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Annual Fostering Report

Meeting: 04/02/2020 - Cabinet (Item 16)

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Minutes:

Background:

 

This report provided details of the work completed by the Medway Council Fostering Service over the last year. It also set out how the in-house Fostering Service had met the needs of Medway’s Looked After Children and established the work planned for the following year.

 

The Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee considered this report on 9 January 2020 and its comments were set out in section 18 of the report.

 

Decision

number:

 

Decision:

 

The Cabinet noted the comments of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee, as set out in section 18 of the report.

 

The Cabinet noted the Annual Fostering Report.

 

Reasons:

 

The National Minimum Standards for Fostering (2011) require that Fostering Agencies report the activity of the fostering service to its governing bodies.