Agenda and decisions

To receive any apologies for absence.

To receive any declaration of personal interest.

To note any items that are a matter of urgency in the view of the Chairman for consideration.

The Chair shall propose that the minutes of the previous meeting of this committee held on 27th November 2024 be signed as a true record.

To consider and accept the report

DECISION:

·       To accept and approve the report on the review of the GwE budget until the end of January 2025.

·       Following discussions at a meeting of the Transitional Board, an end-of-year position report along with a full analysis on final 2024/25 spending be presented to the Joint Committee at the May meeting.

To consider the report and adopt the base budget for April – May 2025/26

DECISION:

·       To accept and approve the report.

·       Feedback from the Host Authority meeting with the Welsh Government's Deputy Director of Education to be shared with the Joint Committee.

·       That a letter of support / political statement from the Joint Committee be submitted to the Host Authority supporting their concerns of the additional costs to wind up GwE due to a delay by the Government in the use of the LEA Grant to support Professional Learning.

To consider the report

DECISION:

·       To accept the report and approve the GwE operational arrangements for the period between 01/04/25 and 31/05/25.

·       Clarity is needed on additional cost charges beyond May 2025. Will the burden be taken on by individual Local Authorities or the Welsh Government?

The Chairman shall propose that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the discussion on the following items due to the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 12, Part 4, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972. This paragraph is relevant as the report includes information about specific individuals who have the right to privacy. At this point no decision has been made and the proposal needs to be considered. There is no public interest that calls for disclosing personal information about these individuals which would outweigh their rights. Consequently, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information

To consider the report

(copy for Members only)

DECISION:

·       To accept the report.

·       To approve the recommendations for rejecting / granting individual applications.

·       To approve addressing the cost of voluntary redundancies from the money that has been accumulated.