Lewisham Council's Corporate Parenting Group convened on 9 October 2025, addressing key issues concerning children and young people in the borough. A notable item on the agenda was a missing annual report, though specific details regarding its contents were not provided in the meeting documentation.
The meeting included a review of the Corporate Parenting Strategy 2025-27 and the Corporate Parenting Report. Updates on the Health Leads Report and the IRO Annual Report were also presented.
Attendees included Councillor Edison Huynh (Cabinet Member for Children and Young People), Councillor Paul Bell (Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Adult Social Care), Councillor Chris Barnham (Cabinet Member for Children and Young People), Councillor Sakina Sheikh (Cabinet Member for Culture, Communities, Libraries and Sports), Councillor Eva Kestner, Councillor Ayesha Lahai-Taylor, and Councillor Luke Warner.
In accordance with the council's declaration of interests guidelines, attendees were asked to declare any personal interests related to the agenda items. The guidelines outline disclosable pecuniary interests, other registerable interests, and non-registerable interests. Members with a registerable interest in a matter under discussion are required to declare the nature of their interest at the earliest opportunity.
The council's exclusion of press and public document was referenced, recommending the exclusion of the press and public from any items of business classified as Part 2. This is based on the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12(A) of the Act, where the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.
Minutes from a previous meeting were reviewed. Councillor Chris Barnham noted a subsequent meeting had taken place, though the specific issues discussed in that later meeting were not detailed. The public reports pack was available for review.
