At the weekend I scanned in the rest of the pages that define terms used in the contract (which come to a further 38 pages). This is from page 7 onwards. The next page after that deals with third-party rights.
The Wirral Schools Forum meets tomorrow evening to discuss where to find the ÂŁ2.3 million of savings to its budget to pay for it. This is not because the price of the contract is going up considerably year on year, but because Wirral Council have decided to stop making a ÂŁ2.3 million contribution to it each year. In total the annual contract payments are ~ÂŁ11 million a year. Wirral Council receive an annual grant of ÂŁ5.472 million towards this and a further ÂŁ2.972 million from schools for the services under the contract (such as cleaning, caretaking et cetera). This leaves ÂŁ2.586 million that in earlier years Wirral Council has paid, but next year has decided to cut its contribution by ÂŁ2.3 million on top of a further ÂŁ600,000 reduction this year.
Below are the definitions (from page 7 onwards) and the next page after that deals with third-party rights. Wirral Council plan to publish the complete contract by 31st December 2014 under a new transparency regime (imposed by central government).
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