Decision details

The committee considered the work programme for the 2024/25 municipal year, and an update on actions and assurances.

In terms of specific updates, the following were noted:

• The Youth Violence in Lancashire Bitesize Briefing was being postponed and would take place at a future date.
• The Youth Justice Board Annual Report and the Annual Quality Assurance Checks Annual Report were no longer included on the Work Programme because they were financial year/municipal year reports and therefore, it would not be possible for them to be written before the end of the 2024-25 year. However, they would be presented for information to the committee at the Annual Portfolio Holder Update and Work Programming session in June 2025.
• The outcome of the recent Joint Area SEND Inspection had not yet been published and therefore, the SEND Deep Dive Day which was scheduled to take place in February 2025 would now take place at a future date, to ensure that officers had enough time to prepare the relevant reports, following the publication of the inspection outcome.

Resolved: That

1. The work programme for 2024/25, as attached at Appendix 'A' of the report, be noted;
2. The formal written responses from Cabinet Members to the outstanding recommendations of the Committee at Appendices 'B' and 'C' of the report, be noted;
3. The information included in the reports for the 10 March 2025 meeting of the Committee be confirmed; and
4. The information provided as part of the actions and assurances to the Committee at Appendix 'D' of the report, be noted.