Agenda item

Final 2020-21 DSG Settlement

Minutes:

At the meeting on 12 November 2019 Schools Forum had agreed a £500,000 transfer from the High Needs to Schools Block in relation to PFI, in order to correct inaccurate baselining.  The DfE had informed the LA that the funding for PFI had now been allocated in the premises factor within the Schools Block and the transfer was unnecessary. The LA would make an adjustment to reverse the transfer.  It was acknowledged that part of the PFI funding was the LA’s contribution. This would need to be kept under review in future years when the DfE advised how PFI was to be dealt with.

 

The final DSG settlement was higher than originally estimated, with an additional £1.6m against the projected amount for 2020-21, and an overall £7m increase from 2019-2020 when growth had been taken into account.

 

It was noted that the DfE had raised the Primary Unit Funding (PUF) and Secondary Unit Funding (SUF) rates by 2% rather than the anticipated 1.84%. 

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