Agenda

Minutes of the meeting of Cabinet held on 12 April 2022, as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair.

Unless already entered in the Council’s Register of Members’ interests, members are required to disclose any personal interest (which includes any disclosable pecuniary interest) they may have in any of the items included on the agenda for the meeting in accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the Council on 4 July 2012, and are reminded that if they have any personal interests of a prejudicial nature (as defined under paragraph 17 of the Code Conduct) they must not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must leave the room. NB Any member needing clarification must contact monitoringofficer@northumberland.gov.uk. Please refer to the guidance on disclosures at the rear of this agenda letter.

Proposals for the Coquet Partnership

The Council has approved the allocation of £25.5m of capital investment in schools in the Coquet Partnership.  Before committing such investment to relevant school capital projects, Council officers have met with school leaders collectively and individually in the partnership to discuss what structure of organisation of schools would be, in their view, the most effective in improving outcomes for pupils in all phases and for the long-term sustainability of the partnership.

This report sets out the findings of these meetings, and as a result of feedback received by each of the Governing Bodies of the Coquet Partnership schools to the Council, Cabinet is recommended to approve a six-week consultation on proposals for a 2-tier structure in the Coquet Partnership with effect from 13 May 2022 (Appendix A).

The report of the FACS OSC will be circulated when the Committee has met.  

Bus Service Improvement Plan and Enhanced Partnership

This report set out the details of the recent Government announcement relating to indicative allocations for the delivery of regional Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIPs) and to provide an update on the development of the Enhanced Partnership (EP) for buses in the North East and its implications on the Council’s future responsibilities (Appendix B).

Summary of New Capital Proposals considered by Officer Capital Strategy Group

The report summarises proposed amendments to the Capital Programme considered by the officer Capital Strategy Group via email on 1 April 2022 (Appendix C).

Nominations to Outside Bodies

To agree Cabinet’s nominations to outside bodies detailed in Appendix D.

To consider such other business as, in the opinion of the Chair, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.