Committee details

Councillor Alex Dale is responsible for the young people portfolio.

This portfolio includes:

• improving outcomes for young people
• children's services planning
• multi-agency partnerships
• safeguarding
• children's disabilities
• engagement with young people
• engagement with parents and carers in service design
• youth service
• early years and childcare
• children's centres
• links to voluntary sector
• school capital programme
• surplus places
• school support - personnel, finance and IT
• school admissions
• school improvement
• governor support
• home to school transport
• special educational needs
• adult education
• careers information, advice and guidance service
• further education colleges
• links to academies
• youth offending
• corporate parenting