Agenda item - Update on the capital works undertaken as part of the SEND Review

Report of the Executive Director Families Children & Learning (copy attached)

RESOLVED: That the Committee –

1.    Noted the progress on work associated with the Central Hub.

2.    Agreed the increased budget allocation for the Downsview and Hill

Park projects.

3.    Granted delegated authority to the Assistant Director of Property &

Design to procure the capital projects and enter into contracts within these budgets, as required, in accordance with Contract Standing Orders in respect of the Downsview and Hill Park projects.

30.1 The Committee considered the report of the Executive Director Families    Children and Learning which provided an update on progress made in determining the broad strategy and plan for the Central SEND Hub, informed the Committee on the pricing exercise for the Downsview and Hill Park projects and requested approval to increase the budget for the Downsview and Hill Park projects from £8m to £9.4m.

30.2  Councillor Clare referred to the consultation on the Central Hub and asked when the consultation would start and what would happen if the consultation recommended that it stayed at Homewood College. The Executive Director Families Children and Learning said that the consultation would be held in early September 2019. The consultation would be looking at a number of potential options and reminded the Committee that Hub wasn’t just Homewood, but was also the Pupil Referral Units too. If the outcome of the consultation was to remain at Homewood it is likely that that would be respected, but there would be consultations about other sites too. The £4m of capital money was a very broad estimate, and it may or may not be necessary to go to a future meeting of this Committee or Children Young People & Skills Committee to seek an amendment to that figure were necessary.

30.3    RESOLVED: That the Committee –

1.    Noted the progress on work associated with the Central Hub.

2.    Agreed the increased budget allocation for the Downsview and Hill

Park projects.

3.    Granted delegated authority to the Assistant Director of Property &

Design to procure the capital projects and enter into contracts within these budgets, as required, in accordance with Contract Standing Orders in respect of the Downsview and Hill Park projects.