The Looked After Children Scrutiny Inquiry Panel has completed its inquiry into services for looked after children and how they can be improved. The report, which was presented to the Scrutiny Programme Committee on Monday 10th June, contains the conclusions and recommendations from the panel after six months of evidence gathering. Why carry out this inquiry? Services for […]
Archives for June 2013
Services for looked after children scrutiny inquiry – final report agreed
June 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Tourism Scrutiny report published
June 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Tourism Scrutiny Inquiry Panel has completed their inquiry into Tourism entitled ‘Are we making the most of Swansea’s potential as a destination for tourists’. The report, which was presented to the Scrutiny Programme Committee on Monday 10th June, contains the conclusions and recommendations from the panel after 6 months of evidence gathering. Why carry out this inquiry? […]
Child & Family Services Performance Panel talks to Cabinet Member for Target Areas
June 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Child and Family Services Scrutiny Performance Panel meets on Tuesday next week. This important panel has spent the last 12 months examining performance in areas such as numbers of looked after children and the looked after children strategy. As a result of previous question and answer sessions with officers the panel identified some additional performance […]
The Economic Inactivity Panel met with Higher Education Providers & Support Services
June 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday the Economic Inactivity Panel members met up with representatives from Swansea University, Gower College Swansea, Careers West Wales and Info-nation. The Panel were keen to find out what what work is currently being carried out to help improve the situation in respect of economic inactivity in Swansea. It was interesting to learn about initiatives such as the Steps […]
Looking at school performance
June 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The schools performance scrutiny panel met with the Headteacher and Chair of Governors of Cwmglas Primary School. They were impressed with the work and standards at the school given the challenging environment in which the school is positioned. The impact on the school of supporting and educating children in an area of high social and economically […]