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In the report, you say that, in 2022-23, five boards needed that extra money from the Government to break even and that, in 2023-34, the number increased to eight boards.
That cohort will largely exit the system at the conclusion of this academic year, so the funding for those extra places—I stress “extra places”—will no longer be required.
Normally, the counting days—the 40 days plus the 14 extra days that the Government gives—stop at recess and the recess dates are not counted towards those scrutiny days.