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Declarations of Interest Minutes: There were no Declarations of Interest made at the meeting. |
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Minutes of previous meeting Minutes: Consideration was given to the minutes of the meeting held on 10th June, 2013.
Resolved:- That the minutes of the meeting held on 10th June, 2013, be approved as a correct record. |
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Adult Service Revenue Budget Outturn 2012-13 Additional documents: Minutes: Mark Scarrott, Finance Manager (Adult Services) presented a report relating to the Revenue Outturn position for Adult Services Department within the Neighbourhood and Adult Services Directorate for the financial year 2012/13.
It was reported that the 2012/13 revised cash limited budget was £72.024M, and the net Outturn for the Service for 2012/13 was an underspend of £0.527M (variation of -0.73%).
It was noted that a significant part of the actual underspend was due to additional income received from the NHS during the final quarter. This, together with a Council-wide moratorium on non-essential spend underpinned by tight financial management within the Service, had contributed to addressing the significant budget pressures which had emerged across the wider Council.
A summary revenue outturn position for Adult Social Services was given in the table within the submitted report.
The appendix to the submitted report detailed the revenue outturn 2012/13 and the reasons for variance from approved budgets. The following key variations were highlighted:-
Adults General (-£29,000) - Underspend in the main due to savings due to the moratorium on supplies and services and managed savings on training
Older People’s Services (-£761,000) - Additional income Winter Pressures funding received from the NHS in the last quarter - Vacancies due to Service reviews and difficulty in recruiting within Social Work Teams, Day Care, Transport, Extra Care Housing, Residential Care and Locality Services - Impact of moratorium on non-essential spend within Day Care resulted in an underspend - Slippage in developing services for Dementia clients, underspend on Independent Residential and Nursing Care due to less than budgeted for clients - Slippage in carers’ breaks - Review of Care Enabling Service and Sitting Service resulted in underspend but increased activity for Independent Home Care in the final quarter had resulted in an overspend - Overall overspends on Rothercare due to slippage in Service review and Assistive Technology equipment - Underspends reduced by pressures on Direct Payments
Learning Disabilities (-£753,000) - Main overspend in independent sector Residential Care as a result of an increase in the number of clients including higher average cost of care packages together with loss of income from Health - Recurrent pressures on Day Care transport - Under-recovery of income from charges reduced by vacant posts within inhouse day centres pending final outcome of review - Demand for Direct Payments - New high cost placements in Independent Day Care and Community Support - Overspends reduced by underspend in Supported Living Schemes due to additional Continuing Health Care income
Mental Health Services (-£58,000) - Continued increase in uptake on Direct Payments - Savings on Community Support budgets - Minor underspends on supplies and services
Physical and Sensory Disabilities (-£271,000) - Slippage on new investments to provide alternatives to residential care - Underspend on equipment and minor adaptations - Additional Winter Pressures funding, vacancies and savings on supplies and services - Increase in demand for Direct Payments
Adult Safeguarding (-£19,000) - Vacant posts plus additional fee income from Court of Protection
Supporting People (-£142,000) - Efficiency savings ... view the full minutes text for item 12. |
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Date of Next Meeting - Monday, 23rd September, 2013 at 10.00 a.m. Minutes: Resolved:- That a further meeting be held on Monday, 8th July, 2013, commencing at 10.00 a.m. |