Minutes of the Resources Committee – 20 February 2025
Resources Committee
Present
Members
- Lindsey Miller (Chair)
- Keith Dargie
- Marlene Anderson
- Gavin Anderson
- Jonathan Shebioba
- Stacey Law
- Ralph Riach
- Karen Burrell
- Lorraine Beveridge
- Ian Palmer (Secretariat)
Apologies
- Sarah Carter
- Thomas Lindie
Welcome and apologies
LM (Chair) welcomed the group and apologies listed above were noted.
Minutes of last meeting
The minutes of the meeting held on 20 February 2025 were approved.
Meeting action tracker
The Committee noted RC Paper 7 (2025).
The following was decided:
Action 1/25 (Vehicle Productions Storage Costs) will remain on tracker for time being.
Action 2/25 (Scheduling of RC Meetings) can be closed as completed.
COPFS finance update
MA gave an overview of RC Paper 8 (2025) .
The Committee noted the paper and general discussion followed.
Highlights included:
General update on 2024-25 budget position. The positive outcome of the additional resource and capital budget allocations secured from SG for 2025-26 is welcomed and helps ensure that all key stakeholder needs are met.
Non-Staffing Costs continue to be impacted by increases in fees and other related costs for Kennelling, Ad Hoc Advocate Deputes, Pathology and Mortuary Services, Expert Witness Reports and Court Attendance, Interpreting and Translating, Storage of vehicular case productions, Increased throughput of legacy work and other general inflationary pressures.
Work continues with budget holders and other stakeholders to ensure that all possible savings are harnessed.
The impact on COPFS of increased National Insurance costs is being assessed and solutions identified.
The Capital Budget forecast remains in line with expectations and is progressing well.
There was a general discussion in relation to the 2025- 2026 budget. It was agreed that that further discussion will be taken offline by the HOBMs, and they will feedback outcome to Finance colleagues.
Estates update
JS presented RC Paper 11 (2025)
This gave a general update on a variety of projects and proposals across the COPFS Estate.
The Committee noted the paper and approved of the direction of travel it outlined
Corporate risk register update
KD presented RC Paper 9 (2025) (CRR Update Report) and RC Paper 10 (2025) (CRR latest version) .
The Committee noted the papers.
MA reminded the group to encourage their staff to complete the COPFS Risk Management awareness e- learning module ( Let’s Talk about Risk”)
AOB
No additional items of business were raised
NEXT MEETING: 19 March 2025 at 2pm
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