Families, Children & Learning
Revenue Budget Summary
Provisional |
|
2022/23 |
Forecast |
Forecast |
Forecast |
2022/23 |
Savings |
|
Outturn |
|
Budget |
Outturn |
Variance |
Variance |
Savings |
Achieved / |
Savings |
2021/22 |
|
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Proposed |
Anticipated |
At Risk |
£'000 |
Service |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
% |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
(9) |
Director of Families, Children & Learning |
248 |
248 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Health, SEN & Disability Services |
49,396 |
51,017 |
1,621 |
3.3% |
1,046 |
0 |
1,046 |
(55) |
Education & Skills |
9,691 |
10,127 |
436 |
4.5% |
13 |
13 |
0 |
(17) |
Children's Safeguarding & Care |
42,359 |
44,024 |
1,665 |
3.9% |
1,529 |
259 |
1,270 |
(43) |
Quality Assurance & Performance |
1,568 |
1,610 |
42 |
2.7% |
86 |
54 |
32 |
(118) |
Total Families, Children & Learning |
103,262 |
107,026 |
3,764 |
3.6% |
2,674 |
326 |
2,348 |
0 |
Further Financial Recovery Measures (see below) |
- |
(511) |
(511) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(118) |
Residual Risk After Financial Recovery Measures |
103,262 |
106,515 |
3,253 |
3.2% |
2,674 |
326 |
2,348 |
Explanation of Key Variances (Note: FTE/WTE = Full/Whole Time Equivalent)
Key |
|
|
|
Variances |
|
|
|
£'000 |
Service Area |
Variance or Financial Recovery Measure Description |
|
Further Directorate Financial Recovery Measures |
|||
(99) |
Home to School Transport |
Encouraging use of parental transport and reviewing single occupancy routes. |
|
(412) |
Children's Placements |
Increasing the proportion of Children in Care (CiC) in Foster Care. |
|
Health, SEN & Disability Services |
|||
1,268 |
Adults with Learning Disabilities - Community Care |
The Adults LD Community Care budget forecast includes provision for additional fee uplifts to providers in recognition of cost of living increase and minimum wage requirements. At this stage it is uncertain to what extent this will be required as representations are still being received and negotiated with individual providers. |
|
(227) |
Children's Disability Placements |
The Children's Disability Placement Budget was further rebased in 2022/23 to accommodate growth in the number and cost of placements. One anticipated high cost residential placement expected from April 2022 is no longer going ahead. |
|
217 |
Adults with Learning Disabilities - in-house provider services |
The overspend mainly relates to pressure in the residential respite budget due to ongoing levels of staff absence and the cost of emergency placements at Beach House |
|
103 |
Children's Disabilities - in-house provision |
There is a pressure for respite provision for children with disabilities and a high use of agency / sessional staff. |
|
260 |
Other |
Other variances relate to overspends on children's disability contracts, the commissioning and brokerage function and potential increases in the rate paid to personal assistants through direct payments. |
|
Education & Skills |
|||
411 |
Home to School Transport |
Based on the current data held on Mobisoft, the updated forecast overspend for Home to School Transport is £0.411m. This forecast takes account of the effect of the current contracted routes which assumes 426 5-16 pupils and 95 post 16 pupils for the remainder of the academic year. In addition, based on current information the forecast assumes 20 new cases from September. The variance also includes an anticipated overspend of £0.066m relating to increasing numbers of bus passes being issued with the majority relating to allocated school places beyond the statutory distance. These are now estimated at 600 for 2022/23. |
|
25 |
Other |
Minor variances. |
|
Children's Safeguarding & Care |
|||
1,877 |
Demand-Led - Children's placements |
The overspend is the result of a combination of a number of different factors. There are significant overspends in Residential Home and semi-Independent placements due to increasing difficulty in finding suitable foster carers due to sufficiency problems. This is partially off-set by underspends in the External Fostering budget. There are also significant overspends for Care Leaver costs as rising numbers of care leavers require financial support for accommodation. |
