Agenda item
Number of Looked After Children - Verbal update from Head of Children's Social Care
Minutes:
The Head of Children’s Social Care, Helen Fergusson, informed the Panel that as at 18 December 2020 there were 960 children looked after, representing a slight increase on the number reported at the last Panel meeting held in October. Plans for children and young people which had been delayed due to COVID-19 were progressing well, however, the impact of the pandemic was likely to continue to be reflected in the figures over the coming months.