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National Register of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children

Project Board Meeting—23 October 2005

Venue: ALG Offices 59 ½ Southwark Street, London SE1 0AL

Meeting Notes

Present:

Apologies:

Peter Gilroy (KCC) Chair

Jeremy Oppenheim (NASS)

Mark Brangwyn (ALG)

Anne Mason (DfES)

Patrick Agius (DfES)

Chris Andrew (Esprit)

Michael Gould (NRUC)

Lara Coker-Ojo (NRUC)

Jasmine Ali (NRUC)

Joe Heatley (NASS)

Agenda Items:

  1. MAMA (Minutes from Project Board 16 June 2005)

  2. NRUC Update

  3. Stakeholder Management

  4. Proposed Expansion of NRUC

  5. Budget 2006/2007

  6. NRUC personnel

Item No.

Agenda Items

Action

Deadline

1.

Minutes reviewed and passed

2.

NRUC Update

  • Data Upload mechanism moving forward

  • PG noted a “return to the beginning” to re-emphasise NRUC dedication to child protection

Esprit

3.

Stakeholder Management

  • Update the front facing website to include information regarding LAs uploading data to NRUC

  • Ensure that a variety of LA data is on the Register, and then present to Home Office to aid in discussions about Home office uptake/account use.

  • Consolidate £100 LA upload costs into NRUC budget

MG

MG/JH

In progress

In progress

4.

Expansion of NRUC

  • JA provided positive feedback from two workshop sessions regarding the expansion of NRUC

  • PG asked that the business plan be revamped to re-emphasise the business case and to return the emphasis to the protection of children

  • PG asked for a proof of “back office savings” as an illustration of how NRUC is fit for purpose

JA

MG

21OCT05

5.

Budget 2006/2007

  • Remove the “surplus” listed in the present draft of the budget

  • PA suggested that NRUC ask for funding as a baseline project by creating a 3 year budget proposal for submission to the Home Office and the DfES

LC-O

6.

NRUC Personnel

  • JA announced that she is leaving LASC/NRUC to take up duties in WCC. JA will remain on the Project Board and available in an advisory capacity.

7.

AOB/Next PB meeting

PB meeting in 6 weeks to discuss the reissue of the business plan/budget