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06 Feb 2024

7:30 pm

People Committee - Tuesday 6 February 2024 7:30 pm

The People Committee of Kingston upon Thames Council met on Tuesday 6 February 2024 to discuss the council's financial strategy, school admissions, and policies relating to children's services. Key decisions included recommending the approval of the Medium ...

About

To be responsible for the following functions:  

·         Achieving for Children (AfC) Commissioning

·         0-19 Education including Schools and School Place Planning

·         Special Educational Needs & Disabilities incl the SEND Transformation Plan

·         Children's Centre

·         Alternative Education Provision

·         Adult Education

·         Youth Service

·         Adults & Childrens Safeguarding

·         Looked After Children & Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children

·         Adult Social Care

·         Public Health

·         Mental Health

·         Dementia Nursing Home

·         Recommendations to Council on Schools Budget Estimates & schools Funding Formula

·         Early Years & Prevention

·         Childrens & Adults Health

·         Bereavement Services incl cemeteries & crematoria

·         Registration Services

·         Community Safety

·         Housing functions (incl. homelessness, Community housing, allocations, landlord functions in relation to Council owned housing, housing standards, housing strategy, housing licensing and enforcement)

·         HRA Revenue Account and capital programme

·         Estate Regeneration, including Cambridge Road

·         Private sector housing and leasing   The Committee also has responsibility, in collaboration with the Royal Borough of Richmond upon Thames and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, to discharge functions insofar as they relate to the ownership of the AfC.

Members

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Diane White · Co-Chair
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Emily Davey · Co-Chair
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Sabah Hamed · Co-Chair
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Andrew Sillett · Member
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Anne Owen · Member
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Helen Grocott · Member
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John Sweeney · Member
Rachel Phillips · Member
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Robert Dongsung Kim · Member
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Rowena Bass · Member
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Susan Skipwith · Member
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Tom Reeve · Member
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Yogan Yoganathan · Member
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Yvonne Tracey · Member
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