Dear Mr Hale
We write in response to your requests for information received here on 31 March 2014. For your reference your requests for information are in bold below and our responses follow.
Please answer the questions below, as required under the Freedom of Information Act
Answer for first three questions is the same and the budget is set to be the same as the grant funding.
What is the Bristol City Council Public Health Budget for the last spending year, this spending year and next spending year?
2012-13 there was no ring fenced budget
2013 -14 Ring fenced public health grant for Bristol is £27,312,500
2014-15 Ring fenced public health grant for Bristol is £29,122,300
What is the Bristol City Council Public Health Ring fenced Budget for the last spending year, this spending year and next spending year?
See above
What is the Bristol City Council Mental Health Ring fenced Budget for the last spending year, this spending year and next spending year.
2012 13 no budget
2013/14 budget for Mental Health was £650,754
2014/15 the contractual/pay budget spend will be the same, but non-pay expenditure may change (up or down) according to new priorities
How much of the current spending years' public health budget remains unspent?
£658,930 remains unspent from 2013-14 budget
How much of the current spending years' mental health budget remains unspent?
£48,568 – underspend due to staff secondment and reduction in hours (staffs request not service decision)
How many Public Health posts have been frozen?
None
How many Ring fenced Public Health posts have been frozen?
None
How many Public Health posts have been reduced in terms of hours per week?
None
How many Ring fenced Public Health posts have been reduced in terms of hours per week?
One post was reduced by 0.5 wte this year, due to personal request not a service decision.
How many Mental Health posts have been frozen?
None
How many Ring fenced Mental Health posts have been frozen?
None
How many Mental Health posts have been reduced in terms of hours per week?
One post was reduced by 0.5 wte this year, due to personal request not a service decision
How many Ring fenced Mental Health posts have been reduced in terms of hours per week?
None
Are there any plans to cut funding and/or freeze posts for Smoking Cessation Services?
The proposed structure has shown no plans to reduce posts. We have reduced the Smokefree South West Contract, but that is a decision made across south west and with that organisation.
Are there any plans to cut funding and/or freeze posts for Mental Health Services?
No
Are there any plans to cut funding and/or freeze posts for Sport Exercise for Mental Health Services?
This is not a public health funded area
How many staff hours per week were/are assign for direct work on Bristol Active Life Project for the last spending year, this spending year and next spending year?
This is not a public health funded area
Given the mayors' promise that if the reorganisation affected any services Bristol City Council would undertake a consultation into resolving these effects, what plans are there for that consultation?
We have no current plans which would affect services at the moment, but will adhere to necessary consultation requirements if plans change
How much Contigency fund money has or is being spent on re-organisation (including redundancy (compulsory or voluntary) payments and any other related costs)?
No Public Health grant funding has been used to fund re-organisation
How much Contigency fund money has or is being spent on redundancy (compulsory or voluntary) payments and any other related costs)?
Not applicable as no public health staff have been made redundant
On behalf of
Freedom of Information Team
