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Forecast |
Forecast |
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Variance |
Variance |
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Month 5 |
Month 7 |
Movement |
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Service |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
Explanation of Main Movements |
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Director of Families, Children & Learning |
(5) |
(5) |
0 |
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Health, SEN & Disability Services |
508 |
922 |
414 |
An increase in the overspend relating to disability residential agency placements. |
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Education & Skills |
754 |
(467) |
(1,221) |
One-off Public Health contribution for developing Family Hubs. |
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Children's Safeguarding & Care |
(889) |
(1,781) |
(892) |
Reduced spending in accordance with spending controls and managing demand and cost pressures within children's placements. |
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Quality Assurance & Performance |
5 |
0 |
(5) |
Minor movement. |
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Total Families, Children & Learning |
373 |
(1,331) |
(1,704) |
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Adult Social Care |
1,853 |
1,467 |
(386) |
Achievement of financial recovery plan and temporary vacancies. |
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S75 Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust (SPFT) |
235 |
361 |
126 |
Due to unit cost increases within care homes and community care. |
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Integrated Commissioning |
(33) |
(68) |
(35) |
Due to additional grant income. |
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Life Events |
104 |
70 |
(34) |
Temporary vacancies. |
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Public Health |
0 |
(171) |
(171) |
Contracts previously funded by the General Fund now being resourced within Public Health grant. |
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Further Financial Recovery Measures |
(1,220) |
(731) |
489 |
Financial recovery measures achieved as above. |
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Total Health & Adult Social Care |
939 |
928 |
(11) |
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Transport |
1,382 |
1,659 |
277 |
£0.412m net increase in Parking Services overspend due to On-Street and Permit income shortfalls offset in part with staffing vacancies held and expenditure reviewed. Improvement in Traffic Management due to additional Highway Licensing income (£0.209m), partly offset by new Highway Licensing software to improve service delivery of £0.019m and other cost increases of £0.010m. Reduction in underspend in Transport Projects & Engineering due to Road Safety Education costs exceeding funding by £0.089m and a correction to the BSIP (Bus Service Improvement Plan) Month 5 forecast which had reported an overspend of £0.126m when it should have been break-even, offset by a reduction to forecast for Lighting General Maintenance of £0.150m. |
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City Environmental Management |
279 |
(539) |
(818) |
£0.804m improvement from release of reconciliation payment for windfall electricity incomes in the Waste PFI. £0.100m improvement in Bin Purchases following a Bin Amnesty as a result of expenditure controls. £0.147m use of the Environment Enforcement reserve to offset Environment Enforcement pressures from income shortfalls. |
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City Development & Regeneration |
179 |
277 |
98 |
£0.190m further reduction in forecast planning income offset by delayed spend in Sustainability & International initiatives and held vacant International Officer post (£0.063m). |
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Culture, Tourism & Sport |
245 |
8 |
(237) |
£0.048m improvement in Volks Railway income and £0.086m improvement in Seafront rental incomes within Sport and Leisure. Improvements in Brighton Centre Security and Technical Costs of £0.032m and income streams of £0.035m. Reduction in supplies & services for Tourism & Marketing of £0.015m. |
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Property |
1,885 |
1,254 |
(631) |
£0.178m forecast improvements in Technical Services incomes. £0.057m improvement in corporate energy costs. £0.305m improvement in Estates Management from identification of backdated rents and NNDR refunds. £0.100m improvement in corporate and education maintenance budgets through prioritisation of essential maintenance works. |
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Further Financial Recovery Measures |
(424) |
0 |
424 |
Financial Recovery Measures now reflected in forecasts. |
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Total Economy, Environment & Culture |
3,546 |
2,659 |
(887) |
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Housing General Fund |
2,072 |
1,420 |
(652) |
Reduction in costs of Homelessness (£0.494m), underspends on various rough sleeper service contracts (£0.079m), adaptations service (£0.050m), seaside homes repairs costs (£0.050m). |
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Libraries |
0 |
(19) |
(19) |
Employee costs. |
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Communities, Equalities & Third Sector |
(67) |
(116) |
(49) |
Reduction of community grants programme 2023/24. |
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Safer Communities |
(107) |
(222) |
(115) |
DV/VAWG budget underspends. |
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Further Financial Recovery Measures |
(600) |
(150) |
450 |
Now included in the Housing forecast. |
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Total Housing, Neighbourhoods & Communities |
1,298 |
913 |
(385) |
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Legal & Democratic Services |
(107) |
(88) |
19 |
Review of expenditure and forecast indicating a £0.020m overspend in Democratic services. |
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Elections & Land Charges |
173 |
223 |
50 |
Review of market in September showing a worsening position for local land searches. |
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Customer Modernisation & Data |
(10) |
(10) |
0 |
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Finance (Mobo) |
0 |
23 |
23 |
Minor movement. |
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HR & Organisational Development |
(5) |
(5) |
0 |
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IT&D (Mobo) |
(300) |
(410) |
(110) |
Result of a further review of expenditure and vacancy controls at Month 7. |
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Welfare Revenue & Business Support |
97 |
(40) |
(137) |
Result of a detailed review of service expenditure and vacancy controls at Month 7 as well as a reallocation of £0.179m from previous year. |
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Total Governance, People & Resources |
(152) |
(307) |
(155) |
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Bulk Insurance Premia |
0 |
200 |
200 |
Increased premium costs and settlement of claims. |
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Capital Financing Costs |
(1,511) |
(1,611) |
(100) |
Increased investment income. |
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Unallocated Contingency & Risk Provisions |
(100) |
(100) |
0 |
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Housing Benefit Subsidy |
950 |
920 |
(30) |
Slight improvement in pressure relating to benefit type for vulnerable tenants that is not fully subsidised. |
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Other Corporate Items |
3,628 |
599 |
(3,029) |
Confirmation of the £3.500m one-off income from the Housing Joint Venture due on completion of properties. £0.500m provision for school organisation costs, £0.147m increased bad debt provision and (£0.176m) released back pay provision. |
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Total Corporately-held Budgets |
2,967 |
8 |
(2,959) |
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Total General Fund |
8,971 |
2,870 |
6,101 |
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