Decision details

The Committee considered a report that advised that a formal request had been received from the Chief Financial Officer of the Integrated Joint Board (IJB) to request that consideration is given to payback arrangements relating to the overspend on Social Work Services within the Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) for 2018-19.

Decision

The Policy and Resources Committee -

1.    Approved that the Social Work 2018-19 overspend of £3.127m is repaid by the HSCP over a period of three years with repayments weighted across the three years.

2.    Noted that repayments would be £0.800m in 2020-21, £1.000m in 2021-22 and the balance of £1.327m in 2022-23 and that the agreement would be reviewed at the end of 2019-20.

(Reference:  Report by Head of Strategic Finance dated 8 May 2019, submitted)