Report Summary
This report provides members of the Forensic Services Committee with an overview of the Forensic Services Q3 Finance Report.
Meeting
The publication discussed was referenced in the meeting below
Forensics Services Committee - 5 February 2024
Date : 05 February 2024
Location : online
Further Detail on the Report Topic
Revenue
• Q3 forecast is £0.5m under budget. Costs are lower due to staff recruitment falling behind budgeted figures.
• Lower pay spend reflects the challenges in recruitment that Forensic Services has faced throughout 2023/24.
Capital
• Capital spend year to date is behind budget. The Q3 forecast is a full year spend of £0.8m which is an (56%) underspend
versus the full year budget.
• This forecast underspend is driven by spend being paused if not legally committed by Police Scotland in order to help
manage the capital spend in 2023/24 alongside slippage in projects and spend that is no longer required.
Reform
• Overall spend is forecasted to be £0.4m under budget. This reflects less staff resources being used during the year
than budgeted as some projects have come to a close.
