The Cabinet Member for Housing and Health introduced the item and stated that:

·  The Council was projecting a net overspend of just under £300,000 for the 2023/24 financial year.

·  The finance budget for Housing, Health and Environment Services was currently £3.615m, compared to a budget of £3.434m.

·  The end of year forecast for Housing, Health and Environment Services was a projected overspend of £582,000.

·  The largest variance in budget was from homeless temporary accommodation.

·  Four of the eight Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Housing, Health and Environment Services were achieved, with three missing targets within 10%.

The Committee considered the update and queried the £90,000 underspend in relation to Environmental Protection Section and whether the Committee could be presented with a trend metric for KPIs.

The Director of Regeneration and Place stated he would provide an answer to the Environmental Protection underspend to the Committee and the Information and Analytics Manager stated that future performance reports could include a trend graph metric.

RESOLVED: That the following be noted:

1.  The Revenue position as at the end of Quarter 2 for 2023/24, including the actions being taken or proposed to improve the position, where significant variances have been identified;

2.  The Capital position at the end of Quarter 2 for 2023/24;

3.  The Performance position as at Quarter 2 for 2023/24, including the actions being taken or proposed to improve the position, where significant issues have been identified; and

4.  The UK Shared Prosperity Fund update, attached at Appendix 3 to the report.