|
(114) |
Other |
Minor variances. |
|
Quality Assurance & Performance |
|||
42 |
Other |
Minor variances. |
Health & Adult Social Care (HASC)
Revenue Budget Summary
Provisional |
|
2022/23 |
Forecast |
Forecast |
Forecast |
2022/23 |
Savings |
|
Outturn |
|
Budget |
Outturn |
Variance |
Variance |
Savings |
Achieved / |
Savings |
2021/22 |
|
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Proposed |
Anticipated |
At Risk |
£'000 |
Service |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
% |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
(783) |
Adult Social Care |
45,970 |
47,197 |
1,227 |
2.7% |
1,465 |
841 |
624 |
(3,277) |
S75 Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust (SPFT) |
22,673 |
22,908 |
235 |
1.0% |
689 |
413 |
276 |
(361) |
Integrated Commissioning |
3,365 |
3,389 |
24 |
0.7% |
70 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
Public Health |
2,797 |
2,797 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(4,421) |
Total Health & Adult Social Care |
74,805 |
76,291 |
1,486 |
2.0% |
2,224 |
1,324 |
900 |
0 |
Further Financial Recovery Measures (see below) |
- |
(732) |
(732) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(4,421) |
Residual Risk After Financial Recovery Measures |
74,805 |
75,559 |
754 |
1.0% |
2,224 |
1,324 |
900 |
Explanation of Key Variances
Key |
|
|
|
Variances |
|
|
|
£'000 |
Service Area |
Variance or Financial Recovery Measure Description |
|
Further Directorate Financial Recovery Measures |
|||
(732) |
Further Financial Recovery Measures projection |
The directorate has developed an over-arching Financial Recovery Plan to address the above pressures. The Recovery plan includes the following measures: |
|
|
|
- Front Door redesign |
|
|
|
- Health funding incl. CHC and joint funding |
|
Adult Social Care |
|||
1,479 |
Demand-Led Community Care - Physical & Sensory Support |
The forecast number of placements/packages is 2,047 WTE, which is below the budgeted level of 2,133 WTE placements. The average unit cost of a placements/package is higher than the budgeted level at £279 per week (£21 per week above budget per client). The combination of the number of adults placed being 84 WTE below the budgeted level and the increased unit costs result in the overspend of £1.479m. Therefore, the unit costs are 8% above budget however the overall activity is below budget. This is due to areas where suitable provision is not currently accessible to meet identified need as a result of workforce pressures. |
|
(106) |
Demand-Led Community Care - Substance Misuse |
There are relatively small numbers of clients within this service and the average unit cost is below the budgeted unit cost which is resulting in the projected underspend of £0.106m. |
|
(318) |
Assessment teams |
This is due to a number of temporary vacancies across the Assessment teams. |
|
153 |
In house services |
There is an underlying budget pressure in in-house provision due to unachieved 2020/21 financial recovery plan targets, responsive repairs within in-house hostels and staffing costs above budget |
|
19 |
Other |
Minor variances. |
|
S75 Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust (SPFT) |
|||
129 |
Demand-Led - Memory Cognition Support |
The unit costs are higher than budgeted
resulting in the overspend projection of £0.129m. |
|
(55) |
Demand-Led - Mental Health Support |
The number of forecast placements is lower
than budgeted which results in the underspend projection of
£0.055m. |
|
161 |
Staffing teams |
Minor variances. |
|
Integrated Commissioning |
|||
30 |
Contracts |
Overspend due to contract increases above budget. |
|
(6) |
Other |
Minor variances. |
Economy, Environment & Culture
Revenue Budget Summary
Provisional |
|
2022/23 |
Forecast |
Forecast |
Forecast |
2022/23 |
|
|
Outturn |
|
Budget |
Outturn |
Variance |
Variance |
Savings |
Savings |
Savings |
2021/22 |
|
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Proposed |
Achieved |
Unachieved |
£'000 |
Service |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
