Item 5 - Children's Services - Finance Pressures and Tackling County Lines (L8/19)

Summary 
 
This report updates Leaders’ Committee on
1) the findings of research into demand and spending in Children’s Social Care (CSC) and for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in London by ISOS Partnership, commissioned by London Councils. The research includes compelling evidence on the key drivers of spend in children’s services, what is working well in some areas to mitigate this pressure and what we can do locally, regionally and nationally to help ease the pressure facing Children’s Services
2) Research into public awareness of criminal exploitation of young Londoners by County Lines gangs and proposals emerging from a pan-London County Lines Summit held on 11 September.
This report to Leaders’ Committee sets out the recommendations and proposed next steps from the report.
Recommendations
 
 Leaders’ Committee is asked to:
1. Note the findings of ISOS Partnership’s report Under pressure: an exploration of demand and spending in children’s social care and for children with special educational needs in London
2. Consider the policy, practice and lobbying recommendations emerging from the report and agree the three proposed areas for priority action set out in paragraph 18.
3. Note the findings of London Councils commissioned polling on County Lines and discussion at the Summit on 11 September, and consider and agree to the priority areas for action set out in paragraph 30.
 

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