To receive any apologies for absence.

To receive declarations of interests in respect of Table A or Table B or Other Interests from members of the committee in respect of items on the agenda.

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 28 March 2024 and 25 April 2024.

Minutes of 25 April 2024 to follow. 

The deadline for submission of questions for this meeting is:

5pm on 10 May 2024.

Questions must be submitted to councillorservices@herefordshire.gov.uk. Questions sent to any other address may not be accepted.

Accepted questions and the response to them will be published as a supplement to the agenda papers prior to the meeting. Further information and guidance is available at https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/getinvolved

To receive questions from members of the public.

To receive questions from councillors.

To receive reports from the Council’s scrutiny committees on any recommendations to the Cabinet arising from recent scrutiny committee meetings.

One report:

·        Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee: Fostering services

The purpose of this report is to notify the Cabinet of the recommendations from the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee, made at its meeting on 7 May 2024, and to request a response from the executive

The council’s constitution requires Cabinet to make recommendations to council in respect of budget and policy framework items; the Herefordshire Council Plan forms part of this framework.

To report the provisional financial outturn position for 2023/24 for revenue and capital budgets, subject to external audit.  The 2023/24 outturn shows a net overspend of £8.7 million after the use of reserves and recovery plan actions.

To review performance for Q4 2023/24 and to report the performance position across all Directorates for this period.