% |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
(2,211) |
Transport |
(6,129) |
(5,939) |
190 |
3.1% |
1,777 |
1,074 |
703 |
533 |
City Environmental Management |
36,359 |
37,079 |
720 |
2.0% |
229 |
229 |
0 |
(141) |
City Development & Regeneration |
4,313 |
4,794 |
481 |
11.2% |
182 |
129 |
53 |
381 |
Culture, Tourism & Sport |
4,352 |
4,445 |
93 |
2.1% |
200 |
190 |
10 |
(180) |
Property |
2,294 |
2,714 |
420 |
18.3% |
342 |
187 |
155 |
(1,618) |
Total Economy, Environment & Culture |
41,189 |
43,093 |
1,904 |
4.6% |
2,730 |
1,809 |
921 |
0 |
Further Financial Recovery Measures (see below) |
- |
(315) |
(315) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(1,618) |
Residual Risk After Financial Recovery Measures |
41,189 |
42,778 |
1,589 |
3.9% |
2,730 |
1,809 |
921 |
Explanation of Key Variances
Key |
|
|
|
Variances |
|
|
|
£'000 |
Service Area |
Variance or Financial Recovery Measure Description |
|
Further Directorate Financial Recovery Measures |
|||
(232) |
Parking Services |
All significant parking income and expenditure will continue to be forecast alongside finance officers to ensure ongoing robust forecasts are presented as part of the budget monitoring process. Minor variations in demand can result in significant financial implications. £0.232m represents 0.54% of the parking income budget. |
|
(83) |
Venues |
Review of expenditure budgets and additional income potential within Venues is being explored to address the current overspend. |
|
Transport |
|||
232 |
Parking Services |
Overall Parking Services is forecasting an overspend of £0.232m for Month 2. The service is forecasting a substantial loss of income against budget of £0.900m on parking permit income, most of which is due to demand in residents permits declining. On-Street parking income is forecast to be £0.196m underachieved on budget and off-Street Parking is forecast to be £0.046m underachieved. This underachievement is offset by forecast surplus income for Parking Suspensions of (£0.376m) as well as net-of-bad-debt-provision PCN income of (£0.851m). The budget does contain a pressure relating to the Traffic Control Centre Restructure which is to be funded by additional enforcement activities from 2023/24 onwards of £0.522m. The pressure from parking income shortfalls are partly offset against underspends in transactional and contract costs of (£0.205m). The decline of resident permits and reduced forecasts within on-street parking is likely to be as a result of the substantial loss of income against budget of an estimated £0.979m as a result of the loss of permit and paid parking spaces due to active transport measures (e.g. Madeira Drive, Old Town, A259 – eastern section). This will be potentially exacerbated with upcoming reductions in parking spaces for the A259 (western section), A23 Low traffic neighbourhood scheme, school streets, valley gardens phase 3 and the cycle hangers programme which will be discussed in future TBM review meetings. |
|
(42) |
Traffic Management |
Income over-achievement forecast for Traffic Regulation Orders and Events. |
|
City Environmental Management |
|||
720 |
City Clean |
Overspend of £0.420m is due to waste collection and street cleansing (operational) agency costs due to vacancies across the service. Recruitment into vacant posts and managing of attendance should start to see these high agency costs reduce during the year. £0.300m overspend within Public Conveniences due to greater than budgeted utility costs, consumables and staffing required to keep public toilets open and maintain cleaning levels. |
|
City Development & Regeneration |
|||
481 |
Development Planning |
Underachievement of Planning income of £0.475m as still some uncertainty over levels of service post Covid. However, longer term income trends will become more apparent as the year progresses. |
|
Culture, Tourism & Sport |
|||
10 |
Sport and Leisure |
Outdoor Events still experiencing significant cost increases and attendance reductions in the sector and so ticket takes are in the region of 20% below expected levels. Many large events are charged on a per head basis which is putting pressure on receipts and with some other smaller events moving to 2023 instead. |
