To approve the expenditure of basic need funding as a contribution towards the provision of a new school hall at Kimbolton St James' CE Primary School.

That:

a contribution, not exceeding £75k, be made to Kimbolton St James’ CE Primary School towards the provision of a new hall, in line with the council’s Schools Capital Investment Strategy.

No funding contribution is made and the hall is not built. The school would continue to be without a hall and would not be compliant in terms of space within the building and would not be able to offer the children a suitable space to eat their school dinners, undertake PE or come together as a school for worship.

No funding contribution is made. The school would have to source additional funding to enable the scheme to progress. This could be by way of fundraising, which would delay the creation of a much needed space, or by taking out a loan. The repayment of the loan would result in a reduction in available resources for the school.

Funding is made available from a different funding source to the basic need. As a voluntary aided school, the only other funding stream available is LCVAP (LA Co-ordinated Voluntary Aided Programme) maintenance. However, an allocation of £63k has already been made from this funding source for this scheme as determined by the Cabinet member contracts and assets in a meeting on 30 June 2017 (http://hc-modgov:9070/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=4643 ). No further funding can be allocated from this source as it is fully committed for this financial year.