Meetings

Care experienced children and young people

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.

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Meeting: 16/03/2020 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Care experienced children and young people: Letter from the Welsh Government (28 February 2020)

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Meeting: 13/01/2020 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Care experienced children and young people: Consideration of evidence received

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee discussed the evidence received and agreed that the Chair would write to the Welsh Government on a number of issues raised.

Meeting: 13/01/2020 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Care experienced children and young people: Evidence session with the Welsh Government

Research Briefing

Research Service Statistical Briefing

PAC(5)-02-20 Paper 1 – Welsh Government

PAC(5)-02-20 Paper 2 – David Melding AM, Chair of Ministerial Advisory Group

PAC(5)-02-20 Paper 3 – WLGA

PAC(5)-02-20 Paper 4 – Children’s Commissioner for Wales

PAC(5)-02-20 Paper 5 – Children in Wales

PAC(5)-02-20 Paper 6 – NSPCC Wales

 

Albert Heaney - Director of Social Services and Integration, Welsh Government

Alistair Davey - Deputy Director, Enabling People, Welsh Government

Steve Davies – Director, Education Directorate, Welsh Government

Megan Colley - Head of Supporting Achievement & Safeguarding, Welsh Government

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Minutes:

3.1 The Committee scrutinised the Welsh Government as part of the inquiry into Care experienced children and young people.

3.2 There were a number of action points which will be incorporated into a letter from the Chair together with the Committee’s views.

Meeting: 16/09/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Care experienced children and young people: Letter from the First Minister (5 August 2019)

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Meeting: 08/07/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Care experienced children and young people: Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee (21 June 2019)

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Meeting: 25/03/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Care experienced children and young people: Letter from the Welsh Government (5 March 2019)

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Meeting: 28/01/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Care experienced children and young people: Welsh Government response to the Committee's Report

PAC(5)-02-19 Paper 3 – Welsh Government response

PAC(5)-02-19 Paper 4 – Letter from the Auditor General Auditor on the Welsh Government response

 

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Minutes:

4.1 Members considered the response and it was agreed that the Chair would write to the Welsh Government seeking clarification on a number of issues.

Meeting: 22/10/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)

7 Care experienced children and young people: Agreement of draft Report

PAC(5)-28-18 Paper 7 - Draft Report

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Minutes:

7.1 Members agreed the draft report.

Meeting: 01/10/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 1)

1 Care experienced children and young people: Consideration of draft report

PAC(5)-25-18 Paper 1 – Draft Report

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Minutes:

1.1 Members considered and agreed the key issues and recommendations. 

Meeting: 25/06/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 1)

1 Care experienced children and young people: Key Issues and Draft Recommendations

PAC(5)-18-18 Paper 1- Key Issues and Draft Recommendations

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Minutes:

1.1.      Members considered the key issues and draft recommendations and noted that draft report will be scheduled for consideration at Committee on 9 July.

Meeting: 11/06/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Care experienced children and young people: Letter from the Welsh Government (31 May 2018)

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Meeting: 11/06/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 9)

Care experienced children and young people: Consideration of key issues

Minutes:

9.1 Members noted that a further paper would be available for their consideration at Committee on 25 June.

Meeting: 04/06/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 1)

1 Care experienced children and young people: Consideration of key issues

PAC(5)-15-18 Paper 1 – Key Issues

 

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Minutes:

1.1 The Members discussed the key issues paper and requested that an initial draft of possible recommendations be prepared for their consideration.

Meeting: 30/04/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)

Care experienced children and young people: Consideration of evidence received

Minutes:

7.1 Members considered the evidence received.

Meeting: 30/04/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 1)

1 Care experienced children and young people: Evidence Session 7

Research Briefing

 

David Melding AM – Chair of the Welsh Government’s Ministerial Advisory Group

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Minutes:

1.1 The Members discussed the work of the Ministerial Advisory Group with David Melding AM, in his role as the Group’s Chair.

Meeting: 30/04/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Care experienced children and young people: Evidence Session 9

PAC(5)-12-18 Paper 1 – Welsh Government

 

Albert Heaney - Director of Social Services and Integration, Welsh Government

Alistair Davey - Deputy Director, Enabling People, Welsh Government

 

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Minutes:

5.1 Members scrutinised Albert Heaney and Alistair Davey, Welsh Government, as part of their inquiry into care experienced children and young people.

5.2 Albert Heaney agreed to send further information on a number of points raised.

Meeting: 30/04/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

Care experienced children and young people: Evidence Session 8

Lynne Neagle AM – Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee

Minutes:

2.1 The Members discussed the work of the Children, Young People and Education Committee which has focused on looked after children and children who have been adopted, with Lynne Neagle AM, in her role as the Chair.

Meeting: 16/04/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Care experienced children and young people: Additional information from the WLGA (April 2018)

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Meeting: 16/04/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Care experienced children and young people: Additional Information from the Fostering Network (April 2018)

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Meeting: 26/02/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

Care experienced children and young people: Consideration of evidence received

Minutes:

6.1 Members considered the evidence received.

Meeting: 26/02/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Care experienced children and young people: Evidence session 6

Research Briefing

PAC(5)-06-18 Paper 2 – Consultation response from the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA)

 

Cllr Huw David - WLGA Spokesperson for Health and Social Services (and Leader of Bridgend County Borough Council)

Cllr Geraint Hopkins, WLGA Deputy Spokesperson for Health and Social Services (and Cabinet Member in Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council)

Stewart Blythe, WLGA Policy Officer (Health and Social Care)

 

 

 

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Minutes:

4.1 Members received evidence from Cllr Huw David, WLGA Spokesperson for Health and Social Services (and Leader of Bridgend County Borough Council); Cllr Geraint Hopkins, WLGA Deputy Spokesperson for Health and Social Services (and Cabinet Member in Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council); and Naomi Alleyne, Director of Social Services and Housing, WLGA as part of their inquiry into care experienced children and young people.

