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Adoption Partnership South East - Regional Adoption Agency - Annual Report 2021

Meeting: 08/02/2022 - Cabinet (Item 12)

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Background:

 

This report set out the first annual report of the new Regional Adoption Agency (RAA), which comprised Medway Council, Kent County Council and the London Borough of Bexley. This RAA, which had been named Adoption Partnership South East (APSE), had launched on 1 November 2020.

 

The annual report provided information and an overview of the service, performance set against government targets and service and practice development for the period November 2020 – October 2021.

 

The report had previously been considered by the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee at its meeting held on 6 January 2022 and its comments were set out at section 4 of the report.

 

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Decision:

The Cabinet noted the comments from the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee, as set out at section 4 of the report.

 

The Cabinet noted the annual report, as set out at Annex A.

 

Reasons:

 

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