Decision details

Children's Services Capital Budget - Further Allocations

Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Education

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To approve further allocations from the Children’s Services Capital Budget to individual projects

Decision:

That the Cabinet Member for Education:

 

Notes the allocations made under delegated powers by the Executive Director for Children’s Services and the Children’s Services Head of Development as detailed in Appendix 2.

 

        Approves the allocations to the projects as detailed in Appendix 3.

 

Reasons for the decision:

To inform the Cabinet Member for Education of the approvals made under delegated powers.

 

To address the most pressing maintenance issues in schools to ensure the school estate is maintained to a high level.

 

To ensure there is sufficient capacity at schools in the County The approval of the allocations will address the most pressing maintenance issues in schools to ensure the school estate is maintained to a high level and there is sufficient capacity at schools in the County.

 

Alternative options considered:

The School Condition is an annual allocation of school condition capital from the DfE. This capital grant is to improve and maintain the condition of the school estate (buildings and grounds). The grant allocation is determined by the DfE and takes into account the information collected through the Property Data Survey programme. Basic need is an allocation from the DfE for providing new school places by either expanding existing schools or by establishing or new schools in Derbyshire. The allocation is determined by the DfE based on the data collected in the School Capacity Survey (SCAP).

 

The list of allocations has been drawn up to address the most pressing condition related issues at schools and to provide places where pupil projections indicate there will be pressure on places in a school place planning area. The funding is to ensure there is sufficient capacity at all the schools involved and that the accommodation is suitable to support the delivery of education.

 

The School Condition Allocation must be spent in accordance with the terms of the grant toimprove and maintain the condition of the school estate and cannot be used for any alternative purposes. Similarly, the Basic Need Allocation must be spent in accordance with the terms of the grant to provide new school places.

 

 

Publication date: 14/02/2023

Date of decision: 14/02/2023

Effective from: 22/02/2023

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