Paragraph 24 Access to education

management of the authority’s capital programme including preparation and review of an asset management plan and negotiation and management of private finance transactions as defined in regulation 16 of the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) Regulations 1997^f1;

planning the supply of school places, including the preparation and adoption of the school organisation plan pursuant to section 26 of the 1998 Act;

administration of the system of admissions of pupils to schools including expenditure incurred in carrying out consultations under section 89(2) of the 1998 Act and in relation to appeals;

the authority’s functions in relation to the exclusion of pupils from schools including advice to parents of an excluded pupil;

the authority’s functions under section 509 of the 1996 Act (home-to-school transport);

the authority’s functions under sections 510, 514 and 518^f2 of the 1996 Act (provision and administration of clothing grants, boarding grants and educational maintenance allowances); and

the Education Welfare Service and other expenditure arising from the authority’s functions under Chapter II of Part VI of the 1996 Act and section 10 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933^f3 (school attendance).