|
83 |
Venues |
Forecast overspend on electricity of £0.047m and gas of £0.036m due to price increases based on the April 2022 cost. The Brighton Centre will endeavour to address this overspend by either reducing expenditure on other budgets or increasing income levels. |
|
Property |
|||
420 |
Property and Design |
The pandemic legacy continues to affect the
commercial portfolio rental position with some vacancies at Hove
Technology Centre and Lyndean House resulting in £0.165m
forecast underachievement of income. |
Housing, Neighbourhoods & Communities
Revenue Budget Summary
Provisional |
|
2022/23 |
Forecast |
Forecast |
Forecast |
2022/23 |
Savings |
|
Outturn |
|
Budget |
Outturn |
Variance |
Variance |
Savings |
Achieved / |
Savings |
2021/22 |
|
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Proposed |
Anticipated |
At Risk |
£'000 |
Service |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
% |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
2,150 |
Housing General Fund |
14,172 |
15,949 |
1,777 |
12.5% |
1,780 |
1,308 |
472 |
164 |
Libraries |
4,814 |
4,814 |
0 |
0.0% |
77 |
77 |
0 |
(117) |
Communities, Equalities & Third Sector |
3,198 |
3,198 |
0 |
0.0% |
40 |
40 |
0 |
(155) |
Safer Communities |
3,695 |
3,695 |
0 |
0.0% |
35 |
35 |
0 |
2,042 |
Housing, Neighbourhoods & Communities |
25,879 |
27,656 |
1,777 |
12.5% |
1,932 |
1,460 |
472 |
0 |
Applied Covid Funding (See Below) |
- |
(472) |
(472) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2,042 |
Residual Risk After Financial Recovery Measures |
25,879 |
27,184 |
1,305 |
5.0% |
1,932 |
1,460 |
472 |
Explanation of Key Variances
Key |
|
|
|
Variances |
|
|
|
£'000 |
Service Area |
Variance or Financial Recovery Measure Description |
|
Applied Covid Funding |
|||
(472) |
Temporary Accommodation |
The service continues to work on transforming the service to focus on homelessness prevention and to reduce the time spent in Temporary Accommodation (TA), thereby reducing costs further to meet the savings target. |
|
Housing General Fund |
|||
1,480 |
Temporary Accommodation |
A provision for underlying Temporary Accommodation and Rough Sleeping pressures of over £1m was provided in the 2021/22 budget, which was expected to be supported by additional funding from the government’s announcement of an additional £254 million national funding. However, although core funding increased overall, it was insufficient to support the service pressure funding and the budget therefore remains as an overspend currently. The current level of empty properties in TA is reducing as the backlog of works takes place, however, there are still more properties empty for longer than the current budget allows for and the budget is overspending by £0.356m, including repairs costs. This forecast also includes an overspend on the contribution to the bad debt provision of £0.189m. This is offset by an underspend of (£0.176m) on rents expenditure as the numbers of leased properties has fallen during 2021/22. The cost of emergency accommodation is forecast to overspend by £0.516m largely as a result of prudent assumptions for reducing numbers of households in TA and EA due to the current cost of living crisis and the possible effects this may have on homelessness. These pressures are partially offset by a forecast contribution of (£0.454m) from the Homelessness Prevention Grant after other expenditure has been taken into account. There are other small pressures across the service of £0.049m. |
|
0 |
Additional emergency hotel accommodation |
The commissioned services budget for supported accommodation and rough sleepers is forecast to break even. |
|
159 |
Housing Commissioning Services (Rough Sleepers) |
The commissioned services for rough sleepers is forecast to break even. However, the costs of extra emergency hotels taken on during the pandemic is forecast to overspend by £0.159m as hotels are being decanted later than anticipated at budget setting time. The one remaining hotel is planned to be decanted by the end of July. |
|
(22) |
Housing Options |
