Agenda item

There was only one action arising from the last meeting (Dec21-Ac1). Jane Seymour reported that there had been a question raised regarding whether there would still be a deficit in the High Needs Bock (HNB) if the agenda range for Education Health and Care Plans had not been increased to 25. This had been one of the main areas of pressure on the HNB over the past five years. It had not been possible to get a very specific answer to this question. The way the HNB was allocated did not break down in to age ranges and therefore it could not be identified the proportionate of the block that was for young people who were post 19.

Spend in the HNB was just over one million pounds. Historically it was likely that the amount that was allocated for young people in FE colleges was lower than the actual spend however, a specific proportion could not be identified. Jane Seymour commented that it could be safely said that the area would have created a shortfall it was unlikely that this would account for the total overspend in the HNB.