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Scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

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Meeting: 22/11/2017 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Letter from Minister for Children and Social Care - further follow up to the scrutiny session on 20 July

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Meeting: 16/11/2017 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Letter from the Chair to the Welsh Government - further follow-up to general scrutiny session on 20 July

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Meeting: 08/11/2017 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4.2)

4.2 Letter from the Chair to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children - Further follow-up to 20 July general scrutiny session

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Meeting: 12/10/2017 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)

Discuss the response to the general scrutiny session with Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children

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7.1 Following discussion the Committee agreed a letter would be sent to the Cabinet Secretary.

Meeting: 20/09/2017 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Follow up correspondence from scrutiny session with Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children on 20 July

Response to the actions raised following the evidence session on 20 July. 

 

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Meeting: 20/07/2017 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children - general scrutiny session

Carl Sargeant AM, Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children

Jo-Anne Daniels, Director - Communities & Tackling Poverty

Albert Heaney, Director of Social Services and Integration

 

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The Cabinet Secretary agreed to provide additional written information on the following:

 

  • The Child’s Rights Impact Assessment (CRIA) process, including the system in place to monitor its use and examples of changes to policy which have occurred as a result of a CRIA;
  • The relative independence of Wales’ statutory commissioners model as compared with those in other countries (focusing on the Children’s Commissioner in particular);
  • The timescales to which Children First pioneer areas are working;
  • An update on when the childcare workforce strategy will be delivered, and further detail on its content and plan for implementation;
  • The work being undertaken by his team in relation to children and young people in preparation for the UK’s withdrawal from the EU;
  • Details on recent (academic) evaluations of Flying Start and other similar post-code based schemes, with specific comparisons of outcomes for those children who access the schemes and those who do not.

 

The Cabinet Secretary also undertook to provide early in the autumn term a definitive response to the question of whether he will re-establish the External Advisory Group on Advocacy.

 

 

Meeting: 19/10/2016 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Letter from the Cabinet Secretary regarding the engagement with the UK Government on support for Syrian refugees and on the UK Government's proposed introduction of a British Bill of Rights.

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4.2 The Committee noted the letter from the Cabinet Secretary regarding the engagement with the UK Government on support for Syrian refugees and on the UK Government's proposed introduction of a British Bill of Rights.

Meeting: 12/10/2016 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children - further information following letter sent on 15 September re action point from meeting on 13 July

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Meeting: 21/09/2016 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children - discussion of early priorities

Carl Sargeant AM, Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children

Jo-anne Daniels, Director, Communities and Tackling Poverty

John Howells, Director, Housing and Regeneration

 

 

 

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3.1 The Committee received evidence from:

·         Carl Sargeant AM, Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children

·         Jo-anne Daniels, Director, Communities and Tackling Poverty

·         John Howells, Director, Housing and Regeneration

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3.2 The Cabinet Secretary agreed to write to the Committee:

 

·         on the outcome of his planned future discussion with the UK Government Minister with responsibility for Syrian refugees on the role of the Welsh Government in the resettlement of refugees, in particular unaccompanied children.

·         and with details of timings for the proposed introduction by the UK Government of a British Bill of Rights as soon as they become available, and of how the Welsh Government intends to influence the development of such a Bill

Meeting: 14/09/2016 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

6 Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children - further information following meeting on 13 July

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Meeting: 13/07/2016 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children - Discussion on portfolio priorities

Carl Sargeant AM – Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children

Albert Heaney - Director, Social Services and Integration

Jo-Anne Daniels - Director Communities and Tackling Poverty

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The Cabinet Secretary agreed to provide the following:

 

An update on timescales for the publication of the 10 year early years and childcare workforce plan.

 

A note on the publication of Children’s rights impact assessments (CRIA’s). 

 

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