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Adoption Partnership South East, Regional Adoption Agency Annual Report 2023/24

 

 

Meeting: 27/08/2024 - Cabinet (Item 8)

8 Adoption Partnership South East, Regional Adoption Agency Annual Report 2023/2024 pdf icon PDF 144 KB

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Background:

 

This Regional Adoption Agency, comprising of the London Borough of Bexley, Kent County Council and Medway Council had been formed in September 2020. Its Annual Report, attached at Appendix 1 to the report, provided information and an overview of the service, performance set against government targets and service and practice development for the period April 2023 to March 2024.

 

The report had previously been considered by the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 1 August 2024 and its comments were set out in section 4 of the report.

 

Decision

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Decision:

 

 

The Cabinet noted the comments made by the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee, as set out in section 8 of the report.

The Cabinet noted the annual report, as set out at Appendix 1, which outlined the activity that had taken place across the Adoption Partnership South East between April 2023 – March 2024.

 

Reasons:

 

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