Agenda item

6.1  The chair welcomed councillor Johnson Situ Cabinet Member for Business, Culture and Social Regeneration, Fiona Dean Director of Leisure, Stephen Gaskell Head of Chief Executives Office and Kevin Fenton Director of Health and Wellbeing to the committee meeting, and asked him to give a summary of his portfolio and then take questions from members of the committee.

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A summary of the Cabinet members portfolio is as follows:

• achievement of apprenticeship targets

• apprenticeship levy

• support for small businesses

• engagement with Latin American businesses at Elephant & Castle

• support for Universal credit claimants

• accessibility of apprenticeship scheme -how can care leavers gain places? The cabinet

member agreed to provide data on the number of care leavers who are apprentices

• connectivity between council departments who are involved with an apprentice (e.g.

housing)

• how can the economic wellbeing strategy assist self employed workers

• how the council promotes the living wage with small & medium enterprises

• Southwark Business forum

• challenges in achieving fairer future promises for 18 year olds