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Contact: Michelle Roberts, Scrutiny Officer
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Disclosure of Personal and Prejudicial Interests. Minutes: Cllrs Louise Gibbard, Steven Gallagher and David Helliwell declared a personal interest in Item 4 |
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Conveners Letters and Notes from previous meetings PDF 146 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: Received |
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Annual Budget Proposals - as they relate to Education matters Invited to attend are Cllr Jen Raynor (Cabinet Member for Education Improvement, Learning and Skills) and Education Link to relevant Cabinet Papers (papers will be available online from 7 Feb 19) Minutes: The Panel met with
Cllr Jennifer Raynor, Mark Sheridan and Brian Roles to discuss the Annual
Budget as it relates to education matters. The following points
were highlighted by the panel and will be fed into the Service Improvement and
Finance Scrutiny Panel who will compile a response to Cabinet on the 14
February. ·
The
Panel were pleased to see that education has ‘relative prioritisation’ in the
budget again this year. ·
The
Panel were concerned about the impact of the cost of the increase in teachers
pensions not being covered (at present) by the UK Government. The panel
want to ensure that Cabinet are doing everything possible to ensure that
schools are not disadvantaged by this substantial amount. ·
The
Panel were pleased to hear that the school music service will receive extra
funding this year from Welsh Government and were keen to emphasise the
importance of pupils being able to access and be engaged in music. ·
The
Panel were pleased to hear about the planned improved clarity and transparency
of grant funding that is distributed via ERW but they are keen for these
improvements to be monitored moving forward. |
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Work Programme 2018-2019 PDF 96 KB Minutes: Received |
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For Information Item PDF 58 KB Minutes: Noted |