4.2 The witnesses agreed to send additional information on a number of points to assist the Committee with their inquiry.

Meeting: 12/02/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 1)

Care experienced children and young people: Meeting with children and young people

Minutes:

1.1 The Members met informally with the young people prior to the evidence sessions.

Meeting: 12/02/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)

Care experienced children and young people: Consideration of evidence received

Minutes:

8.1 Members considered the evidence received.

Meeting: 12/02/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

6 Care experienced children and young people: Evidence Session 5

PAC(5)-05-18 Paper 3 – Consultation response from the Fostering Network

 

Colin Turner – Director, The Fostering Network in Wales

Kate Lawson – Policy Manager, The Fostering Network

 

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Minutes:

6.1 Members received evidence from Kate Lawson and Colin Turner from the Fostering Network as part of their inquiry into care experienced children and young people.

6.2 Kate Lawson agreed to send examples of best practice of measuring the impact of fostering from her experience in England.

6.3 Colin Turner agreed to send details of future sessions of the project ‘Ten top key principles of social pedagogy’.

 

Meeting: 12/02/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Care experienced children and young people: Evidence Session 4

PAC(5)-05-18 Paper 2 – Consultation response from Fabric

 

Young people from Fabric

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Minutes:

5.1 Members received evidence from young people from Harri Coleman together with young people from Voices from Care as part of their inquiry into care experienced children and young people.

 

Meeting: 12/02/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Care experienced children and young people: Evidence Session 3

Research Briefing

PAC(5)-05-18 Paper 1 – Consultation response from Children in Wales

 

Young people from Voices from Care

Deborah Jones, Chief Executive Officer, Voices from Care

Chris Dunn – Programmes Manager, Voices from Care

Sean O’Neil – Policy Director, Children in Wales

 

 

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Minutes:

4.1 Members received evidence from young people from Voices from Care as part of their inquiry into care experienced children and young people.

Meeting: 29/01/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

Care experienced children and young people: Consideration of evidence received

Minutes:

6.1 The evidence was considered.

Meeting: 29/01/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Care experienced children and young people: Evidence Session 2

PAC(5)-03-18 Paper 2 – Consultation response from All Wales Heads of Children’s Services

 

Irfan Alam - Assistant Director Children’s Services, Cardiff City Council

Kate Devonport – Head of Children, Family & Safeguarding Services, Conwy County Borough Council

Sally Jenkins – Head of Children and Family Services, Newport City Council

Gareth Jenkins - Assistant Director for Children’s Services, Caerphilly

County Borough Council

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee took evidence from Irfan Alam, Assistant Director Children’s Services, Cardiff City Council; Kate Devonport, Head of Children, Family & Safeguarding Services, Conwy County Borough Council; Sally Jenkins, Head of Children and Family Services, Newport City Council and Gareth Jenkins, Assistant Director for Children’s Services, Caerphilly County Borough Council as part of their inquiry into care experienced children and young people.

 

Meeting: 29/01/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Care experienced children and young people: Evidence Session 1

Research Briefing

Summary of consultation responses

PAC(5)-03-18 Paper 1 – Consultation response from the Children’s Commissioner for Wales

 

Sally Holland – Children’s Commissioner for Wales

Rachel Thomas – Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Office for the Children’s Commissioner for Wales

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Minutes:

3.1 The Committee took evidence from Sally Holland, Children’s Commissioner for Wales and Rachel Thomas, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Office for the Children’s Commissioner for Wales as part of their inquiry into care experienced children and young people.

Meeting: 13/11/2017 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3.)

Care experienced children and young people: Evidence Session 1

Research Briefing

PAC(5)-29-17 Paper 1 – Consultation Response from the Children’s Commissioner for Wales

 

Sally Holland – Children’s Commissioner for Wales

Meeting: 13/11/2017 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6.)

Care experienced children and young people: Consideration of evidence received

Meeting: 13/11/2017 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4.)

Care experienced children and young people: Evidence Session 2

Research Briefing

PAC(5)-29-17 Paper 2 – Consultation Response from the All Wales Heads of Children’s Services

 

Irfan Alam - Assistant Director Children’s Services, Cardiff City Council

Gareth Jenkins - Assistant Director Children’s Services, Caerphilly County Borough Council

Sally Jenkins – Head of Children and Family Services, Newport City Council

 

Meeting: 23/10/2017 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Care experienced children and young people

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Minutes:

5.1 Members received an oral analysis of the consultation responses from Hywel Dafydd, Research Service. Sally Jones, Communications Team, spoke about the findings from the focus group meetings undertaken with care experienced children and young people.

5.2 Members discussed the inquiry scope and potential witnesses for Part 1 of the inquiry.

Meeting: 17/07/2017 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Looked after Children: Stakeholder Event

Research Briefing

 

Professor Donald Forrester - Director Cascade

Professor Sally Holland - Children’s Commissioner for Wales

Professor Paul Rees - Swansea University

Sean O’Neill – Children in Wales

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Minutes:

5.1 Members discussed the forthcoming Looked After Children inquiry with stakeholders and agreed to start the inquiry by looking at what is being spent on children in care, how the resources are allocated and the outcomes.

Meeting: 05/06/2017 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)

8 Looked after Children: Consideration of responses to consultation on terms of reference

PAC(5)-16-17 Paper 6 – Consultation responses to draft terms of reference

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

8.1 Members noted the paper and welcomed the Auditor General for Wales’ offer to produce a Memorandum on the broad picture of this issue. Members were also mindful of the need to liaise with the Children, Young People and Education Committee during the course of this work.

 

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