Portsmouth City Borough Council Cabinet Member for Children, Families and Education Meeting

Feb. 9, 2024, 10:30 a.m.

This is a meeting of the Cabinet Member for Children, Families and Education of Portsmouth City Borough Council held on the 9th Feb 2024.

The last meeting was on 20th Feb 2025.

Meeting Status
Confirmed; Special
Agenda Published

Yes

Decisions Published

No

Minutes Published

Yes

Meeting Location

Council Chamber - The Guildhall, Portsmouth

Meeting Recordings

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Agenda
Item Title Minutes
1 Apologies

No apologies had been received.

 

2 Declarations of Members' Interests

None.  For transparency, Councillor Suzy Horton declared a non-prejudicial interest in that she is Vice-Chair of Governors at Craneswater Junior School.

 

3 Early Years Dedicated Schools Grant 2024-25 Early Years DSG Funding 2024-25

Angela Mann, Finance Manager, introduced the report and informed the Cabinet Member that the report seeks to inform members of the progress towards the initial determination of the Early Years Block of the schools budget for 2024-25. Feedback on consultation is included in the report.  She added that the local authority is required to make an initial determination of the schools budget and give notice of that determination to the schools it maintains.  The statutory deadline for giving this determination is 31 March as in previous years, but the Department for Education recently requested that councils publish their hourly rates by 20 February 2024, hence the need for this special decision meeting to ensure that providers can be notified by the new deadline.

 

The Cabinet Member highlighted that the report covered Early Years rates only, and other Dedicated Schools Grant funding including on High Needs, will be considered at the next scheduled meeting on 22 February 2024.  She noted that the consultation and feedback on the proposals had been thorough and robust and that 5% of the budget was retained by the Council.  She commented that the excellent services provided with that funding are valued by early years providers.  The Cabinet Member recognised that early years providers suffer the same budget pressures as the council, including inflation and energy costs, in the provision of the services they provide.

 

DECISIONS - the Cabinet Member:

1)    Approved the Early Years Funding Formula for under twos, two, three and four year olds as set out in section 5, and the budget in Appendix 1 of the report.

 

 

Councillor Chris Dike photo Opposition spokesperson
Councillor Chris Dike

Portsmouth Independents Party

Present, as expected

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Councillor Suzy Horton photo Cabinet Member Deputy Group Leader; Cabinet Member for Children, Families & Education
Councillor Suzy Horton

Liberal Democrat

Present, as expected

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Councillor George Fielding photo Opposition spokesperson
Councillor George Fielding

Labour

Absent

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Councillor Ryan Brent photo Opposition spokesperson Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group
Councillor Ryan Brent

Conservative

Absent

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3rd Dec 2024

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30th Oct 2024

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25th Jul 2024

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22nd Feb 2024

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9th Feb 2024

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18th Jan 2024

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Source
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