Vacancies across the service. |
|
200 |
Seaside Homes |
There is a forecast overspend of £0.200m as a result of the loss of rent and extra repairs costs from the remaining back log of empty properties. |
|
(50) |
Adaptations Service |
Forecast underspend as a result of the bringing in house the Home Improvement Agency work. |
|
10 |
Travellers |
Loss of income on the transit site and extra cleaning costs to the toilet and shower blocks. |
Governance, People & Resources
Revenue Budget Summary
Provisional |
|
2022/23 |
Forecast |
Forecast |
Forecast |
2022/23 |
Savings |
|
Outturn |
|
Budget |
Outturn |
Variance |
Variance |
Savings |
Achieved / |
Savings |
2021/22 |
|
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Proposed |
Anticipated |
At Risk |
£'000 |
Service |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
% |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
(157) |
Policy & Communications |
1,455 |
1,594 |
139 |
9.6% |
76 |
28 |
48 |
(103) |
Legal & Democratic Services |
3,403 |
3,525 |
122 |
3.6% |
202 |
83 |
119 |
(496) |
Life Events |
(83) |
(5) |
78 |
94.0% |
163 |
86 |
77 |
0 |
Customer Modernisation & Data |
676 |
676 |
0 |
0.0% |
33 |
33 |
0 |
144 |
Finance |
1,640 |
1,640 |
0 |
0.0% |
150 |
150 |
0 |
214 |
Procurement (Mobo) |
114 |
114 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(111) |
HR & Organisational Development |
4,118 |
4,118 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
IT&D (Mobo) |
5,140 |
5,140 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(24) |
Welfare Revenue & Business Support |
6,256 |
6,256 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
396 |
Housing Benefit Subsidy |
(751) |
(307) |
444 |
59.1% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
391 |
Contribution to Orbis |
7,829 |
8,944 |
1,115 |
14.2% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
254 |
Total Governance, People & Resources |
29,797 |
31,695 |
1,898 |
6.4% |
624 |
380 |
244 |
Mobo = Specific budget items held by Orbis but Managed on behalf of the relevant partner i.e. they are sovereign, non-partnership budgets. Under or overspends on Mobo budgets fall directly to the relevant partner whereas Orbis Operational budget variances are shared in accordance with the Inter-Authority Agreement (IAA).
The Covid variances shown in the tables above and below are included within the “Forecast Variance” and “Key Variances” columns.
Explanation of Key Variances
Key |
|
|
|
Variances |
|
|
|
£'000 |
Service Area |
Variance or Financial Recovery Measure Description |
|
Policy & Communications |
|||
139 |
Communications |
The service is predicting a pressure this year of £0.139m. This relates to the Communications service restructuring costs (£0.070m) and expected pressures within the Graphic Design Team (£0.011m). There is additionally £0.058m costs for an unfunded Business Partner post. |
|
Legal & Democratic Services |
|||
122 |
Legal Services |
The service is declaring pressures of £0.122m at Month 2. £0.060m of this relates to expected loss of income relating due to reduced contractual income from the Coast to Capital LEP following a significant change to the responsibilities of LEPs, and £0.062m relates to a shortfall in funding for FCL related work on SEN tribunals and Education work where caseload has increased substantially. |
|
Life Events |
|||
78 |
Life Events |
The service is forecasting a pressure of £0.078 at Month 2. There are expected income pressures of £0.106m across Land Charges, Registrars and Memorialisation which is partly offset by posts held vacant saving £0.063m. There are also pressures from government funding ending for Individual Electoral Registration £0.018m and web and sound system cost in Bereavement Services of £0.017m |
|
Housing Benefit Subsidy |
|||
444 |
HB Subsidy |
The data currently available means that this forecast is subject to change but based on last year’s outturn the main subsidy budgets would be expected to overspend by £0.474m due to an increasing number of Regulation 11/13 benefits where the full subsidy is not received by the council. The surplus on the recovery of overpaid former Council Tax Benefit is currently forecast at £0.030m. |
