Issue - meetings

To receive the summary of executive business and for Cabinet Members to answer any questions thereon.

The Council received a summary of executive business relating to the Care Leavers Charter.

Responding to a question from Cllr Hazel Malcolm, the Cabinet Member for Children and Young People (Cllr Val Gibson) shared with the Council the work taking place to support care leavers.  She reported that Cabinet had agreed to sign up to the Department of Education’s Care Leavers Charter.  The Charter sets out seven promises and principles to care leavers and endorsed the Council’s Corporate Parenting responsibilities in raising the expectations, aspirations and understanding of care leavers locally.  Cllr Gibson undertook to arrange for the Cabinet report to be recirculated to Councillors for information.