Decision details

The Schools’ Budget, funded from Dedicated Schools’ Grant and specific grants was projected to be in an overspend position of £774k, which would be set against unspent Dedicated Schools Grant carried forward from previous years.  The controllable part of the Non-Schools’ Budget, funded from Council Tax, Revenue Support and specific grants was projected to be in an overspend position of £468k, which included £328k overspend in the Adult Education Service.

On 10^th June 2015, the Council’s Executive approved a number of carry forward requests for funding to be transferred into contingency for 2015/16, including £19k of the Early Years Grant to purchase the Capita Provider Portal in preparation for the implementation of the Early Years Pupil Premium and £46k of the SEN Preparation for Employment Grant to support the provision of internships and other preparation for employment measures to young people with complex special educational needs and disabilities.  It was requested that £77k of the Youth Offending Service Strategic Review be carried forward to fund the work required to address issues identified during the recent inspection of the Youth Offending Service, and that £11k from the underspend in Education be carried forward to fund a one-off review of place planning for schools which would be supplemented by £30k from Dedicated Schools Grant and Capital funding.