Issue - meetings

Report CSD15941

The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 created a new power for the Secretary of State to issue statutory guidance to IROs known as the ‘IRO Handbook’. The IRO Manager was responsible for the production of an annual report for the scrutiny of the members of the local authority corporate parenting board. The report presented to the Committee details of activity and development of the IRO Service over the past year and summarised how the IRO Service monitored the performance of the local authority in relation to its looked after children.  Officers added that IRO’s were expected to be more challenging so that the quality of services was raised.

RESOLVED that the IRO Service Annual Report be noted.