Agenda item

Questions had been received from the Spennymoor Area Action Partnership and the Derwent Valley Area Action Partnership relating to the following:

·       Plans to ensure that areas surrounding Bishop Auckland would benefit from the investment and potential increase in visitor numbers to Bishop Auckland.

·       What the Council considered the Derwent Valley Partnership’s key role should be in relation to supporting older people in the local area.

·       The Council’s plans to support the development of higher level Science, Technology and Maths (STEM) skills and qualifications for young people in the field of creative industries, financial, professional and business services, digital industries and life sciences.

Michael Wilkes, Spennymoor AAP Coordinator was in attendance to ask their question and Rosemary Morris, Vice-Chair of the Derwent Valley AAP was in attendance to ask their questions.

Councillor N Foster, Portfolio Holder for Economic Regeneration thanked the Spennymoor AAP for their question and provided a response.  Councillors L Hovvels, Portfolio Holder for Adult and Health Services and N Foster, Portfolio Holder for Economic Regeneration thanked the Derwent Valley AAP for their questions and provided responses.

The Head of Legal and Democratic Services informed the Council that the questions, together with the responses, would be placed on the Council’s website and a copy of the responses would also be sent to the Area Action Partnerships.