Remit from the Education, Children and Families Committee held on 28 February 2023 - Appointment of Representative of the Church of Scotland
North Lanarkshire Council · 30 March 2023
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North Lanarkshire Council Report Education, Children and Families Committee Does this report require to be approved? ☐ Yes ☒ No Ref Date 28/02/23 Appointment of Representative of the Church of Scotland From A Aitken, Chief Officer of Legal and Democratic E-mail rosean@northlan.gov.uk Telephone 07951 409714 1. Background 1.1 At its meeting held on 22 November 2022, the Committee received verbal notification from the Democratic Services Manager that notification had been received by the Council that Mr. D Hannan, the representative of the Church of Scotland, had tendered his resignation. At that time, no nomination had been received for a new representative. 1.2 In accordance with the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, where the Council constitutes a Committee to deal with education issues, there is a statutory requirement to appoint, as Members of the Committee (a) one representative of the Church of Scotland, nominated in such a manner as may be determined by the General Assembly of the Church; (b) one representative of the Roman Catholic Church, nominated in such Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to notify the Committee of the nomination made by the Church of Scotland for Ms. Margaret Clarkson to be appointed as its statutory representative to the Committee. Recommendations The Committee is recommended to:- (1) Acknowledge the nomination by the Church of Scotland for Ms. M. Clarkson to be its representative on the Committee, and (2) Remit this report to the Council with a recommendation that Ms. M. Clarkson be appointed as the representative of the Church of Scotland on the Education, Children and Families Committee. The Plan for North Lanarkshire Priority Enhance participation, capacity, and empowerment across our communities Ambition statement (20) Improve the involvement of communities in the decisions, and development of services and supports, that affect them
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a manner as may be determined by the Scottish Hierarchy of the Church, and (c) one person in the selection of whom the Council shall have regard, taking account of the representation of the Church of Scotland and Roman Catholic Church, to the comparative strength within the Council’s area of the churches and denominational bodies having appointed places of worship. The statutory provision accordingly applies to the Education, Children and Families Committee. 2. Report 2.1 Following the completion of its internal processes for identifying an appropriate person, notification was received from the Church of Scotland by the Council on 2 February 2023 that Ms. M. Clarkson was that Church’s nominated person. 2.2 Ms. Clarkson brings 37 years’ experience as a classroom teacher, both within mainstream secondary and the additional support needs sector, and still has an interest for young people and education. 2.3 The Council is bound to accept the nomination from the Church of Scotland and the Committee is recommended to remit this report to the Council seeking its formal approval for Ms. Clarkson to be appointed to the Committee. Until formal approval is provided by the Council, Ms. Clarkson is unable to take up her position on the Committee. Accordingly, if the Council approves the appointment, the first meeting of the Committee that Ms. Clarkson will be entitled to attend is on 23 May 2023. 3. Measures of success 3.1 Compliance with the statutory obligations set out in the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 4. Supporting documentation None Archie Aitken Chief Officer of Legal and Democratic
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5. Impacts 5.1 Public Sector Equality Duty and Fairer Scotland Duty Does the report contain information that has an impact as a result of the Public Sector Equality Duty and/or Fairer Scotland Duty? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? If Yes, has an assessment been carried out and published on the council’s website? https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/your-community/equalities/equality- and-fairer-scotland-duty-impact-assessments Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.2 Financial impact Does the report contain any financial impacts? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant financial impacts have been discussed and agreed with Finance? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.3 HR policy impact Does the report contain any HR policy or procedure impacts? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant HR impacts have been discussed and agreed with People Resources? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.4 Legal impact Does the report contain any legal impacts (such as general legal matters, statutory considerations (including employment law considerations), or new legislation)? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, have all relevant legal impacts have been discussed and agreed with Legal and Democratic? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? This appointment is undertaken in accordance with the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. 5.5 Data protection impact Does the report / project / practice contain or involve the processing of personal data? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, is the processing of this personal data likely to result in a high risk to the data subject? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, has a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) been carried out and e- mailed to dataprotection@northlan.gov.uk Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.6 Technology / Digital impact Does the report contain information that has an impact on either technology, digital transformation, service redesign / business change processes, data management, or connectivity / broadband / Wi-Fi?
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Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? Where the impact identifies a requirement for significant technology change, has an assessment been carried out (or is scheduled to be carried out) by the Enterprise Architecture Governance Group (EAGG)? Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.7 Environmental / Carbon impact Does the report / project / practice contain information that has an impact on any environmental or carbon matters? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.8 Communications impact Does the report contain any information that has an impact on the council’s communications activities? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.9 Risk impact Is there a risk impact? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the key risks and potential impacts, highlighting where the risk(s) are assessed and recorded (e.g. Corporate or Service or Project Risk Registers), and how they are managed? 5.10 Armed Forces Covenant Duty Does the report require to take due regard of the Armed Forces Covenant Duty (i.e. does it relate to healthcare, housing, or education services for in-Service or ex- Service personnel, or their families, or widow(er)s)? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the provision which has been made to ensure there has been appropriate consideration of the particular needs of the Armed Forces community to make sure that they do not face disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public services.