Issue - meetings

The Minutes of the last meeting of the Audit Committee held on

Councillor Berry asked that minutes be amended to include the following:

Councillor Berry referred to the question that he had asked in relation to the demand for SEND in Bury being high. It had been explained that there had been an increase in demand nationally partly due to social, emotional health with younger children not accessing nursery due to covid which then leads to speech and language concerns. Councillor Berry had asked for clarification on why the need at Bury was so high compared to other Local Authorities, but this had not been addressed in the Minutes.

Jeanette had explained that SEN support would ideally be in place before a request for an EHCP is received. This was not in place in Bury but work was ongoing to implement.

It was also explained that Bury and Bolton were more severely impacted by COVID 19 that other LAs.

It was agreed:

The minutes be amended to incorporate the above comments.