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Report of the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services seeking approval for an increase to the Children’s Services and Learning Capital Programme, attached.

DECISION MADE: (Ref: CAB 12/13 9984)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member forChildren’s Services, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To add, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules, a sum of £711,000 to the Children’s Services and Learning Capital Programme in 2013/14, funded from non-ring-fenced Department for Education (DfE) grant, for the Early Years Expansion Programme.

(ii)  To approve, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules, capital variations totalling £650,000 to the programme approved by Council on 13 February 2013, as follows:

·  £500,000 transfer from Special School Estate scheme to the Early Years Expansion Programme; and

·  £150,000 transfer from Wordsworth Infants expansion project to the Early Years Expansion Programme.

(iii)  To note that approval to spend in relation to the capital additions and variations of recommendation (ii) and (iii) which total £1,361,000, will be sought from Cabinet when sufficient detail can be provided to effectively inform decision making.