Issue - meetings

To receive a report of the Portfolio Holder for Children, Education, Skills and Early Help.

That the Aspire Adoption Annual Report and Statement of Purpose be received and noted.

Reason for the decision

That Cabinet is satisfied that the Aspire Statement of Purpose accurately describes the activities that the agency discharges on behalf of Dorset Council and the Annual Report satisfies the report that these activities were discharged to a high standard in the last year.

The Portfolio Holder for Children, Education, Skills and Early Help presented the Aspire Adoption Annual Report and Statement of Purpose to Cabinet for noting.  He invited the Executive Director of People (Children) to update members on the Somerset Judgement and how that impacts Dorset Council and its processes going-forward.

Members took the opportunity to thank officers for their work on this report.

It was proposed by Cllr A Parry seconded by Cllr J Haynes.

Decision

That the Aspire Adoption Annual Report and Statement of Purpose be received and noted.

Reason for the decision

Cabinet was satisfied that the Aspire Statement of Purpose accurately described the activities that the agency discharged on behalf of Dorset Council and the Annual Report satisfied the report that these activities were discharged to a high standard in the last year.