The Executive Cabinet Member for Children's Services Portfolio of Bolton Council is scheduled to meet on Tuesday 30 September 2025. During the meeting, the Executive Cabinet Member will be asked to review the monitoring of previous decisions, and to discuss proposed extensions to fixed term contracts for the Play Service. Due to the confidential nature of the Play Service discussion, it is expected that the public will be excluded from that part of the meeting.

Play Service Fixed Term Contract Extensions

The Executive Cabinet Member for Children's Services Portfolio is scheduled to discuss the proposed extensions to fixed term contracts for the Play Service.

The agenda for the meeting states that:

The background papers and reports in relation to the following item are considered confidential as defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and that it be deemed that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in their exemption outweighs the public interest in their disclosure.

This means that the details of this discussion will not be available to the public. The Local Government Act 1972 defines the categories of information that can be kept confidential, including information relating to specific employees, financial affairs and legal privilege.

Monitoring of Executive Cabinet Member Decisions

The Executive Cabinet Member for Children's Services Portfolio is scheduled to review a report on the monitoring of previous decisions. The Monitoring Report has been included in the report pack for this meeting.