Issue details
Resolution of Grant Payments: Children's Services - Educational Maintenance Allowances
This paper proposes a way forward for the 16-19 bursary and is urgent as it will allow those who have applied for support, if successful, to be informed at the start of term of their inclusion in the scheme. Accordingly, the Commissioners are asked to:
1. Support the continuation of the Educational Maintenance Grant but rename the grant the Tower Hamlets Educational Maintenance Allowance; and
2. Note the terms and conditions under which the impact of the revised grant is to be measured.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Significant impact on communities living or working in two or more wards;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 08/09/2015
This decision will be taken under urgency procedures.
Reason for urgency:
At a previous meeting of the Commissioners, of 27th May 2015, a grant for post-16 (the Mayor’s Educational Maintenance Allowance) was considered. It was agreed at that meeting that those within the scheme should continue to receive their awards but that no more awards should be made until the purpose and impact measures were clarified.
Officers were required at that meeting to resolve the issues relating to those two awards and return to the Commissioners with that resolution. This paper proposes a way forward for the 16-19 bursary.. It will allow those who have applied for support to be informed at the start of term of their inclusion in the scheme, if successful.
It is not intended to consider the Higher Education Grant at this time.
Open/Exempt: Open;
Decision due: 9 Sep 15 by Commissioners' Decision Making Meeting
Lead member: Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Education and Children's Services
Lead director: Corporate Director, Children and Culture
Department: Children and Culture
Contact: Terry Parkin, Interim Service Head, Learning & Achievement 0207 364 4056 Email: terry.parkin@towerhamlets.gov.uk.
Consultation process
The outcome on consultation with the Cabinet Lead Member Cllr Rachel Saunders will be presented to Commissioners. In addition, there have been discussions with Legal and Finance Officers regarding the resolution of this grant.
Has an Equality Analysis been carried out and if so the result of this Assessment?: N/a
What supporting documents or other information will be available?: Linked Reports, Appendices and Background Documents http://edemoc2ksrv:8070/documents/s71839/f%20Discretionary%20Grants%20with%20LF%20comments%2019.5%20Final.pdf
Agenda items
- 09/09/2015 - Commissioners' Decision Making Meeting Resolution of Grant Payments: Children's Services (Educational Maintenance Allowances) 09/09/2015
- 09/09/2015 - Commissioners' Decision Making Meeting Resolution of Grant Payments: Children's Services - Educational Maintenance Allowances 09/09/2015