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P-04-660 Additional Pressures on Funding for Education Provision Faced by Sparsely Populated Areas
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Meeting: 12/07/2016 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
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Supporting documents:
- Coversheet, item 4 PDF 19 KB View as HTML (4/1) 7 KB
- 05.04.2016 Correspondence - From the Minister for Education and Skills to the Chair, item 4 PDF 171 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence from the then Minister for Education and
Skills and agreed to close the petition.
In doing so, they also agreed to write to the Chair of the Finance
Committee, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government and the
Cabinet Secretary for Education, to ask them to take the issues raised into account
in the next budget round.
Meeting: 08/03/2016 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
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Supporting documents:
- Cover Sheet, item 3 PDF 19 KB View as HTML (3/1) 7 KB
- 09.02.2016 Correspondence - Minister for Education and Skills to the Chair, item 3 PDF 204 KB
- 29.02.2016 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 3 PDF 44 KB View as HTML (3/3) 14 KB
Minutes:
William
Powell declared the following interest under Standing Order 17.24A:
He
is a registered supporter of the Save Powys Schools campaign and is actively
involved in one of their sub campaigns.
Russell
George declared the following interest under Standing Order 17.24A:
He
is a member of Powys County Council.
The
Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to:
·
write
to the Minister asking for his comments on the additional information and
questions raised by the petitioner and also why the Welsh Government does not
collect or hold data on pupil movement over the Wales/England border; and
·
forward
details of the petition to the Committee tasked with scrutinising the Local
Government (Wales) Bill when it is introduced, so that they can take the issues
raised into consideration.
Meeting: 08/12/2015 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 P-04-660 The Additional Pressures on Funding for Education Provision Faced by Sparsely Populated Rural Areas
Supporting documents:
- Cover Sheet, item 2 PDF 19 KB View as HTML (2/1) 7 KB
- 13.11.2015 Correspondence - Minister for Education and Skills to the Chair, item 2 PDF 165 KB
- 30.11.2015 Correspondence Petitioner to the Clerking Team, item 2 PDF 22 KB View as HTML (2/3) 3 KB
- 30.11.2015 Correspondence - Petitioner to Clerking Team - Annexe 1, item 2 PDF 53 KB
- 30.11.2015 Correspondence - Petitioner to Clerking Team - Annexe 2, item 2 PDF 53 KB
Minutes:
William
Powell declared the following interest under Standing Order 17.24A:
He
is a member of Powys County Council and is a school governor.
Russell
George declared the following interest under Standing Order 17.24A:
He
is a member of Powys County Council and is a school governor.
The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write to the
Minister to:
·
Seek
his views on the additional information provided by the petitioners;
·
Ask
what research has been done into the effect of pupils receiving their primary
education outside of Wales and their secondary education in Wales and whether education
consortia hold any information on the number of pupils affected in this way.