The Director of Children & Families approved the decision as detailed below.
Settings currently receiving FFI top up of £650 per unit will receive an increase to £672 per unit, this will be backdated to April 2022. This £22 unit increase represents a 3.4% increase in the unit rate. For special school setting, the unit rate will be increased from £684 to £708 (which equates to an increase of 3.51%). These increases are expected to equate to additional total top up payments of up to £1.5m. The FFI unit rate will be reviewed in future years in accordance with the level of high needs funding received.