Issue - meetings

To receive a report by the Corporate Director of Education and Young People’s Services that describes how the Council will meet its duties in relation to the provision of SEND Mediation and Disagreement Resolution Service which is a statutory requirement of the Children and Families Act 2014 for Council’s and seeks endorsement of the proposed decision as set out

(Report by Mr P Leeson, Corporate Director for Young People’s Services)

1.            The Corporate Director, Mr Leeson, introduced a report that described how the Council would meet its duties in relation to the provision of the SEND Mediation and Disagreement Resolution Services which was a statutory requirement of the Children and Families Act 2014 and sought endorsement of the proposed decision  to enter into joint commissioning arrangements and award a contract to the preferred bidder for delivery of Mediation and Disagreement Resolution Services as identified by the tendering process currently underway.

2.            Mr Leeson noted comments and responded to questions by Members as follows:

a)    Members were pleased to receive the financial information regarding the collaborative agreement in the exempt part of the agenda.

b)    Mr Leeson advised that there were a small number of cases and agreed to provide information to Members outside the meeting.

c)    Members noted that joint arrangements further improved the financial commitment for the services.

d)    Mr Leeson noted the Chairman’s comments and apologised for the typographical errors highlighted within the financial agreement.

e)    Mr Leeson agreed to provide a further report in a year’s time.

3.            RESOLVED that:-

a)    the responses to questions by Members be noted;

b)    the Education and Young People’s Services Cabinet Committee endorsed the decision to be taken by the Cabinet Member for Education and Health Reform to enter into joint commissioning arrangements and award a contract to the preferred bidder for delivery of Mediation and Disagreement Resolution Services as identified by the tending process currently underway; and

c)    a further report be submitted to this Cabinet Committee in a year’s time.