Forecast

Forecast

 

 

 

 

Variance

Variance

 

COVID

 

 

Month 2

Month 5

Movement

Movement

 

Service

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

Explanation of Main Movements

Director of Families, Children & Learning

0

0

0

0

 

Health, SEN & Disability Services

617

858

241

0

Increase in children's disability residential placements.

Education & Skills

259

84

(175)

0

Achievement of financial recovery measures.

Children's Safeguarding & Care

(227)

(452)

(225)

0

Staff vacancies.

Quality Assurance & Performance

38

33

(5)

0

 

Further Financial Recovery Measures

(130)

0

130

0

Savings achieved and shown in Education & Skills above.

Total Families, Children & Learning

557

523

(34)

0

 

Adult Social Care

3,129

1,150

(1,979)

0

Achievement of Financial Recovery Measures and reduction in number of home care packages.

S75 Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust (SPFT)

(308)

(843)

(535)

0

 

Integrated Commissioning

(2)

233

235

86

Temporary additional consultancy support.

Public Health

0

0

0

1

 

Further Financial Recovery Measures

(2,607)

(1,313)

1,294

0

Achievement of Recovery Measures included in forecast above.

Total Health & Adult Social Care

212

(773)

(985)

87

 

Transport

2,997

2,130

(867)

(321)

Parking Services is forecasting improvements to income of £0.315m, transactional & contract costs of £0.447m and unsupported borrowings of £0.289m. These improvements are offset by additional costs to maintain off street car parks of £0.077m and additional usage of overtime & agency of £0.028m. There are additional Bus Shelter works and electricity costs of £0.042m due to shelter supply/additional scheme costs and revised cost allocation respectively. There is a pressure relating to a National Trust contribution of £0.016m not expected and an underspend relating to reduced computer software costs of £0.013m.

City Environmental Management

628

429

(199)

62

£0.070m additional forecast costs of Public Conveniences. Potential written-off rental income from The Level Café of £0.056m. £0.041m additional forecast costs of Contractors for Playgrounds. Improvements in cost control for Fleet & Maintenance of £0.361m.

City Development & Regeneration

8

247

239

263

Forecast underachievement of Planning Control Applications Income due to COVID-19 offset by estimated Sales, Fees & Charges grant.

Culture, Tourism & Sport

594

570

(24)

18

Forecast underachievement of Outdoor Events Income of £0.120m due to COVID-19. Cost reductions and small improvement in forecast income in Sport & Leisure of £0.050m and some reduced expenditure for Tourism & Marketing of £0.012m. Income of £0.061m from extension to contract for the vaccination centre at the Brighton Centre and other improvements in expenditure.

Property

0

53

53

0

Loss of income following lease termination and additional costs of NNDR bills of void units.

Further Financial Recovery Measures

0

0

0

0

 

Total Economy, Environment & Culture

4,227

3,429

(798)

22

 

Housing General Fund

746

3,653

2,907

2,821

Additional Emergency Accommodation (EA) hotels required for longer £1.923m; a net overspend on Temporary Accommodation of £0.632m due to lower grant income than expected; an overspend on commissioned housing related support services of £0.266m, increased costs of Travellers service of £0.067m.

Libraries

145

145

0

0

 

Communities, Equalities & Third Sector

0

0

0

0

 

Safer Communities

0

0

0

0

 

Further Financial Recovery Measures

0

(1,815)

(1,815)

(1,615)

Use of 2021/22 unallocated 2021/22 COMF grant (£1.615m) and service recovery plan to reduce the numbers of households in Emergency hotels (£0.200m).

Total Housing, Neighbourhoods & Communities

891

1,983

1,092

1,206

 

Finance (Mobo)

(35)

(35)

0

0

 

HR & Organisational Development (Mobo)

0

19

19

0

Minor variances.

IT&D (Mobo)

0

0

0

0

 

Procurement (Mobo

0

172

172

0

Unaddressed budgetary pressures.

Business Operations (Mobo)

0

0

0

0

 

Revenues & Benefits (Mobo)

0

0

0

0

 

Housing Benefit Subsidy

0

327

327

0

Mostly recovery of overpayments.

Contribution to Orbis

500

497

(3)

0

Minor variances.

Further Financial Recovery Measures

0

0

0

0

 

Total Finance & Resources

465

980

515

0

 

Corporate Policy

0

0

0

0

 

Legal Services

0

(25)

(25)

0

Income overachievements.

Democratic & Civic Office Services

0

(9)

(9)

0

Minor variances.

Life Events

0

26

26

10

Income pressures.

Performance, Improvement & Programmes

0

0

0

0

 

Communications

0

(11)

(11)

0

Minor variances.

Further Financial Recovery Measures

0

0

0

0

 

Total Strategy, Governance & Law

0

(19)

(19)

10

 

Bulk Insurance Premia

0

0

0

0

 

Capital Financing Costs

0

(1,866)

(1,866)

0

Reduction in Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP) and financing costs as a result of delays to Capital Programme schemes.

Levies & Precepts

0

0

0

0

 

Unallocated Contingency & Risk Provisions

0

0

0

0

 

Unringfenced Grants

0

0

0

0

 

Other Corporate Items

(147)

(98)

49

49

Death Management costs.

Further Financial Recovery Measures

0

0

0

0

 

Total Corporately-held Budgets

(147)

(1,964)

(1,817)

49

 

Total General Fund

6.205

4,159

(2,046)

1,374