Issue - meetings

Report FSD17015

The Sub-Committee considered a report highlighting changes agreed by the Executive in respect of the Capital Programme for the Education Portfolio.

A revised Capital Programme was approved by Executive on 30^th November 2016, following a detailed monitoring exercise carried out after the 2^nd quarter of 2016/17.  All changes on schemes in the Education Programme were itemised and detailed in the report considered by the Sub-Committee.  As part of the 2^nd quarter monitoring exercise, £3257,000 had been re-phased from 2016/17 into 2017/18 to reflect revised estimates of when expenditure on the Education schemes was likely to be incurred.

The Government had announced Bromley’s allocation of £6,895,846 Basic Need Capital Grant to cover the period 2018/19.  This bought the total Basic Need Capital Grant received by the Council for the period 2011-19 to £77,773,224.

A Member noted that it appeared that the London Borough of Bromley had been had been more successful in maintaining its schools than some other London Boroughs.  It was noted that whilst a number of Bromley Schools benefitted from extensive grounds, maintenance of the facilities was costly.  In response the Director of Education confirmed that the Basic Needs funding that Bromley had received had helped provide the high levels of maintenance in schools across the Borough.

The Sub-Committee noted that a number of the schools listed in the appendix had changed their name in recent years and requested that the names be reviewed updated for future reports. 

RESOLVED: That the Portfolio Holder for Education be recommended to:

(a) note and confirm the changes to the Capital Programme agreed by Executive on 30^th November 2016; and

(b) note the additional £6.9m Basic Need Capital Grant received by the Council for 2018/19.