Issue - meetings

(To receive a report from the Executive Director of Finance and Public Protection, which provides an update on spending compared with budgets for the financial year which started on 1 April 2016)

That the current position on the revenue and capital budgets be noted.

Consideration was given to a report from the Executive Director of Finance and Public Protection, which provided an update on spending compared with budgets for the financial year which started on 1 April 2016.

The County Finance Officer presented the report to the Executive and in doing so, advised that the tables in the report had shown the actual income and expenditure for nine months of the financial year, along with projections for spending and a comparison of the projections against the approved budgets.

Members were provided with an opportunity to ask questions, where the following points were noted: -

·       It was requested that the narrative, as detailed at paragraph 1.27 of the report, in relation to an underspend of £1.724m within the community wellbeing commissioning strategy was expanded;

·       It was noted that the Executive Director for Adult Care and Community Wellbeing was continuing to work with the districts in developing a memorandum of understanding with the seven district councils on the expenditure of the Disability Facilities Grant.  Officers were still awaiting national guidance on this matter. 

The Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee advised that the Committee had considered a report on the Revenue and Capital Budget Monitoring Report 2016/17 at its meeting on 26 January 2017. It was noted that the Committee had supported the recommendations contained in the Executive's report and its comments were detailed in the additional information pack.

A discussion took place regarding the issues around delayed transfers of care in hospitals and Members were assured that officers from the County Council were working with the local NHS to find solutions to the matter.  The County Council had officers from Adult Care located in surrounding hospitals to assist with the flow of patients.  The Executive wished its thanks to those teams be noted. 

RESOLVED

That the current position on the revenue and capital budgets be noted.