To review the progress of the corporate parenting strategy.

The Children and Social Work Act 2017, introduced a new duty on councils to have regard to the following corporate parenting principles when exercising their functions in relation to looked after children and young people;

·        to act in the best interests, and promote the physical and mental health and well-being, of those children and young people

·        to encourage those children and young people to express their views, wishes and feelings

·        to take into account the views, wishes and feelings of those children and young people

·        to help those children and young people gain access to, and make the best use of services provided by the local authority and its relevant partners

·        to promote high aspirations, and seek to secure the best outcomes, for those children and young people

·        for those children and young people to be safe, and for stability in their home lives, relationships and education or work; and

·        to prepare those children and young people for adulthood and independent living.