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1.            
That all the officer witnesses be thanked for their
attendance at the meeting and input into the Committee’s
discussions relating to the identified pressures in the draft
2024/25 budget.

2.            
That the Group Head of Finance (AR) checks the
information given in the presentation as to why Law and Governance
appears to have a forecast underspend in 2024/25.

3.            
That the Finance Team produce additional information
for the Committee on:

a)           
The number of out of area school placements
requiring home to school transport and the cost of
these;

b)           
How the Council operates its self-insurance
mechanism, the number of claims it receives in a year and the value
of those claims which are upheld;

c)            
Reason for Commercial Property Lawyer post
(OP24-18N) only being listed for one year – is this for a
one-off project?

4.            
That:

a)           
the Director of Children’s Services provides
the Committee with information on the number of unaccompanied
asylum seeking children the Council currently looks after, how the
Government’s dispersal system works (should work?) and how
many additional children Milton Keynes would be allocated under the
scheme;

b)           
The Group Head of Finance (NH) provides a brief
explanation of the grant funding the Council receives from the
Government to support its work with unaccompanied asylum seeking
children.

5.            
That in the interests of improved clarity the
Finance Team reviews the terminology listed under
“Reason” to explain why a pressure has arisen to see if
further descriptions are required / could be added.