Decision details

Committee to receive a paper on Early Years funding from 2017/18.

The Strategic Lead, Children and Young People, and the Commissioning Director, Children and Young People, introduced the report, which related to Early Years funding.

During discussion of the item, the Chairman moved a motion to alter the wording of recommendations 1 and 2 so that they include the wording ‘in consultation with the Chairman of the Children, Education, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee’, as seen as follows:

1.    Delegate to the Commissioning Director, Children and Young People (Director of Children’s Services) – in consultation with the Chairman of the Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee –  authority to consult early years providers on any potential changes as a consequence of further published Government regulation or guidance, expected in Autumn 2016;

2.    Delegate to the Commissioning Director, Children and Young People (Director of Children’s Services) – in consultation with the Chairman of the Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee – authority to make any necessary amendments to the early years funding formula, following consultation.

The motion was seconded by Councillor Helena Hart. Votes on the motion were recorded as follows:

The motion was declared carried and therefore became the substantive motion. 

Councillor Anne Hutton then moved a motion to alter the wording of the substantive motion (amended recommendations 1 & 2) to add the words ‘and lead opposition spokesperson of the committee’, as seen as follows:

1.    Delegate to the Commissioning Director, Children and Young People (Director of Children’s Services) – in consultation with the Chairman of the Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee and lead opposition spokesperson of the committee – authority to consult early years providers on any potential changes as a consequence of further published Government regulation or guidance, expected in Autumn 2016;

2.    Delegate to the Commissioning Director, Children and Young People (Director of Children’s Services) – in consultation with the Chairman of the Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee and lead opposition spokesperson of the committee – authority to make any necessary amendments to the early years funding formula, following consultation.

The motion was seconded by Councillor Kath McGuirk. Votes on the motion were recorded as follows:

The motion therefore did not carry.

The Chairman then moved to the recommendations 1 and 2 as amended by the substantive motion. Votes were recorded as follows:

The committee agreed recommendation 3 as laid out in the cover report.

The following was therefore RESOLVED:

The Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee:

1.    Delegated to the Commissioning Director, Children and Young People (Director of Children’s Services) – in consultation with the Chairman of the Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee – authority to consult early years providers on any potential changes as a consequence of further published Government regulation or guidance, expected in Autumn 2016;

2.    Delegated to the Commissioning Director, Children and Young People (Director of Children’s Services) – in consultation with the Chairman of the Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee – authority to make any necessary amendments to the early years funding formula, following consultation;

3.    Noted the council’s draft response to the consultation document from the Department for Education (DfE) on the Early Years National Funding Formula (EYNFF).