that will oversee adoption services for the South East region.

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    Decision:

    The Cabinet Member noted the content of the Annual Report and the associated Statement of Purpose.