Concise Minutes - Children, Young People and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - The Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 6 June 2018

Meeting time: 09.20 - 12.54
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4800

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Lynne Neagle AM (Chair) Michelle Brown AM Hefin David AM John Griffiths AM Llyr Gruffydd AM Darren Millar AM Julie Morgan AM Mark Reckless AM
Witnesses:	Catrin Edwards, Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council Gemma Halliday, Care Council for Wales Claire Morgan, Estyn Sarah Mutch, Caerphilly County Borough Council Catherine Davies, Welsh Local Government Association Kevin Baker, Care Inspectorate Wales Gill Huws-John, Care Inspectorate Wales Jane Rees, Estyn Esther Thomas, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council Mererid Wyn Williams, Estyn
Committee Staff:	Llinos Madeley (Clerk) Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk) Michael Dauncey (Researcher) Sian Thomas (Researcher) Lisa Salkeld (Legal Adviser)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members, there were no apologies.

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2 Childcare Funding (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from Estyn.

2.2 They agreed to provide clarification on whether the 35000 children within the cohort included both autumn and summer born children.

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3 Childcare Funding (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from CIW and SCW.

3.2 CIW agreed to share the detail of the results of the evaluation of the Estyn-CIW joint inspection framework pilot.

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4 Childcare Funding (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8

4.1 The Committee heard evidence from WLGA and ADEW.

4.2 They agreed to provide a note on the following:

How many local authorities give parents a choice between non-maintained and maintained settings for accessing the early years foundation phase entitlement.

The hourly rates local authorities are paying to maintained and non-maintained settings for providing the early years foundation phase entitlement.

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5 Paper(s) to note

5.1 The papers were noted.

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5.1 Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education - level of engagement between the Welsh Government and Professor Ainscow

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5.2 Letter from the Minister for Children, Older People and Social Care - further information following meeting on 16 May

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5.3 Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education - Support for Minority Ethnic, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Learners

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6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the remainder of the meeting.

6.1 The Motion was agreed.

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7 Childcare Funding (Wales) Bill - consideration of the evidence

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence they had heard during the morning.

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8 Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes - consideration of the draft report

8.1 Subject to minor amendments, the Committee agreed the draft report.

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