Decision details

Purpose of report: Department for Children Schools and Families (DCSF) allocated £706k to City of York Council per year for the period of 2008-11. Providers of services to young children have submitted applications – deadline for the batch of applications included in this paper was 25th February 2009. Decisions on the first batch were made at the EMAP meeting of 19th January 2009.

Members are asked to: To approve some of these applications and seeks permission for officers to provide additional support to the other applicants

RESOLVED:(i)         That the recommendations of the panel for the second

tranche of bids for the “Quality and Access Early Years Capital Grant Allocation” be accepted as follows:

·        Annex A approved

·        Annex B accepted in principle but required additional information to be provided to officers

·        Annex C required substantial reworking and should be declined at this stage

(ii)               That approval be given for the Early Years and Extended Schools Service to bulk purchase certain items under £2500 and distribute them directly to settings.

(iii)That a copy of the monitoring documentation be forwarded to the Executive Member.

REASONS:            (i)            To enable the further development of early years

provision in York, in accordance with government guidelines.

(ii)               To obtain economies of scale.

(iii)             To ensure that appropriate quality assurance processes are in place.