Councillor Mark Arnull

...approved the Northamptonshire Children's Trust Business Plan 2026/27 – 2028/29 and recommended it be sent to North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire full Councils for noting.

...noted the provisional contract sum of £200.773m for the Northamptonshire Children's Trust for 2026/27 and its Medium Term Financial Strategy for 2026-2029.

...noted that the 2024/25 Annual Review of the Service Delivery Contract between Northamptonshire Children's Trust and West and North Northamptonshire Councils, including the 2024/25 Annual Report, was ratified by the Strategic Group and noted the contents of the report.

...to note the Northamptonshire Children's Trust's forecast position of £210.033m and the resulting pressure of £24.383m on the Councils compared to the original Contract Sum.

...to facilitate North Northamptonshire Council's (NNC) strategic ambitions and IT self-sufficiency by March 2027, the committee approved the disaggregation of IT services provided by West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) to NNC (excluding services to the Children's Trust and Business Systems arrangements), with NNC funding disaggregation costs and a portion of unavoidable stranded costs, and delegated authority to Section 151 Officers to finalize cost implications.