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The Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) is the ring-fenced grant from Government that provides each local authority with an allocation of funding for schools and services for pupils. The report outlines the 4 blocks of the DSG, and the current proposals to allocate the provisional DSG allocation.

Portfolio Holders – Councillors Peter Butlin and Kam Kaur

Councillor Kam Kaur (Portfolio Holder for Education) explained that the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) was the ring-fenced grant from Government that provided each local authority with an allocation of funding for schools and services for pupils. She indicated that the report outlined the context and position for each of the four blocks of the DSG, and the current proposed allocations.

There were no questions or comments on the report.

Resolved:

That Cabinet:

1.     Approves the allocation of the Schools Block DSG, as outlined in Section 3 of the report;

2.     Approves the Early Years Block DSG allocation of funding for all early years providers as outlined in Section 4 of the report;

3.     Approves the allocation of the High Needs DSG budget for 2023/24, as set out in Section 5 of the report; and

4. Supports the proposals for allocating the 2023/24 Central School Services DSG budget, as set out in Section 6 of the report.