Issue - meetings

Report ED15082

Draw-down of funds was requested from the following grants held in central contingency:

·  SEND Implementation (New Burdens) Grant (to implement reforms of the Children and Families Act 2014 from September 2014, particularly the transfer of Statements of Special Educational Needs and Learning Difficulty Assessments to Education, Health and Care Plans); and

·  Bromley Pathfinder Champion Grant (for Pathfinder Champion work with partners at L B Bexley and L B Enfield  to support implementation of the new SEN and Disability reforms in 15 non pathfinder London local authorities designated as London Region 1).

RESOLVED that:

(1) draw-down of £151,960 from central contingency in respect of the 2014/15 SEND Implementation Grant be approved, with the remaining £107,357 ring-fenced for draw-down in 2015/16; and

(2) drawdown of £71,063 from central contingency in respect of the 2014/15 SEN Pathfinder Champion Grant be approved.