The report sets out a summary of the issues raised by each of the Overview and Scrutiny Committees at their joint meeting on 28 July 2011.  The meeting was convened in response to the agreement by Cabinet of a report which set out budget savings in the light of the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review and the subsequent Local Government Financial Settlement.

The report explained that all the Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committees (OSCs) met in joint session on 28 July where they were presented with the report  which had been agreed by Cabinet at its meeting in February.  A draft minute of that meeting was presented which set out budget savings in the light of the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review and the subsequent Local Government Financial Settlement. The report also contained summaries of the issues raised by each Committee as set out in the committees’ draft minutes.

Members present thanked officers for providing detailed responses to the issues raised at the joint OSC meeting in July.

Cabinet RESOLVED:

To note the matters raised in the minutes of the Overview and Scrutiny Committees shown in the appendix to the report.