The school’s allocation of DFCG can be used to purchase additional fire safety equipment and improvements.
The school may also have Energy Efficiency grant available to spend. If this grant has not been committed for spend on Energy Efficiency it can be used for other purchases and projects relating to capital.
Details of the budget allocations, spending and available balance on these grants are produced quarterly by the Corporate Finance team and published on the SSE Website: School Funding and Accountancy Team – SFAT | Support Services for Education.
There is no need to apply for these grants. Pay the supplier invoices in the usual way and use one of the school suspense ledger codes – see tables below – when coding the supplier invoices in FMS. These ledger codes are reviewed quarterly by Corporate Finance and will be zero at year end.
Finally, once the invoices are paid please send copies to the Corporate Capital CorporateCapital@somerset.gov.uk mailbox and indicate which grant you are using to pay for these invoices.
| DFCG ledger code | DFCG ledger code description |
| 20209 | Construction Costs DFCG |
| 40011 | Plant/Equipment – DFCG |
| 42008 | Equipment ICT- DFCG |
| Energy Efficiency ledger code | Energy Efficiency ledger code description |
| 20210 | Construction Costs – Energy Efficiency |
| 40013 | Plant/Equipment – Energy Efficiency |
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Updates and amendments to the Fire Safety Order (S156 Building Safety Act 2022)
