Agenda and minutes

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee.

1.2 Apologies were received from Buffy Williams MS and Heledd Fychan MS, Vikki Howells MS substituted for Buffy for items 1 to 4 and Rhun Ap Iorwerth MS substituted for Heledd for items 1 to 5.

1.3 Under Standing Order 17.24A Rhun Ap Iorwerth MS declared he was a designated Member with regard to the co-operation agreement.

Eluned Morgan MS, Minister for Health and Social Services

Julie Morgan MS, Deputy Minister for Social Services

Lynne Neagle MS, Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Hywel Jones, Director of Finance, Health and Social Services Group, Welsh Government

Amelia John, Interim Director, Communities and Tackling Poverty, Welsh Government

Albert Heaney, Chief Social Care Officer for Wales, Welsh Government

Irfon Rees, Director of Health and Wellbeing, Welsh Government

Alex Slade, Director of Primary Care and Mental Health, Welsh Government

2.1 The Committee scrutinised the Minister and Deputy Ministers.

2.2 The Minister agreed to provide further information on how the NHS planning framework supports ring-fencing of funding for children and young people.

2.3 The Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing agreed to provide the following:

- Minutes from the Whole School Approach Delivery Board meetings.

- Further information on the modelling work that the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee is undertaking regarding mental health services when it is available.

- Further information on Public Health Wales’s evaluation of the all-Wales diabetes prevention programme for children and families pilot projects.

2.4 The Deputy Minister for Social Services agreed to provide a note on the £19 million allocation to Regional Partnership Boards for children services is being used.

3.1 The motion was agreed.

4.1 The Committee considered the evidence it has heard in the previous session.

Chris Parry, President, National Secretary Wales, National Association of Head Teachers Union (NAHT) Cymru

Laura Doel, National Secretary Wales, National Association of Head Teachers Union (NAHT) Cymru

Catherine Falcus, Education and Leadership Policy Officer, Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Cymru

5.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Head Teaching Unions.

Mary van den Heuvel, Senior Policy Officer Wales, National Education Union (NEU)

Urtha Felda, Policy and Casework Official, NASUWT

Ioan Rhys Jones, General Secretary, Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (UCAC)

6.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Teaching Unions.

6.2 Mary van den Heuvel declared an interest as a committee member for Wales of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

7.1 The papers were noted.

7.2 Members agreed to write to the Deputy Minister for Social Services for clarification regarding a few of areas in paper to note 17.

8.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had heard in the previous sessions.