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The Deputy Chairman referred to Social Mobility Index initiative which ranked employers on the actions they took to present people with the opportunity to get in, and get on, in the workplace. He noted that it had been sponsored by the City Corporation and questioned why the organisation had not participated in the initiative also. The Chairman explained that this was the UK’s first Social Mobility Employer Index and that it had been developed in partnership with the Social Mobility Foundation and Social Mobility Commission. 98 businesses applied to the Index. Whilst the top 50 performers appeared in the Times, businesses were able to apply anonymously and could choose whether to have their scores published. She confirmed that the City Corporation had applied and whilst it chose to do so anonymously for the first year, it aimed to disclose its results next year. The Chairman advised that this year, the City Corporation scored 50 out of 98. She acknowledged that this needed to be improved and advised that a report from the Foundation setting out the areas in need of improvement was now awaited. A framework of action would then be developed with the aim of improving that score.

The Deputy Chairman suggested that details of the improvements and the framework of action be the subject of a report to a future meeting of the Committee. Members supported this.

RESOLVED – that details of the Social Mobility Index be noted and that the improvements highlighted by the Social Mobility Foundation and the proposed the framework of action be reported to a future meeting of the Committee.