Issue - meetings

To receive a verbal report on car user allowances.

That the update be noted.

As background to the item, the Internal Audit Manager said that car user allowances had formed part of an Internal Audit report on additional payments and had subsequently become a topic of wider interest.

The Chief Executive provided a verbal update on the car user allowance (CUA) scheme as an exempt item, due to negotiations ongoing with Trade Unions.  He described the criteria for the scheme and said that the introduction of changes with stricter controls was a matter currently under discussion.  If agreement was reached, there was potential to exceed the savings target.  At the stage of agreement, a workforce communication would be issued with advance details shared with the Committee.  The suggestion made by Councillor Glyn Banks on retrospective claims would be taken into consideration in conjunction with the necessary specialist advice.

RESOLVED:

That the update be noted.