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Annual Adoption Report

Meeting: 05/02/2019 - Cabinet (Item 16)

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Minutes:

Background:

 

This report provided details of the Adoption Agency’s Annual Report (September 2017 to September 2018). This annual report covered adoption performance during this period and provided an update on the work of the team.

 

This report also included information about the progress made towards Medway forming a Regional Adoption Agency (RAA) with Kent County Council and the London Borough of Bexley.

 

The Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee considered this report on 10 January 2019 and its comments were set out in section 6 of the report.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

The Cabinet noted the comments of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee, as set out at section 7 of the report.

 

The Cabinet noted the Annual Adoption Report as set out in the report.

 

Reasons:

 

Statutory guidance requires adoption agencies to report on adoption agency activity in the last year.