Agenda item

Questions had been received from the Teesdale Area Action Partnership and the Mid Durham Area Action Partnership relating to the following:

·         What the County Council and its partners could do to reduce the number of serious road accidents in the Teesdale area.

·         Concerns about the ongoing closures of the A1 and the impact of re-directing traffic through Barnard Castle.

·         How the County Council and its partners were seeking to support and care for people with dementia, and their carers, and what the AAPs could do to support them.

Craig Morgan, Teesdale AAP Coordinator was in attendance to ask their questions and Janet Box, Mid  Durham AAP Board Member was in attendance to ask their question.

Councillor J Allen, Portfolio Holder for Safer Communities and Councillor B Stephens, Portfilio Holder for Neighbourhoods and Local Partnerships thanked the Teesdale AAP for their questions and provided responses.  Councillor L Hovvels, Portfolio Holder for Adult and Health Services thanked the Mid Durham AAP for their question and provided a response.

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.