Forecast

Forecast

 

 

 

Variance

Variance

 

 

 

Month 2

Month 5

Movement

 

Service

£'000

£'000

£'000

Explanation of Main Movements

Director of Families, Children & Learning

0

(5)

(5)

 

Health, SEN & Disability Services

1,621

1,270

(351)

Improvement in Adult LD Community Care forecast linked with reduction in estimated costs of transition clients.

Education & Skills

436

814

378

Increasing number and costs of pupils eligible for Home to school transport.

Children's Safeguarding & Care

1,665

1,405

(260)

Implemented Financial Recovery measures (see below).

Quality Assurance & Performance

42

35

(7)

 

Further Financial Recovery Measures

(511)

(284)

227

Savings now shown in service line above.

Total Families, Children & Learning

3,253

3,235

(18)

 

Adult Social Care

1,227

1,164

(63)

Temporary assessment staff vacancies.

S75 Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust (SPFT)

235

88

(147)

Additional Health income.

Integrated Commissioning

24

(266)

(290)

Forecast Better Care Fund risk share and temporary vacancies.

Public Health

0

0

0

 

Further Financial Recovery Measures

(732)

(239)

493

Achievement of Recovery Measures included in forecast above and savings being put at risk.

Total Health & Adult Social Care

754

747

(7)

 

Transport

190

135

(55)

Forecast reductions in parking and permit fees of £0.663m offset by increased (net of bad debt provision) PCN forecast income of £0.693m. Traffic Management additional income for planned sample inspections of £0.025m.

City Environmental Management

720

919

199

£0.030m additional spend on weeding contractor. £0.158m adjustment on previous Enforcement Activities forecast for contribution to reserves for future enforcement activities. £0.022m additional Trade Waste Costs. An improvement of £0.025m to fleet income activities. Increase in other Supplies & Services costs of £0.013m.

City Development & Regeneration

481

297

(184)

Increase in underspend on professional and consultant fees (£0.075m) and staff vacancies (£0.106m), plus a small net underspend of £0.002m across goods/services.

Culture, Tourism & Sport

93

113

20

Small net increase in overspend across various goods and services.

Property

420

339

(81)

Reduction in staffing costs of £0.089m due to delays in recruitment.

Further Financial Recovery Measures

(315)

(279)

36

Parking Services and Venues improvements reflected in forecast.

Total Economy, Environment & Culture

1,589

1,524

(65)

 

Housing General Fund

1,777

1,465

(312)

Comprises extra repairs costs for Temporary Accommodation (TA) and Seaside Homes of £0.384m, leased TA costs £0.100m, Housing Benefit subsidy loss £0.050m,  decrease in emergency accommodation costs of £0.228m, offset by £0.700m monies carried forward for homeless initiatives,.

Libraries

0

0

0

 

Communities, Equalities & Third Sector

0

(37)

(37)

Staffing vacancies.

Safer Communities

0

(43)

(43)

Staffing vacancies.

Further Financial Recovery Measures

(472)

(200)

272

 

Total Housing, Neighbourhoods & Communities

1,305

1,185

(120)

 

Chief Executive Monitoring Office

0

13

13

Staff pressures.

Policy & Communications

139

40

(99)

Transfer of staff pressure to Chief Executive/Monitoring Officer budget. Improved forecast in Communications service.

Legal & Democratic Services

122

132

10

Minor variances.

Life Events

78

117

39

Vacancy management.

Customer Modernisation & Data

0

(20)

(20)

Vacancy management.

Finance (Mobo)

0

(200)

(200)

Vacancy management.

Procurement (Mobo)

0

0

0

 

HR & Organisational Development (Mobo)

0

(20)

(20)

Health and Safety underspends.

IT&D (Mobo)

0

0

0

 

Welfare Revenue & Business Support

0

0

0

 

Contribution to Orbis

1,115

1,658

543

Finalising disaggregation pressures consolidation.

Total Governance, People & Resources

1,454

1,720

266

 

Bulk Insurance Premia

110

110

0

 

Capital Financing Costs

0

(560)

(560)

Higher interest rates on balances.

Levies & Precepts

0

0

0

 

Unallocated Contingency & Risk Provisions

0

0

0

 

Unringfenced Grants

(79)

(79)

0

 

Housing Benefit Subsidy

444

781

337

£0.357m worsening on the main subsidy budgets partially offset by £0.020m improvement on net position of recovery of former Council Tax Benefit.

Other Corporate Items

(194)

4,451

4,645

£4.545m projected additional General Fund pay award cost and £0.100m increased costs of academisation.

Total Corporately-held Budgets

281

4,703

4,422

 

Total General Fund

8,636

13,114

4,478