Agenda item

To consider the report.

Following consideration of the officer report and discussion, the Executive:

Noted that the forecast overspend of £16.3m (3.0%) for the year and the recovery action being taken and mitigations put in place to address this.

The Leader invited Nigel Behan to speak. Mr Behan raised a number of questions regarding Adults Services budgets and spend and a response was provided by the Lead Member for Adults Services, Cllr Sarah Wakefield.

The Deputy Leader and Lead Member for Resources and Performance, Cllr Liz Leyshon, explained that the report which projected an overspend of £16.3 million for the current financial year, which equated to 3% of the net budget.

It was noted that this was a small improvement of £1.2 million from the previous forecast overspend at Quarter 3. The Lead Member then handed over to the Service Director for Finance & Procurement, Nicola Hix who then summarised the report.

In response to a question as to why the ‘Movement from Month 9’ column on the table on page 59 of the report were all zeros, the Lead Member for Adult Services, Cllr Sarah Wakefield, responded noting that as a part of an on-going peer review work was being undertaken to ensure that all care packages were safe, effective and met the needs of the of the persons concerned, and also were properly costed. The Service Director for Finance & Procurement undertook to provide members with further information detailing the reason behind the figures in the table.

Following consideration of the officer report and discussion, the Executive:

Noted that the forecast overspend of £16.3m (3.0%) for the year and the recovery action being taken and mitigations put in place to address this.

ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED: As set out in the attached report

REASON FOR DECISION: As set out in the attached report