21 Adult Education Budget - 2022/23 Grant Provider Commissioning Update and Reallocations Process
Minutes:
The Assistant Director for Skills & Employment introduced a paper outlining a number of funding decisions which would underpin the commissioning of the Adult Education Budget for 2022/23, including providers’ end of year forecasts.
Members expressed concern about the lack of performance updates from providers and asked if performance reviews were carried out. It was confirmed that performance reviews were carried out and at that point decisions could be taken about whether funding would continue, as contracts were just for one academic year. Members were informed that that there was always a lag in the reporting of the data, and that often providers used reporting systems differently. There is no other way of making decisions other than based on the information provided in the paper.
It was highlighted that the purpose of the paper was to outline the principles and approach taken to funding decisions when the correct data was available.
ACTION: J Dillon and H George to reconvene the Board as soon as possible to consider this paper.
DEFERRED: no decision taken, pending further actions agreed as above.