Issue - decisions
Agree the Regionalisation of Adoption
13/12/2016 - Agree the Regionalisation of Adoption
RESOLVED:-
i. Cabinet agreed, in principle, to join a London Regional Adoption Agency, subject to detailed financial analysis and business case; and
ii. Cabinet authorised the Strategic Director of Children’s Services, in consultation with the Lead Member for Children’s Services, to progress arrangements relating to the development and implementation of the London Regional Adoption Agency model.
iii. Cabinet agreed to progress with option 1 - a Local Authority trading company delivery model with a strategic VAA partnership operating in a hub and spoke structure.