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(i)           
to note the Council’s planned actions to be
taken in response to the Scottish Women’s Budget Group Study
on Gender Inequality and Poverty in Aberdeen;
(ii)         
to thank members of the Scottish Women’s
Budget Group Steering Group, Aberdeen Youth Movement and all other
stakeholders who participated in improvement action planning
process;
(iii)        
to instruct the Chief Officer - Education and
Lifelong Learning and Chief Officer – Data Insights, to
review questions in future surveys on early learning and out of
school care in order to ensure analysis by socio-economic status is
possible, so that any variations can be identified and additional
targeted measures can be introduced where required;
(iv)        
to instruct the Executive Director of Corporate
Services to map women’s groups across the city with a view to
highlighting where support might be available;
(v)         
to note the importance of wrap around childcare to
enable women to return to the workforce and to lifting children out
of poverty. Notes the expansion of breakfast club provision in
2025/26 through the Bright Starts breakfast fund and instructs the
Chief Officer Education & Lifelong Learning to look at external
funding opportunities to support expansion for the end of the
school day provision; and
(vi)        
to instruct the Executive Director of Corporate
Services to provide an update on the 52 improvement actions
presented in this report by December 2026.