Agenda - Children, Young People and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid - Committee room 3 Senedd and video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: 20 March 2024

Meeting time: 09.15
For further information contact:

Naomi Stocks

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddChildren@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Private pre-meeting

(09.00 - 09.15)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(09.15)

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2 Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny

(09.15 - 10.15) (Pages 1 - 19)

Gillian Baranski, Chief Inspector, Care Inspectorate Wales

Vicky Poole, Deputy Chief Inspector, Care Inspectorate Wales

Attached Documents:
Research brief - Care Inspectorate Wales

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3 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 4 and 8 of the meeting

(10.15)

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4 Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny - consideration of the evidence

(10.15 - 10.20)

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Break

(10.20 - 10.30)

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5 Implementation of education reforms - evidence session

(10.30 - 11.30) (Pages 20 - 34)

Judge Jane McConnell, President of the Education Tribunal for Wales

Rhian Davies-Rees, Head of Welsh Tribunals Unit

Education Tribunal for Wales Annual Report 2022 – 2023

Attached Documents:
Research brief - Education Tribunal for Wales

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6 Scrutiny session with Social Care Wales

(11.35 - 12.25) (Pages 35 - 61)

Sue Evans, Chief Executive, Social Care Wales

Sarah McCarty, Executive Director Improvement and Development, Social Care Wales

Attached Documents:
Research brief - Social Care Wales
Paper - Social Care Wales

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7 Papers to note

(12.25)

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7.1 Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill

(Page 62)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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7.2 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

(Pages 63 - 77)

Attached Documents:
Welsh Government's response to the Children, Young People and Education Committee's report: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

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7.3 Information from Stakeholders

(Pages 78 - 79)

Attached Documents:
Letter from Prospect

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7.4 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

(Pages 80 - 86)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee to the Minister for Education and Welsh Langauge

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7.5 Information from Stakeholders

(Pages 87 - 104)

Attached Documents:
Report from Education Otherwise: The home education charity

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7.6 Information from Stakeholders

(Pages 105 - 108)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Wales Committee Interim Chair, Equality and Human Rights Commission

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7.7 Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform

(Pages 109 - 110)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee to Andrew RT Davies MS

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7.8 Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform

(Pages 111 - 112)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee to the Deputy Minister for Social Services

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7.9 Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform

(Pages 113 - 114)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee to Councillor Jane Mudd, Council Lead, Newport City Council

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7.10 Information from Stakeholders

(Pages 115 - 116)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Director, Universities Wales

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7.11 Implementation of education reforms

(Page 117)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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7.12 Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare?

(Pages 118 - 125)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Deputy Minister for Climate Change

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7.13 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

(Pages 126 - 137)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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8 Consideration of the evidence heard in the previous evidence sessions

(12.25 - 12.30)

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