Minutes:
Councillor J Robinson informed the board that in June 2015 the Department of Health announced there would be an in-year reduction of £208m to the local authorities’ public health grant which equates to an in-year cut of £3.1m for Durham County Council. The funding formula from 2016 onwards would be changing which could possibly result in cuts of up to 19.6m. He advised that the public health grant and the consultation response would be discussed at the Adult, Well-being and Health Scrutiny meeting on 4 November 2015.