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1 Summary

1.1 This report sets out the proposed Adult Services revenue budget for 2007/08, a provisional budget for 2008/09 and 2009/10 and recommends a revised budget for 2006/07.

1.2 The following decisions are sought:

To approve for submission to the Leader and Cabinet:

1. The revised budget for 2006/07 totalling £268.7m (as set out in Appendices 1 and 2)

2. Any remaining balance of the 2006/07 contingency at the year end be carried forward to 2007/08 to offset pressures in that year

3. The base budget for 2007/08 totalling £258.9m (as set out in Appendix 3)

4. The proposals for growth totalling £19.9 m (as set out in Appendix 4)

5. The proposals for redeployment of resources totalling £12.4m in 2007/08 (as set out in Appendix 4)

6. The balance of £7.5m be met from the extra guideline growth of £6.0m and from the budgeted contingency

7. The proposals for efficiency improvements totalling £6.5m ( 2.5% of the base budget) in 2007/08 (as set out in Appendix 5)

8. The annual review of income and charges (as set out in Appendix 6)

9. The detailed budget for 2007/08 (as set out in Appendix 7)

10. For Supporting People the impact of both the real term reduction and the continued long term uncertainty be reported back to the Executive Member so that the savings required to keep within the cash limit are understood and agreed

11. The workforce implications of the proposed budget for 2007/08 including plans for workforce reductions to contribute towards the increased cost of the new pay framework (as set out in Appendix 9)

12. The provisional budget for 2008/09 of £276.4m and for 2009/10 of £288.2m (as set out in Appendix 10)

2 Reason(s)

2.1 Cabinet has requested that service budgets be prepared for approval by Executive members within the provisional budget guidelines set by Cabinet in September 2006 and submitted to the Leader and Cabinet for consideration in February 2007. Proposals need to be submitted to the Cabinet on 9 February 2007 in order to influence decisions on the 2007/08 budget and council tax.

2.2 The budget proposals contained in this report are derived from the departmental service plans which have been developed to support the priorities of the Corporate Strategy.

3 Other options considered and rejected:

3.1 The total of the budget proposals in this report equal the guidelines set by Cabinet. A budget in excess of the guidelines is not affordable and a budget below the guidelines would not enable service objectives to be met.

4 Conflicts of interest declared by the decision maker or other Executive member consulted

None

5 Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee

None

6 Reason(s) for the matter being dealt with if urgent

Not applicable

Approved by: Date:

Councillor Patricia Banks

Executive Member for Adult Social Care