Agenda item

As noted at previous meetings, the DfE required SBC to deliver a DSG Management Plan (the Plan). This involved a great deal of background work with the production of data, and population of the Plan, from a number of departments.

SBC had to submit the finalised HNB Recovery Plan to the DfE on Friday 9 July and a further meeting with the DfE Policy Team was scheduled for Monday 26 July, at which time there would also be a thorough examination of the Plan.  It was hoped the DfE would appreciate the work which had been going on. It was stressed the Plan was not connected to the Section 114 but that the Council’s financial position impacted on the Plan.

Future trends had been reviewed; it would be necessary to manage projected deficits and to work differently.