Councillor Shazna Muzammil

...that the Adoption Connects Annual Report for 2024/25 be noted, reflecting the agency's activities in recruiting, assessing, and supporting prospective adopters, family finding, and providing adoption support services within Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes City.

...the Corporate Parenting Panel of Milton Keynes noted the Fostering and Permanency Panel Annual Report 2024/25, agreed to provide feedback on the voice of the child to the Chair, and decided to invite Councillor Bailey to a meeting of the Fostering and Permanency Panel.

...data on private fostering in Milton Keynes will be provided to the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee going forward.

...the panel noted the report on performance data related to children in care, including population numbers, placement stability, placement types, and outcomes for care experienced young people, while also approving the recommendations contained within the report.