Meetings

Flying Start Network

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

Note: Meeting Agenda can change at short notice. Particularly where future meeting dates are indicated more than a week in advance. Please check before planning to attend a Committee Meeting that the item you are interested in has not been moved.

Meeting: 29/03/2012 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)

7 Additional information on Health Visitors' role in Flying Start from the Minister for Health and Social Services

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Meeting: 22/02/2012 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 CYP(4)-06-12 (paper 2) - Flying Start

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Meeting: 01/02/2012 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

Flying Start: Consideration of the terms of reference

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Minutes:

4.1 Following the scrutiny session on the Flying Start programme with the Deputy Minister for Children and Social Services on 26 January, Members agreed it would be more appropriate to revisit this issue in 6 month’s time.


Meeting: 26/01/2012 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 Flying Start

Gwenda Thomas, Deputy Minister for Children and Social Services

 

Martin Swain, Head of Children, Young People and Families Division

Glyn Jones, Head of Statistical Services

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Minutes:

3.1 The Chair welcomed the witnesses. Members questioned the witnesses on the Flying Start programme.

 

Action Point

 

·         The Deputy Minister for Children and Social Services agreed to provide further information on families in receipt of Income Support who are participating in the Flying Start programme.

 

·         The Deputy Minister for Children and Social Services agreed to investigate claims whether LHB’s were freezing the recruitment of generic Health Visitors as a result of the funding for additional Health Visitors into the Flying Start programme.


Meeting: 12/01/2012 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)

Flying Start: Consideration of the terms of reference

Minutes:

6.1 Members considered the suggested terms of reference for a future inquiry into Flying Start.


Meeting: 21/09/2011 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 Flying Start Network - Discussion of Key Issues (10:00 - 11:15)

Karen Jones; Flying Start Manager, North Wales

Nia McIntosh; Flying Start Manager, West Wales

Fran Dale; Flying Start Manager, East Wales

Chris Koukos; Flying Start Manager, South Wales

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Minutes:

3.1 The Chair welcomed the witnesses to the meeting.  Members questioned the witnesses.

 

3.2 The Committee agreed to write to Children in Wales with regards to the issue around the child protection register raised in their paper.

 

3.3 The flying Start Co-ordinators agreed to provide a note to the Committee on what elements could make up a flying start lite.

 

3.4 The Committee agreed to write to the witnesses with questions not reached in the meeting.