The Committee is asked to note any apologies for absence and substitutions received from Members.

Councillors are invited to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Personal Interest, and the nature of it, in relation to any item on the agenda.

Subject to providing two working days’ notice, a Member of the Committee may ask the Chairman of the Committee a question on any matter in relation to which the Council has powers or duties which affect the Tendring District and which falls within the terms of reference of the Committee.

The report provides the Committee with an update on its approved Work Programme for 2022/23 (including progress with enquiries set out in its Work Programme), feedback to the Committee on the decisions in respect of previous recommendations from the Committee in respect of enquiries undertaken and a list of forthcoming decisions for which notice has been given since publication of the agenda for the Committee’s last meeting.

The report is set out to provide an update regarding the issue of “children not in education” which had previously been at the Community Leadership Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 21 March 2022, “To enquire into the safeguarding and educational position concerning those of school age where and elective decision has been that they will not be attending mainstream schools but be home schooled.”