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.

Forward Plan Ref: 2018/017

Contact: Barbara Chillman, Service Manager – Pupil Place Planning Tel: 07554 103418

Report by Director for Children’s Services (CMDPHE4).

The government has committed £215 million of capital funding to help local authorities to create new school places and improve existing facilities for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. Oxfordshire's share of this Special Provision Fund is £2,454,466, which will be paid to the council in three equal payments, between 2018 and 2020.

In order to receive this funding the council must consult on the proposals and must then publish a short plan that sets out how they intend to invest their allocation no later than 14 March 2018.

This report sets out the proposed plan for spending this grant, and seeks approval to publish the plan.

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to approve the immediate publication of the plan to secure Oxfordshire’s Special Provision Fund allocation.

Recommendations agreed with the addition of Bishopswood Special School to the list of proposed projects in the Special Provision Fund Capital Plan (Annex 1).”