Issue - meetings

The Executive Board considered the attached report.

RECOMMENDED: That the Capital Programme detailed in Appendix 1 of the report for 2008/2009, and the Children’s Personal Social Services Capital Allocation detailed in Appendix 3 of the report, be approved.

The Executive Board had considered a report of the Strategic Director – Children and Young People providing a summary of the funding available for the Schools Capital Programme 2008/09, the process for prioritisation for capital repairs and the proposed programme. The report also provided an update of the Children’s Personal Social Services Capital Allocation.

RESOLVED: That the Capital Programme detailed in Appendix 1 of the report for 2008/2009, and the Children’s Personal Social Services Capital Allocation detailed in Appendix 3 of the report, be approved.

The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director – Children and Young People providing a summary of the funding available for the Schools Capital Programme 2008/2009. The report outlined the process for prioritisation for capital repairs and the proposed programme, and provided an update of the Children’s Personal Social Services Capital Allocation.

The Board was advised that the main source of funding for the Schools Capital Programme was the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) Capital Allocation which, for 2008/2009, was a total of £1,900,713. The detailed capital repairs programme for 2008/2009 was identified in Appendix 2 of the report.

The costs shown against each project were currently provisional; however, based on these estimated costs, it was likely that all projects could be funded in 2008/2009. Should the cost following receipt of tenders be less than the estimated costs, further projects would be brought forward from the reserve list. If the costs exceeded the total funding available once final costs had been obtained, the lowest scoring projects (lowest priority) would be deferred to 2009/2010.

Arising from this report it was noted that the GCSE results for the Authority had been published today and all those involved were congratulated on their outstanding achievement, in Halton being the most improved Council in the Country for GCSE performance.

RESOLVED: That Full Council be recommended to approve the Capital Programme detailed in Appendix 1 of the report for 2008/2009, and the Children’s Personal Social Services Capital Allocation detailed in Appendix 3 of the report.