The Director of Children’s Services sought the Cabinet’s approval for proposed plans for the Capital Budget as part of the delivery of the Aiming High for Disabled Children Project. As part of the Short Breaks element of the project the local authority were awarded a capital grant, which for 2010/11 was £588,500. The purpose of this grant was to directly support the local areas short break service plan for transforming their short breaks service.

The report detailed the proposed spend for this allocation, which with a carry over from the 2009/10 grant of £152,363, totalled £740,863 and he also detailed the consultation process undertaken.

Resolved – That,

(1) Cabinet notes the thorough consultation and planning process that has been undertaken to devise the indicative spend of the budget;

(2) Cabinet approves the main areas of spend detailed within the report.