Issue - meetings

1)         Cabinet notes the outcomes of the budget consultation process.

2)         Cabinet authorises the Portfolio holders for Communications, Transformation and Partnerships and Finance and Resources to further review the consultation process and consider how budget consultations could be developed for the future.

A report was submitted to provide Cabinet with information relating to the outcomes of the 2013 budget consultation process. Over 900 responses had now been received to the consultation which included 270 substantive responses which was a very good conversion rate form the 635 quantitative responses received in the previous year.

Members thanked the communications team for their hard work on the consultation project and highlighted the need to feedback the outcome of the consultation to the public.

Resolved:     1)         Cabinet notes the outcomes of the budget consultation process.

2)         Cabinet authorises the Portfolio holders for Communications, Transformation and Partnerships and Finance and Resources to further review the consultation process and consider how budget consultations could be developed for the future.