Issue - decisions

As Cabinet Member for Education and Skills,  I agree to:

A)   APPROVE the commissioning and procurement of a new Open Framework contract for the placement of children and young people with Education, Health and Care Plans in Independent and Non Maintained Special Schools. The Framework contract to commence on 1 September 2026, for a duration of up to eight years, to include provisions to enable disaggregation, subject to any future Local Government Reorganisation.

B)   DELEGATE authority to the Corporate Director of Children, Young People and Education, to take relevant actions, including but not limited to awarding, negotiating and finalising the terms of, and entering into required framework agreements and call off contracts, extensions or other legal agreements, as required to implement the decision, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Education and Skills.