Committee details

The Safeguarding Sub-Committee is responsible for overseeing the Corporation’s safeguarding function. The Sub-Committee oversees the discharge of the City of London’s responsibilities to safeguard children and adults who have been identified as requiring support and protection; ensures, in respect of children entering public care, that the duty of the local authority as a corporate parent to safeguard and promote a child’s welfare is fulfilled; monitors the Department of Community & Children’s Services’ performance in respect of its work to safeguard children and adults (making recommendations to the Grand Committee to bring about improvements as appropriate); and, exercises its functions with regards to the views of relevant service users.