Some key cuts by department.

Adult services, total savings £7.4m, 39 posts
• Less demand on services due to demographic changes £665k
• Buying less residential care £2m
• Modernisation including more comprehensive day centres and more home assessment and care £2m
• Helping people to remain and become independent to reduce care bill £660k
• Getting NHS to pay more of care costs and reduce spending on training and IT £931k
• Increased income £400k
• Use less block contracts £57k
• Raid winter contingencies £1.52m
  
  Children's services, total savings £0.8m.
• Withdrawal of subsidy funding for schools
• using Stubbington and Minstead study centres £145k
• Charge faith schools for transport £25k
• Less printers in Ashburton court after children's services moved out £35k
• Reduce use of agencies for fostering placements £400k
• Buy less residential and foster care £80k
• Reduce use of educational psychology £120k
• Give families cash to buy home care rather than using agencies £125k
  
  Environment, total savings £1.8m
• Highways maintenance budget £810k
• Reduce pass plus training grants for new young drivers £75k
• Savings from previous bus service cuts and re-tendering in Winchester, Romsey and Waterside £673k
• Carry forward underspend on sub-regional transport planning £380k
• Major scheme development costs to come from capital budget £85k
• Save on IT support £98k
• Carry forward underspend on PUSH, a partnership of councils £90k
  
  Recreation and heritage, total savings £1.1m, 9 posts
• Cut staff costs and higher charges in museums and archives £95k
• Higher charges for design services and cut staff costs in arts and tourism £74k
• Don't fill vacant jobs in libraries £478k
• Higher charges and less staffing costs for countryside service £120k
• Reduce sports and community staff costs and external grants £60k
• Other savings from innovation £25k
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