Agenda and decisions

Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Children, Education & Young People’s Services - Tuesday, 16 January 2024 2.00 pm

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Items
No.	Item
1.	Declarations of Interest See guidance below. Decision: None.
2.	Questions from County Councillors Any county councillor may, by giving notice to the Proper Officer by 9 am two working days before the meeting, ask a question on any matter in respect of the Cabinet Member’s delegated powers. The number of questions which may be asked by any councillor at any one meeting is limited to two (or one question with notice and a supplementary question at the meeting) and the time for questions will be limited to 30 minutes in total. As with questions at Council, any questions which remain unanswered at the end of this item will receive a written response. Questions submitted prior to the agenda being despatched are shown below and will be the subject of a response from the appropriate Cabinet Member or such other councillor or officer as is determined by the Cabinet Member, and shall not be the subject of further debate at this meeting. Questions received after the despatch of the agenda, but before the deadline, will be shown on the Schedule of Addenda circulated at the meeting, together with any written response which is available at that time. Decision: None.
3.	Petitions and Public Address Members of the public who wish to speak at this meeting can attend the meeting in person or ‘virtually’ through an online connection. Requests to speak must be submitted by no later than 9am four working days before the meeting. Requests to speak should be sent to committeesdemocraticservices@oxfordshire.gov.uk . If you are speaking ‘virtually’, you may submit a written statement of your presentation to ensure that if the technology fails, then your views can still be taken into account. A written copy of your statement can be provided no later than 9 am 2 working days before the meeting. Written submissions should be no longer than 1 A4 sheet. Decision: None.
4.	Approval required for Tender for "Multiply" program PDF 233 KB View the background to item 4. View the decision for item 4. Cabinet Member: Children, Education & Young People’s Services Forward Plan Ref: 2023/358 Contact: Angela Turton, Strategy & Partnership Manager, Angela.turton@oxfordshire.gov.uk Report by Corporate Director for Children’s Services (CMDCEYPS4) The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to a) Approve the open tendering of Multiply Maths to secure an adult numeracy development service provider(s) for a twelve-month period commencing 1^st April 2024 and concluding 31^st March 2025. b) To delegate authority to the Corporate Director for Children’s Services, in consultation with the Head of Legal and Deputy Monitoring Officer, to agree the contract with an adult numeracy development service provider(s) upon satisfactory completion of the open tendering exercise. Decision: Recommendation approved.
5.	Approved Provider List for Care and Support Agencies PDF 448 KB View the background to item 5. View the decision for item 5. Cabinet Member: Children, Education and Young People’s Services Forward Plan Ref: 2023/330 Contact: Rebecca Lanchbury, Commissioning Manager, Start Well Rebecca.lanchbury@oxfordshire.gov.uk Report by Corporate Director for Children’s Services. (CMDCEYPS5) The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to: a) Approve the commissioning and procuring of an Approved Provider List for CQC registered Care and Support Agencies to join, (in the first round and subsequent rounds of the tender) selected in accordance with and following the Council’s competitive tender process. b) Approve awarding bespoke packages of care and support to the successful bidder (of each call off process) selected in accordance with and following the Council’s competitive procurement. c) Delegate authority to the Corporate Director for Children’s Services to authorise award of call-off contracts to Providers, after the brokerage process has been completed in accordance with the processes set out in the Approved Provider List contract, for individual care packages. Following the same process as for other bespoke care and support packages. d) Delegate authority to the Corporate Director for Children’s Services, in consultation with the Head of Procurement and Contract Management, to initiate the competitive process set out in the Approved Provider List, for call-off contracts of bespoke care and support packages over the value of £500,000 per contract. Award of Contracts subject to separate Key decision reports. Decision: Recommendations approved.
6.	Formal Approval of Schools Funding Formula 2024/25 View the background to item 6. View the decision for item 6. Forward Plan Ref: 2023/231 Contact: Danny Doherty, Interim Finance Business Partner, danny.doherty@oxfordshire.gov.uk Report by Corporate Director for Children’s Services (CMDCEYPS6). To seek approval for the funding formula for schools. Additional documents: CMDCEYPS240116R06 Funding Formula , item 6. PDF 301 KB CMDCEYPS240116R06 Funding Formula - Revised Recommendation , item 6. PDF 92 KB Decision: Recommendations approved.
7.	Children's Services Residential Capital Programme OCC DfE Bid 1 - SOLO 2 Home PDF 254 KB View the background to item 7. View the decision for item 7. Cabinet Member: Children, Education and Young People’s Services Forward Plan Ref: 2023/348 Contact: Andrea Benneyworth, Programme Manager REoC Childrens Service andrea.benneyworth@oxfordshire.gov.uk Report by Executive Director: People (CMDCEYPS7) The information in this case is exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed categories: 3. Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and since it is considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. The annex containing exempt information under the above paragraph is attached. The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to release funds to: a) Purchase a property in Sutton, Witney for the amount listed in Annex A b) Cover fees of amount listed in Annex A (Stamp Duty Land Tax, valuation, legal etc) c) Cover the adaptation and refurbishment for the amount listed in Annex A Additional documents: Restricted enclosure 9 View the reasons why document 7./2 is restricted Decision: Recommendations approved.
8.	Children's Services Residential Capital Programme OCC DfE Bid 2 - ASD Home PDF 254 KB View the background to item 8. View the decision for item 8. Cabinet Member: Children, Education & Young People’s Services Forward Plan Ref: 2023/349 Contact: Andrea Benneyworth, Programme Manager REoC Childrens Service andrea.benneyworth@oxfordshire.gov.uk Report by Executive Director: People. (CMDCEYPS8) The information in this case is exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed categories: 3. Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and since it is considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. The annex containing exempt information under the above paragraph is attached. The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to release funds to: a) Purchase a property at East Hagbourne, Didcot for the amount listed in Annex A b) Cover fees of amount listed in Annex A (Stamp Duty Land Tax, valuation, legal etc) c) Cover the adaptation and refurbishment for the amount listed in Annex A Additional documents: Restricted enclosure 11 View the reasons why document 8./2 is restricted Decision: Recommendations approved.