Issue - meetings

A report from the Executive Director – People is attached.  (Key decision – reference number 5677)

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Cllr Abdul Abdullahi (Cabinet Member for Children’s Services) introduced the report of the Executive Director – People, providing a progress update on strategic objectives and details of the Schools Capital Programme. Ambitions for projects and work on the four strategic objectives were confirmed, and officers were thanked for their hard work and making sure Enfield’s schools were enhanced.

Members welcomed the assurance from the outcome of the review of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) across the school estate.

DECISION:  The Cabinet agreed

I. To recommend that Council approves:

i. Growth of £1.25m in the 2023/24 schools’ capital programme (funded from capital receipts and capital grants) to increase the schools capital budget to £15.1m

ii. The use of £5.9m unused schools’ capital grant to repay historic schools related borrowing, (paragraph 44 in the report).

II. To provide approval to spend for the 2024/25 programme (further to Council approval of the overall 2024/25 capital budget envelope KD5502) (Appendix A).

IV. To note the further earmarking of £12.9m of capital grant as funding for SEN projects currently held in pipeline (see Appendix A of the report).

The report sets out the options considered, if any, and the reasons for the recommendations and the decision.