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Children's Sufficiency Strategy 2026/29
Meeting: 30/06/2026 - Cabinet (Item 7)
7 Sufficiency Strategy 2026-29 A Place Called Home 
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Background:
The report updated the previous Sufficiency Strategy 2023-26 and proposed areas of development for the Council over the next 3 years, which required a wider collective of Council Services to deliver the plan and therefore had wider commitment outside of Children’s Social Care.
A sufficiency strategy for children’s services was a mandated document for all local authorities and required to be published on the Council’s website, as local authorities had a statutory duty under Section 22G of the Children Act 1989 (introduced by the Children and Young Persons Act 2008) to: “Take steps to secure, so far as reasonably practicable, sufficient accommodation for looked after children within their area.”
The report had been previously considered by the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 10 June 2026, and the Cabinet thanked the Committee for its comments which were set out in section 8 of the report.
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Decision:
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The Cabinet noted the comments of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee, as set out at section 8 of the report. |
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The Cabinet noted the progress of the Sufficiency Strategy 2023 - 2026. |
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The Cabinet agreed the Sufficiency Strategy 2026 to 2029 priorities, as set out in Appendix A to the report. |
Reasons:
Approval of the Sufficiency Strategy will ensure the Local Authority is fulfilling
its duty to secure, as far as reasonably practicable, sufficient accommodation
and support within their local area which meets the needs of children and
young people that the local authority is looking after, and those who have
recently left care at the age of 18.