Decision Maker: Executive
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Decision:
The Executive agreed the
recommendations as outlined above namely:
- To
note the report.
- To
agree to transition out the Growth and Prosperity net revenue
budget target over a 2-year period, 2022/23-23/24, with any
proceeds subsequently realised from the existing work programme
being directed to bolstering reserves and any new proceeds being
retained by Growth and Prosperity for their re-investment [para 3.4
of the report].
- To
require the respective directors and Director of Resources to
continue to closely monitor and manage service financial and
operational performances, specifically Growth and Prosperity,
Children’s Services, Strategic Leisure Assets and Adult
Services.
- To
prompt the Scrutiny Leadership Board to continue to independently
review the financial and operational performances of the services
listed in decision 3.
- To
continue to lobby central government (HM Treasury, Department for
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (formerly the Ministry of
Housing, Communities and Local Government), Department for Health
and Social Care, Department for Transport, Department for Digital,
Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy and Department for Education in particular)
along with local authority peers and networks and the Local
Government Association for the funding necessary to cope with the
demands and new burdens presenting as a result of both Covid and
within Children’s Services.
Publication date: 07/12/2021
Date of decision: 06/12/2021
Decided at meeting: 06/12/2021 - Executive
Effective from: 11/12/2021
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