Agenda item

To receive a report of the Commissioner of Police.

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner which presented the financial position of the Force to the end of the first quarter 2013/14. It was noted the second quarter report would be received at the December meeting of the Committee.

The Assistant Commissioner noted that the latest year end forecast was for the Police to be within budget by £0.1m rather than the £0.4m indicated in the report. The budgeted grant income that was still subject to confirmation had reduced from £7.3 million to £2.7 million and therefore the financial risks were receding.

A Member queried as to the number of full time staff and the Commander of Operations replied that the numbers listed were partly affected by the differing charging models. The Commissioner referred to the Force’s relatively strong financial reserves at this time and indicated that it would be useful to articulate how these reserves were being set against specific financial risks.  He therefore intended to bring a report to a future Committee on this subject.