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About the Panel

The Children's Services Panel meets 3 to 4 times a year and is responsible for all financial management and policy issues that affect Children's Services. In particular, the Panel:

develops Institute responses to Government, professional bodies' and other bodies' consultation/discussion papers and exposure drafts

develops, promotes and maintains best practice, standards and guidelines

produces and disseminates relevant advice and material for members and employers in local authority Children's Services

establishes positive and productive professional relationships with Government, government departments and agencies, the national audit bodies, professional regulators and other bodies falling within the Panel's defined areas of responsibility.

Terms of Reference (common across panels)

Policy formulation and implementation within PFMB approved strategies and business plans;
Approval (by the Chair where necessary) of Institute responses to Government, professional bodies' and other bodies' consultation/discussion papers and exposure drafts;
Work programme formulation for recommendation to the PFMB, monitoring of programmes and reporting performance to PFMB;
The development, promotion and maintenance of best practice, standards and guidelines and the production and dissemination of relevant advice and material for members and employers, on issues falling within the Panel's defined areas of responsibility;
The establishment of positive and productive professional relationships with Government, government departments and agencies, the national audit bodies professional regulators and other bodies falling within the Panel's defined areas of responsibility;
Joint working with other Panels, as appropriate, on matters of mutual interest.
To take a five centres of government perspective on the above items

Quroum Requirements

Panels should have the following quorum requirements:

A quorum is 50% of the panel members;
Non-quorate meetings may discuss and formally note matters for future report, but have no executive authority. Urgent decisions, at the Chair's discretion, should be dealt with by correspondence.

(July 2001)
Amended November 2007