Agenda item

Questions had been received from the 3 Towns Area Action Partnership and East Durham Area Action Partnership relating to the following:

·       Investment in Wi-Fi access points in areas such as parks, town centres and communal spaces.

·       The provision of Money Advice into schools or through other mechanisms that young people could access;

·       Structure/support the Council could offer to the most vulnerable in communities following the capping of benefits and rolling out of Universal Credit.

Sandy Denney, 3 Towns AAP Coordinator and Shealagh Pearce, East Durham AAP Principal Coordinator were in attendance to ask their questions.

Councillor N Foster, Portfolio Holder for Economic Regeneration thanked the 3 Towns AAP and the East Durham AAP for their questions and provided a response to all questions.