Agenda and decisions

None received.

To receive notification of any declarations of pecuniary and /or conflict of interests from Members.

None received

To answer questions and hear deputations, if any, asked by any resident of the Borough pursuant to Standing Orders.

None received.

To inform the Cabinet Portfolio Holder of the financial position for the core service and Dedicated School Grant (DSG) budgets as at Period 6 2022/23.

The Cabinet Member RESOLVED:

(i)  To note the financial position for the Portfolio as at Period 6, 2022/23 and endorse the actions as set out to mitigate the identified risks; and

(ii)  To note that on 6th October 2022, Cabinet approved the allocation of £192,000 from the Budget Strategy Reserve in 2022/23 to support the implementation of Early Help Level 2.

The purpose of this report is to seek approval of the Department for Education (DfE) grant for £642,402 to support essential improvement activity within Childrens Services.

The Cabinet Member RESOLVED:

(i)  To note the terms and conditions of the grant and to gain retrospective approval;

(ii)  To note the value of the grant and the expenditure committed to date; and

(iii)  To agree the continued commitment of expenditure against the grant.

The meeting is likely not to be open to the public during discussion of the following items because the reports contain exempt information as defined in Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972

RESOLVED:

That, pursuant to Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be now excluded from the meeting for the remainder of the business to be transacted, on the grounds that there would be disclosure to them of exempt information in terms of paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the said Act.

The appendix is referenced in the public report item 5 on the agenda.