Agenda item

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

·       What plans the Council had to support younger and more elderly residents in terms of addressing their mental health related issues and improving their quality of life.

·       Whether it would be possible to mitigate the impact or replace any reduced funding to existing European grants and those still in the pipeline after BREXIT.

·       The long term development and investment strategy for sustaining Killhope Lead Mining Museum and the measures in place to ensure Killhope was promoted as a Tourism offer both regionally and internationally.

Rosemary Morris, Derwent Valley AAP Chair and Angelina Maddison, Weardale AAP Coordinator were in attendance to ask their questions.

Councillor L Hovvels, Portfolio Holder for Adult and Health Services and Councillor N Foster Portfolio Holder for Economic Regeneration thanked the AAPs for their questions and provided responses.