Venue: Committee Room 5, Guildhall, Swansea. View directions
Contact: Michelle Roberts, Scrutiny Officer
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Disclosure of Personal and Prejudicial Interests. Minutes: None |
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Scrutiny of Annual budget: as it relates to education matters PDF 105 KB Minutes: Cllr Jennifer Raynor (Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning), Nick Williams (Chief Education Officer) and Brian Roles (Head of Planning and Resources) attended the meeting to present the budget proposals as they relate to education matters. Issues covered included (with specific reference to education matters): ·
Medium
Term financial planning 2019/20 to
2021/22 ·
Revenue
budget 2018/19 ·
Capital
Budget and Programme 2018/2019 – 2021/22 ·
Letter
from Schools Budget Forum |
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Discuss and summarise views and recommendations Minutes: ·
The
Panel are supportive of the education related budget proposals and of how
monies have been allocated given the current budget situation. ·
The
issue of year on year funding from Welsh Government was raised especially in
light of the need to plan services over the longer term (as referenced in the
Wellbeing and Future Generation Act). The panel recognise that the
authority does develop an indicative 3 year medium term plan but this will
change year on year depending on the local authority’s allocation from Welsh
Government. The panel would encourage councils to work together to make
representations to Welsh Government around developing a longer term funding
plan. The Panel were also keen to see changes made that reduce the lag
between allocation of grants from Welsh Government and actual receipt of that
funding. ·
The
Panel had concerns about the impact that the 11% cut to the education
improvement grant will have on supporting services in particular the Ethnic
Minority Achievement Service but were pleased to hear that the authority are
looking to fill the gap for some services from reserves for 1 year. ·
The
Panel heard that some schools were managing the difficult budgetary situation
better than others: the panel felt that sharing good practice across schools in
relation to this aspect would be highly beneficial. |