Councillors Abbasi and Mailk left the meeting for the duration of this item as the report made reference to one of their current or previous disclosable pecuniary interests. Councillor Altaf Khan did not have to leave as he did not have a current disclosable pecuniary interest to declare but chose to do so in response to a query from Cllr Hayes.

Councillors recorded their thanks to Val Johnson, Policy & Partnership Team Leader, for her hard work on this and on the many other projects over the years and wished her well in retirement.

Councillor Hayes, Board Member Community Safety, presented the report.

Council resolved to note the report.  

The Assistant Chief Executive submitted a report which reports on the progress made on the Oxford City Council’s Safeguarding Action Plan 2016/17.

Councillor Tom Hayes, Board Member for Community Safety presented the report and councillors discussed the key emerging challenges.

The City Executive Board resolved to:

1.    Note the key achievements of the Safeguarding work delivered through Oxford City Council during 2016/17;

2.    Agree the Safeguarding Action Plan 2017/18 set out in Appendix 1.