Agenda item

The Committee considered a joint report of the Corporate Director of Resources and the Corporate Director of Adults and Health Services that provided details of the forecast outturn budget position for the Adult and Health Services (AHS) service grouping, highlighting major variances in comparison with the budget for the year, based on the position to the end of December 2018. A presentation was given by the Finance Manager, Adult and Health Services (for copy of report and slides, see file of minutes).

Councillor Temple asked that further details be provided on the Public Health budget so that the committee could see the break down of what the funds were being spent on.  The Finance Manager confirmed that he would provide a summary in respect to this.

Referring to the underspend in the Adult Care budget, Councillor Smith was concerned that not enough people were being employed to deliver the service as there was a huge pressure on the amount of people requiring it.  The Finance Manager explained that the underspend on employees would disappear as the MTFP budget was updated throughout the year and that the budget was based on demand so could vary quite considerably.  He would look into this and report back to the committee.

Resolved:

That the information contained in the report be noted and a further more detailed report be brought back to the Committee setting out the Public Health services currently delivered through Public Health Funding.