Mr Andrew Roberts, Senior Manager Financial Management introduced the regular report of the Assistant Director: Finance and Section 151 Officer that provided Members with detail to scrutinise budget performance for the area of activity that formed part of the People Theme as at the close of quarter 3 (31 December 2017).

The report summarised information that had been drawn from the relevant sections of the most recent Cabinet revenue and capital monitoring reports and combined with additional relevant service information to produce a bespoke report for the Adult Care and Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee that included the following:

• Performance against the revenue budget (including savings, income and debt); and
• Performance against the capital budget.

The Senior Manager Financial Management provided Members with a summary presentation that set out the budgetary figures for 2017/18 and information regarding key areas of note i.e.

• Quarter 3 overspend £1.5m
• Cost pressures of £5.4m
• £3.9m in year savings and one-off actions achieved
• Managing demand through review of care packages

The Senior Manager Financial Management’s presentation also provided members with a further breakdown of the key budget expenditure relating to Care, Older People (65+) Care, Learning Disability and Mental Health Care i.e. services user numbers and average costs as follows:

A copy of the Senior Manager Financial Management’s presentation is placed on the Council’s website here:

http://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=819&MId=6121

Resolved – That

(1)  the quarter 3 revenue budget forecast be noted; and

(2)  the performance of the capital projects within the purview of this Committee be noted.