THAT in responding to the Consultation Document, Cabinet endorses the overall approach to the Strategic Review and in relation to paragraph 11 of the Consultation Document which identifies the significant strategic issues and options for Herefordshire:

(a)             Cabinet strongly supports the pursuit of Option C involving the double dissolution of Herefordshire College of Technology and Herefordshire College of Art and Design in order to create a new corporation which would receive the assets and liabilities from both founder organisations;

(b)             Cabinet supports the local Learning and Skills Councils in its wish to work closely with the Pershore Group of Colleges on the future of the Holme Lacy Campus to ensure better integration of its facilities with this new institution;

and

(c)             Cabinet supports the view expressed by the Learning and Skills Council that all three existing colleges on the Folly Lane Campus need to make even greater efforts to support the new proposed institution through better shared utilisation of resources including premises and common services and funding.