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Business cases need to be submitted two weeks, at minimum, before the Business Case Scrutiny Group (BCSG) meeting date to ensure that adequate time is given for Group members to assess individual cases. If supported, business cases will then move forward to the Education Investment Panel.

To help with the planning of your business case submission, a list of meeting dates for 2023 to 2024 are given below. Note: 2025 and beyond, we propose to follow the same bi-monthly arrangement.

Business case timetable

 

Delivery Partner's Business Case Submission Deadline

 

Programme Team to undertake pre scrutiny checks and 
prepare papers for issue
1 week prior to BCSG
meeting.

 

Business Case Scrutiny Group meeting date

 

Programme Team to feedback
addendums and clarifications to delivery partners and prepare
papers for issue 1 week
prior to Panel meeting.

 

Education Investment Panel meeting date

 

30 June 2023

 

 

 

13 July 2023

 

 

17 August 2023

 

 

31 August 2023

 

 

 

14 September 2023

 

 

12 October 2023

 

2 November 2023

 

 

16 November 2023

 

 

 

14 December 2023

 

4 January 2024

 

 

 

18 January 2024

 

 

22 February 2024

 

29 February 2024

 

 

14 March 2024

 

 

 

18 April 2024

 

2 May 2024

 

 

16 May 2024

 

 

 

20 June 2024

 

4 July 2024

 

 

18 July 2024

 

 

 

22 August 2024

 

29 August 2024

 

 

12 September 2024

 

 

 

17 October 2024

 

30 October 2024

 

 

14 November 2024

 

 

 

12 December 2024

Delivery partner's business case submission deadline

To ensure that your cases for change are reviewed and assessed in a timely manner by the Programme Team and policy colleagues, we require submission of business cases 2 weeks prior to the BCSG meeting date, as a minimum. Failure to submit your business case 2 weeks prior to the requisite meeting date may result in your business case being deferred to the next scheduled meeting.