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Adoption Partnership South East, Regional Adoption Agency Annual Report 2023

Meeting: 12/03/2024 - Cabinet (Item 6)

6 Adoption Partnership South East, Regional Adoption Agency - Annual Report 2023 PDF 131 KB

Additional documents:

Annexe A, item 6 PDF 4 MB

Minutes:

Background:

This Regional Adoption Agency (RAA), comprising of the London Borough of Bexley, Kent County Council and Medway Council had been formed in September 2020 and the report presented the third RAA Annual Report, which was attached at Annex A to the report. It provided an overview of the service, performance set against government targets and service and practice development for the period April 2022 – March 2023.

The report had previously been considered by the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 11 January 2024 and its comments were set out in section 6 of the report.

Decision number:	Decision:
	The Cabinet noted the comments from the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee, as set out at section 6 of the report.
	The Cabinet noted the Annual Adoption Report.
51/2024	The Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Director of People and Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with the Assistance Director, Legal and Governance, to approve any changes needed to the Partnership Agreement, as set out in paragraph 9.5 of the report.

Reasons:

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