Decisions

Agreed.

The minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 28 January 2021 were agreed.

That Cabinet:

1)       Supports the allocation of the Schools Block DSG, as outlined in Section 3, in line with the National Funding Formula for Schools and in particular increasing funding allocated to schools through the lump sum and sparsity factors as outlined in 3.3.1 and 3.3.2.

2)       Supports the Early Years allocation of funding for all early years providers as outlined in Section 4

3)       Approves the proposed allocation of the High Needs DSG budget for 2021/22, as set out in Section 5.

4)       Supports the proposals for allocating the 2020/21 Central School Services DSG budget, as set out in Section 6.

That Cabinet agrees the changes to the Long-Term Savings policy as set out in the report.

That Cabinet:

1.       Supports the Business Case at Appendix A to establish the Warwickshire Recovery and Investment Fund.

2.       Approves in principle the establishment of a Warwickshire Recovery and Investment Fund (WRIF) and authorises the Strategic Director for Resources to finalise the proposals and the fund allocations and to develop the Year 1 Business Plan based on the principles set out in Section 1.11 of this report for further consideration by Cabinet.

3.       Supports the proposed WRIF governance arrangements and approves the establishment of a Member Oversight Group and an Officer Investment Panel as more fully described in Section 7 of this report.

4.       Notes that a further report will be brought back to Cabinet to approve the final arrangements, including the 2021-22 Business Plan and to ask Cabinet to consider making the recommendations to Council in respect of the changes considered necessary to the Treasury Management Strategy and the Investment Strategy and to add the WRIF loan facility to the capital programme

That Cabinet recommends to Council:

1.    Notes the outcome of the eight-week Draft Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP) 2020-2025 consultation process.

2.    Approves the IRMP 2020 - 2025 and the proposals therein.

·       Proposal 1 - Ensure our workforce and ethos reflect the diverse communities we serve

·       Proposal 2 - Assess our capabilities to improve our ways of working in response to any future pandemics

·       Proposal 3 - Assess our overall resource capacity to ensure our personnel and physical assets are in the right place and at the right time to deliver our statutory duties

·       Proposal 4 - Develop further opportunities to support the wider community health outcomes and help to protect Social Care and the NHS

·       Proposal 5 - Implement digital solutions to enhance our service delivery

3.  Authorises the Cabinet to approve the annual action plans to deliver the IRMP.