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Appendices A - E to this report are circulated to Members under separate cover (Supplementary 2) and are also available on the Internet, in the Members’ Rooms and at public libraries.

Received a report on the annual inspection of the Council’s Fostering Service which was carried out by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) in February this year.

Noted the main findings from the inspection and the action to be taken in response to CSCI’s recommendations, as contained in the Fostering Service’s Action Plan.

Agreed, in response to the statutory inspection and to assist the Council to achieve its Community Priorities of ‘Improving Health, Housing and Social Care’ and ’Better Education and Learning For All’, to:

(i)  Note CSCI’s report on the inspection of the Council’s Fostering Service for 2006, attached at Appendix A to the report; and

(ii)  Approve the Fostering Service’s Action Plan, the Statement of Purpose, the Fostering Panel’s Constitution and the schedule of Fostering Payments for 2006/07, attached at Appendices B, C, D and E respectively.