Agenda item

The Cabinet considered a report of the Director of Transformation and Partnerships which presented the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the Children and Young People’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee working group review report on the Take up of Free School Meals and Holiday Provision (for copy see file of minutes).

Councillor J Armstrong, Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board presented the report to Cabinet, and provided detail on the scope of the review and its findings. He thanked Members, officers, partners, and everyone who had been part of the working group, and in particular Councillor Potts who was Chairman of the Committee, and unable to be at the meeting.

Cabinet Members thanked Councillor Armstrong and asked that their thanks be conveyed to Councillor Potts and the scrutiny group for the review work, and would provide a response to their findings in line with the recommendations in the report.

Resolved:

That the recommendations in the report be approved.