Agenda item

The Committee considered a report of the Director of Children and Family Services concerning issues raised by the Professional Association of Educational Psychologists (AEP) in a letter to the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee regarding decisions about the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS). A copy of the report, together with a copy of the associated correspondence, marked “Agenda Item 15”, is filed with these minutes.

The Director reported that, whilst reductions to service budgets were regrettable, they were entirely necessary in order to achieve the savings in the MTFS. Capacity to make savings with little impact were no longer possible, and though the Educational Psychology had received an 18% reduction, which would increase to 29% if the additional savings were approved in the new MTFS, this was less than many other services in the Department which had received a reduction of up to 33%.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.