Decision

·         Approval and adoption of the Response Plan in Appendix 1.

·         Call on the Welsh Government to establish a Public Inquiry into all the circumstances surrounding this serious offending.

·         Commission the Chief Executive to make arrangements to implement the contents of this Response Plan including establishing a specific Programme Board and to regularly report progress to the Cabinet.

·         Authorise the Chief Executive to establish and organise temporary resources and necessary staffing capacity to realise the contents of this Plan to be funded from reserves.

·         Note that the Response Plan is a working plan that will need to be reviewed regularly and, in that context, ask the Education and Economy Scrutiny Committee to scrutinise the Plan as part of their work programme.

·         Delegate the right to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader, the Cabinet Member for Education and the Cabinet Member for Children, to make minor editorial adjustments as required.