Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Corporate Director of Education Young People’s Services detailing a proposal to increase the funding allocated from the Education and Young People’s Services Capital Budget to the expansion Wyvern Special School, Ashford from the agreed £3.9m to £4.7m.

1) David Adams, Area Education Officer for South Kent, introduced the report requesting an increase of the Education and Young People’s Services Capital Budget allocation to the expansion of Wyvern Special School, Ashford, from the agreed £3.9m to £4.7m. He confirmed to Members that the original allocations were agreed at the meeting of this Cabinet Committee on 15 December 2015 following the public consultation. He gave further explanation that several issues explored in depth in 3.1 of the report have increased the cost estimate.

2) The Equalities Impact Assessment was confirmed to be complete and could be found, with the original Consultation, in the background documents of the report.

3) RESOLVED that the Education and Young People’s Services Cabinet Committee endorsed the recommendations.