Decision details

Purpose of Report: To provide background information for the overall Financial Strategy and to present the savings proposals and growth assumptions for the Health and Adult Social Care Portfolio.

The Executive Member is asked to consider, in the context of the overall budget, the 2021/22 revenue growth and savings proposals and the feedback from consultation for their portfolio.

Resolved: 

(i)      That the feedback from consultation for Health and Adult Social Care portfolio, as set out in Annex 3 to the report, be noted.

(ii)    That the following be agreed for inclusion within the overall Financial Strategy 2021/22 to 2025/26 to be presented to Executive on 11 February 2021 and Full Council on 25 February 2021:

a)      The 2021/22 revenue savings proposals for Children, Young People and Education and Culture, Leisure and Communities portfolios portfolios, as set out in Annex 1 to the report.

b)      The 2021/22 revenue growth proposals for Children, Young People and Education and Culture, Leisure and Communities portfolios, as set out in Annex 2 to the report.

c)      The new schemes for inclusion in the 2021/22 to 2025/26 Capital Programme as set out in Annex 4 to the report.

Reason:     To ensure that stakeholders have the opportunity to feed into the budget process in advance of the finalisation of the Financial Strategy 2021/22 to 2025/26.