Agenda item

Members considered the ICT and Procurement Service Report Card.

Officers advised that given the nature of the service upwards of 75% of the budget was in relation to staffing costs and if additional savings targets were identified then it would result in staff having to leave.

Members welcomed the service’s use of modern apprentices and asked whether this would continue in the future. Officers stated that there currently 8 full time staff employed by the service, two are modern apprentices and six had previously been apprentices. The service will continue to identify opportunities to utilise more apprentices in the future.

Members asked how sickness absence was monitored within the service. It was confirmed that every Monday the Head of Service and his accountable managers are e-mailed a copy of all the sickness absence taken the previous week to ensure that it is managed immediately. Each individual’s sickness absence details are appended to the return to work interviews and submitted with the monthly returns.

Following scrutiny the report was noted.