|
Contribution to Orbis |
|||
1,115 |
contribution to Orbis |
There is an expected pressure of £1.115m following a revision of expected contributions from Orbis Partners (known as ACRs), with BHCC’s contribution increasing by £0.879m plus inflation. The overall pressure also includes residual shortfalls arising from the disaggregation (withdrawal) of services from the Partnership including Business Operations (now part of Welfare, Revenues & Business Support), HR and Finance. These are partially offset by reduced central Orbis costs including disbanding the Change Programme Management team. |
Corporately-held Budgets
Revenue Budget Summary
Provisional |
|
2022/23 |
Forecast |
Forecast |
Forecast |
2022/23 |
Savings |
|
Outturn |
|
Budget |
Outturn |
Variance |
Variance |
Savings |
Achieved / |
Savings |
2021/22 |
|
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Proposed |
Anticipated |
At Risk |
£'000 |
Service |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
% |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
428 |
Bulk Insurance Premia |
3,352 |
3,462 |
110 |
3.3% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(2,521) |
Capital Financing Costs |
7,832 |
7,832 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Levies & Precepts |
219 |
219 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Unallocated Contingency & Risk Provisions |
3,318 |
3,318 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(177) |
Unringfenced Grants |
(49,047) |
(49,126) |
(79) |
-0.2% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3,183 |
Other Corporate Items |
(25,499) |
(25,693) |
(194) |
-0.8% |
325 |
325 |
0 |
913 |
Total Corporately-held Budgets |
(59,825) |
(59,988) |
(163) |
-0.3% |
325 |
325 |
0 |
Explanation of Key Variances
Key |
|
|
|
Variances |
|
|
|
£'000 |
Service Area |
Variance or Financial Recovery Measure Description |
|
Bulk Insurance Premia |
|||
110 |
Commercial property building insurance |
Premium credit adjustment to tenants leading to additional costs in 2022/23. |
|
Unringfenced Grants |
|||
(13) |
Extended Rights to Free Travel |
Announced in June 2022 at £0.099m which is £0.013m higher than budgeted. |
|
(66) |
Pressure funding released |
Only the Local Reform Community Voice grant remains to be announced and is historically not confirmed until later in the year. However, it is forecast that this grant will be at the same level as 2021/22 which releases pressure funding. |
|
Other Corporate Items |
|||
(251) |
Corporate pension costs |
This relates to an overpayment from 2021/22 of (£0.112m) and an in year variance of (£0.139m). |
|
50 |
Academisation |
Costs relating to compulsory academisation of Homewood House school where the council will be liable for the school’s projected budget deficit at the point of transfer. |
|
7 |
Death management |
BHCC share of Sussex wide costs on mass fatalities work. |
Housing Revenue Account (HRA)
Revenue Budget Summary
Provisional |
|
2022/23 |
Forecast |
Forecast |
Forecast |
2022/23 |
Savings |
|
Outturn |
|
Budget |
Outturn |
Variance |
Variance |
Savings |
Achieved / |
Savings |
2021/22 |
|
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Proposed |
Anticipated |
At Risk |
£'000 |
Service |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
% |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
(2,111) |
Capital Financing |
25,553 |
25,553 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
304 |
Housing Management & Support |
4,837 |
4,890 |
53 |
1.1% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(69) |
New Housing Supply |
653 |
610 |
(42) |
-6.5% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
352 |
Income, Involvement & Improvement |
(50,603) |
(50,487) |
116 |
0.2% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
492 |
Repairs & Maintenance |
14,061 |
14,061 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(442) |
Housing Investment & Asset Management |
2,631 |
2,585 |
(46) |
-1.7% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1,441 |
Tenancy Services |
2,869 |
3,510 |
641 |
22.3% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(33) |
Total Housing Revenue Account |
0 |
