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I have set out here the expenditure from my personal Member's Grant 2009-2010. In addition, Ightham Scouts were awarded £5,100 from our Local Schemes grant for its FISH project.

I am delighted to have been able to support thes activities in the local community and wish all the organisations well.

Kent Highway Services are launching an on-line service: "My Kent Highways" which will enable parishes to log highway faults, track enquiries and view or download reports affecting their area. This is scheduled to be launched to members in September and to parishes in October. In addition, "The Members' Highway Fund" will enable us to allocate £25,000 per Member per year to local highway projects, either small projects, or in conjunction with other sources of finance, to larger projects. Clearly, none of this is simple, but I shall be liasing with local parishes on these issues.

Best Wishes

Valerie Dagger

K.C.C has recently received a Safeguarding Inspection of Adult Social Care - the most in-depth report for 10 years into Kent Adult Social Care Services. The Government Inspectors' assessments were:

Preventative services - Excellent
Capacity to improve - Excellent
Safeguarding vunerable people - Good