Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
Proposals to introduce charges for the storage of the belongings of homeless households in Aberdeen have been rejected by members of the finance, policy and resources committee.
Aberdeen City Council has a duty to provide removal storage and disposal facilities for the belongings of people who are determined as statutory homeless or threatened with homelessness.
A report to the committee recommended that the local authority falls in line with other councils in Scotland by introducing charges, depending on the applicant’s individual circumstances - which it was estimated would have resulted in savings of £26,898 over the next year.
Members of the committee opted instead to continue the existing policy on the storage of belongings and not to introduce charges.
As part of the decision officers have been tasked with continuing to develop other initiatives to reduce the length of time households spend in temporary accommodation and in turn reduce the length of time required for storage.
Douglas Lumsden, Aberdeen City Council co-leader and convenor of the finance, policy and resources committee, said: “Whilst the need to make savings throughout the council is pressing, that must be balanced against the needs of those we serve and particularly the most vulnerable. There was agreement across the committee that the introduction of charges is not a road we wish to go down.”
Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
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