722 |
722 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Explanation of Key Variances
Key |
|
|
|
||
Variances |
|
|
|
||
£'000 |
Subjective Area |
Variance Description |
|||
Housing Management & Support |
|||||
(6) |
Employees |
Minor variances. |
|||
19 |
Premises |
Forecast overspend on Utility costs. |
|||
38 |
Support Services |
Additional contribution to legal services in respect of disrepair claims. |
|||
2 |
Income |
|
|
Overspend relating to rent loss due to a backlog of empty properties. A project group is in place to reduce the number void properties during the year. |
|
New Housing Supply |
|||||
(42) |
Employees |
Forecast underspend against support service cost in delivery of new supply. |
|||
Income, Involvement & Improvement |
|||||
(53) |
Employees |
Underspend relating to current vacancies held within the service. |
|||
22 |
Premises |
£0.015m forecast overspend on utility
costs. |
|||
11 |
Supplies and Services |
Minor variances. |
|||
100 |
Income |
Overspend relating to rent loss due to a backlog of empty properties. A project group is in place to reduce the number void properties during the year. |
|||
36 |
Other |
Minor variances. |
|||
Repairs & Maintenance |
|||||
157 |
Employees |
Additional staffing costs of approximately £0.300m in respect of dealing with backlog works. This is offset by a forecast underspend of £0.143m against the base salary budget. |
|||
882 |
Premises |
Forecast overspend against the base budget for subcontractor costs. |
|||
305 |
Supplies and Services |
Forecast overspend against the base budget for material costs. |
|||
(1,344) |
Contribution from reserves |
Financial risk relating to the post-pandemic backlog of responsive repairs and empty property works is a significant financial issue for 2022/23 and the HRA budget report set aside a total of £1.500m to ensure one-off funding is available during the year to cope with this pressure. The assumption at Month 2 is that the overspends identified above will be covered by this reserve. |
|||
Housing Investment & Asset Management |
|||||
(250) |
Employees |
An underspend due to a change in the timescales for recruiting additional staff to support the new arrangements for planned and major works. |
|||
4 |
Premises |
Forecast overspend on Utility costs. |
|||
200 |
Supplies and Services |
Pressure from disrepair claims, which by their nature are not possible to forecast easily. Costs associated with each instance will be recorded separately within the HRA and the variance against budgets are regularly reviewed during the year. |
|||
Tenancy Services |
|||||
16 |
Employees |
Minor variance. |
|||
323 |
Premises |
£0.208m forecast overspend on utility
costs. |
|||
257 |
Supplies and Services |
£0.120m overspend on the use of temporary
accommodation for council housing tenants, linked to the number of
voids held. £0.037m minor variances. |
|||
7 |
Income |
Overspend relating to rent loss due to a backlog of empty properties. A project group is in place to reduce the number void properties during the year. |
|||
38 |
Support Services |
Forecast overspend forecast relating to the Welfare Support recharge. |
|||
Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG)
Revenue Budget Summary
Provisional |
|
2022/23 |
Forecast |
Forecast |
Forecast |
Outturn |
|
Budget |
Outturn |
Variance |
Variance |
2021/22 |
|
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
£'000 |
Service |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
% |
0 |
Individual Schools Budget (ISB) |
129,635 |
129,635 |
0 |
0.0% |
(381) |
Early Years Block (excluding delegated to Schools) (This includes Private Voluntary & Independent (PVI) Early Years 3 & 4 year old funding for the 15 hours free entitlement to early years education) |
15,033 |
15,033 |
0 |
0.0% |
341 |
High Needs Block |
34,245 |
34,245 |
0 |
0.0% |
5 |
Exceptions and Growth Fund |
3,197 |
3,197 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
Grant Income |
(182,075) |
(182,075) |
0 |
0.0% |
(35) |
Total Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) |
35 |
35 |
0 |
0.0% |
Explanation of Key Variances
There are no key variances to report for Month 2.