Future Investment in Supporting People (Housing related Support) Services in Nottinghamshire
As a consequence of the unprecedented financial situation that the Council is facing, difficult decisions have had to be made in order to make significant savings in the Council’s budget over the next four years.
At its meeting on the 21st October 2010 the County Council agreed to undertake a 12 week consultation on a wide range of savings proposals, including the proposal to make savings in the Supporting People budget ranging from £10 million to £15 million.
At the Full Council Meeting on 24th February 2011, a reduction in the Supporting People budget of £10 million was agreed, taking into account £1.5 million additional funding from the NHS. A further consultation was undertaken over an eight week period between 1st February and 28th March in relation to the savings proposals associated with the new budget.
The County Council has listened carefully to the comments and views from the consultation and has made a number of amendments to the proposals based on the feedback from the consultation. The revised proposals were agreed at the Full Council Meeting on 30th June 2011. Details of the way in which housing related support services will be affected by the new budgets are contained in the linked documents below.