‘Children’s and Young People’s Services’ refers to services that are included under Sections 3.1 to 3.6 of the Section 251 Budget disclosures from the Department for Education. For just ‘Youth Services’ this would be as per 3.5 of the Section … Continue reading
Finance
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BACS Payments and Direct Debit Collection
1.Who provides your BACs payments and direct debit collection software? Finastra/Fundtech FSC. We do not have any direct debit collection software in use. 2. How did you come to the decision to choose these companies? Competition undertaken some years ago … Continue reading
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S106 Payments
In relation to developer contributions, or Section 106 payments, for every payment that is owed to the council, I would like the following details: a) The amount of money owed; b) The date by which it was supposed to have … Continue reading
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Qatar National Bank Funds
1.Please provide a breakdown of local authority funds that have been stored with Qatar National Bank (QNB) since 1 January 2017. None. Qatar National Bank is not on our approved counterparty list, and has not been at any point since 1 … Continue reading
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Midas Group
Is the council or any of its subsidiary companies a creditor of any of the Midas companies ? No Were any Council schemes affected by the collapse of the Midas companies ? No
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Devon County Council owned valuable artwork
a) How many pieces of art, broadly defined, do you currently have in storage that are not on display? I use ‘storage’ as loosely defined too. b) Please provide the name of and price of the most expensive piece of … Continue reading
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School Finances
I would like to know the number of schools under your authority which ended the last academic year (2021/22) in financial deficit. 13 schools. If possible, I would also like to know the extent to which these schools were in … Continue reading
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Management Software
Grounds Maintenance Software 1. What software you are using for your grounds maintenance? Devon County uses a bespoke purpose written Equinox based software package called GROMAS. 2. What is the annual spend on this contract? The annual spend on this … Continue reading
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Devon Carers
Please can you advise of the annual financial grant/ funding that Devon County Council provides to Devon Carers Services, to deliver Carer services in the Devon area. 21/22 total spend was £2.943M. 22/23 planned spend is £3.464M. The increase predominantly … Continue reading
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Senior Finance Officers
Please can you provide the name, direct telephone number and email address for the following senior management positions responsible for Social Care Finance and Commissioning Services: 1. Head of Finance for Children’s Services: This would be the individual responsible for … Continue reading