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Sufficiency Report

 

 

Meeting: 07/06/2016 - Cabinet (Item 6)

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Minutes:

Background:

 

This report set out how Medway Council would meet the needs of Looked After Children and Care Leavers in such a way as to ensure improved outcomes.  This was an updated version of the 2015/16 Medway Sufficiency report. 

 

The Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee considered the report on 26 May 2016 and its comments were set out in paragraph 7 of the report.

 

A Diversity Impact Assessment was included with the report at Appendix B.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

83/2016

The Cabinet approved the Medway Sufficiency Report as set out at Appendix A to the report.

 

Reasons:

 

Approval of the Sufficiency Report 2016-17 would enable the Council to fulfill its statutory requirement to take steps to secure, so far as was reasonably practicable, sufficient accommodation for Children in Care within the local area and would enable Medway to act strategically to address gaps in provision.