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The Executive are asked to recommend to the Chief Executive Officer that under his emergency delegated powers he:

i.     Approve the proposed Schools Capital Programme for 2021/22 as summarised in Appendix A and including the increased allocation to the Specialist Provision Targeted Capital Programme;

ii.     Approve the list of strategic priority / modernisation schemes for 2021/22 as set out in Appendix B;

iii.    Approve the Planned Capital Maintenance Programme for 2021/22 as set out in Appendix C;

iv.   Agree the continuation of the approach for dealing with any schools that convert to Academy status following the approval of the Programme as laid out in paragraph 3.3

Considered – A report of the Corporate Director for Children and Young People’s Service seeking approval of the Schools Condition Capital Programme for 2021/22.

County councillor Patrick Mulligan introduced the report detailing the background to the DfE’s allocation of Schools Condition funding totalling £9.783m to North Yorkshire County Council for 2021/22 based on their new allocation methodology.    He also drew specific attention to:

·            Paragraph 3.6 – the priorities for investment;

·            Paragraph 8.4 – the backlog in maintenance, in many cases those being major defects

·            Paragraph 8.16 – the Specialist Provision Targeted Capital Programme to support the ambitions contained in the SEND Strategic Plan

Having considered the report and the information provided at the meeting, Executive Members agreed to recommend to the Chief Executive that using his delegated powers, he:

i.     Approve the proposed Schools Capital Programme for 2021/22 as summarised in Appendix A and including the increased allocation to the Specialist Provision Targeted Capital Programme;

i.     Approve the list of strategic priority / modernisation schemes for 2021/22 as set out in Appendix B;

iii.    Approve the Planned  ...  view the full minutes text for item 596