The Cabinet Member for Children’s Services introduced the report.
Cabinet resolved:
(i) To approve the allocation of £10,850,000 to the projects detailed in paragraphs 2.2 to 2.7 of the report, to ensure that the projects were progressed to conclusion;
(ii) That the sum of £17,255,818 be retained at the present time pending the outcome of the funding bids submitted to the Department for Education / Education Funding Agency and further detailed work in respect of the Gascoigne Primary (Abbey Depot) site; and
(iii) To approve the transfer of Arden House, 198 Longbridge Road, Barking, to Children’s Services with effect from 1 October 2013 to facilitate the development of early education places with a particular focus on the statutory two year old offer.