Families, Children & Learning (FCL)
Revenue Budget Summary
Provisional |
|
2024/25 |
Forecast |
Forecast |
Forecast |
2024/25 |
Net |
Net |
Outturn |
|
Budget |
Outturn |
Variance |
Variance |
Savings |
Savings |
Savings |
2023/24 |
|
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Proposed |
Achieved |
At Risk |
£'000 |
Service |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
% |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
(9) |
Director of Families, Children & Learning |
191 |
191 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1,110 |
Health, SEN & Disability Services |
9,832 |
10,912 |
1,080 |
11.0% |
982 |
423 |
559 |
(573) |
Education & Skills |
12,827 |
13,268 |
441 |
3.4% |
1,665 |
1,665 |
0 |
(2,145) |
Children's Safeguarding & Care |
41,564 |
40,419 |
(1,145) |
-2.8% |
2,241 |
2,241 |
0 |
(19) |
Quality Assurance & Performance |
1,720 |
1,720 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
72 |
Libraries & Information Services |
3,593 |
3,657 |
64 |
1.8% |
132 |
68 |
64 |
(1,564) |
Total Families, Children & Learning |
69,727 |
70,167 |
440 |
0.6% |
5,020 |
4,397 |
623 |
Explanation of Key Variances (Note: FTE/WTE = Full/Whole Time Equivalent)
Key |
|
|
|
||
Variances |
|
|
|
||
£'000 |
Service Area |
Variance or Financial Recovery Measure Description |
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Health, SEN & Disability Services |
|||||
534 |
Children's Disability Agency Placements |
Increase in both volume and cost of residential and foster agency placements compared to budgeted levels. |
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301 |
In-house Children's Disability Provision |
Unachieved saving due to delay of re-provisioning in-house service to accommodate existing external placements. |
|||
150 |
Children's Disability Section 17 |
Anticipated ongoing care requirements for four young people. |
|||
95 |
Other |
|
|
Other variances. |
|
Education & Skills |
|||||
322 |
Home to School Transport |
Based on the current data held on Mobisoft the
updated forecast overspend for Home to School Transport is
£0.322m. This forecast takes account of the current contracted
routes and assumes average numbers of 500 5-16 pupils, 97 post 16
pupils and 45 post 19-25 for the remainder of the financial year
and a 2.5% increase for inflation from September. |
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100 |
PFI |
Due to higher PFI contractor costs. |
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19 |
Other |
Minor variances. |
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Children's Safeguarding & Care |
|||||
(1,095) |
Demand-Led - Children's placements |
There are ongoing significant issues with sufficiency of foster carers and other placement types making placing children difficult and driving up unit costs. In addition, the post pandemic period has seen children with increasingly complex needs coming into care. However, the significant success of ongoing initiatives and alternative service offers, attempting to reverse the trend of reducing foster carer numbers and address the complex needs of the children being referred, has meant that it is anticipated that placements for children in care and care leavers will remain within budget in 2024/25. |
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(50) |
Other |
Minor variances. |
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Libraries & Information Services |
|||||
64 |
Other |
Minor variances. |
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Housing, Care & Wellbeing (HCW)
Revenue Budget Summary
Provisional |
|
2024/25 |
Forecast |
Forecast |
Forecast |
2024/25 |
Net |
Net |
Outturn |
|
Budget |
Outturn |
Variance |
Variance |
Savings |
Savings |
Savings |
2023/24 |
|
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Proposed |
Achieved |
At Risk |
£'000 |
Service |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
% |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
142 |
Adult Social Care Operations |
83,370 |
85,675 |
2,305 |
2.8% |
3,794 |
3,150 |
644 |
(281) |
S75 Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust (SPFT) |
20,648 |
22,248 |
1,600 |
7.7% |
488 |
458 |
30 |
80 |
Commissioning & Partnerships |
5,496 |
5,585 |
89 |
1.6% |
259 |
259 |
0 |
218 |
Life Events |
249 |
342 |
93 |
37.3% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(171) |
Public Health |
3,134 |
3,134 |
0 |
0.0% |
171 |
171 |
0 |
949 |
Housing General Fund |
12,950 |
15,438 |
2,488 |
19.2% |
2,042 |
896 |
1,146 |
937 |
Total Housing, Care & Wellbeing |
125,847 |
132,422 |
6,575 |
5.2% |
6,754 |
4,934 |
1,820 |
0 |
Further Financial Recovery Measures (see below) |
- |
(2,361) |
(2,361) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
937 |
Residual Risk After Financial Recovery Measures |
125,847 |
130,061 |
4,214 |
3.3% |
6,754 |
4,934 |
1,820 |
Explanation of Key Variances
Key |
|
|
|
Variances |
|
|
|
£'000 |
Service Area |
Variance or Financial Recovery Measure Description |
|
Further Directorate Financial Recovery Measures |
|||
(2,041) |
Adult Social care |
The directorate has developed an over-arching Financial Recovery Plan to address the above pressures including the following measures: |
|
|
|
Targeted reviews. |
|
|
|
Reducing voids within block contracts. |
|
|
|
Negotiations with Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust to address high mental health spending commitments. |
|
|
|
Avoiding unnecessary long term residential admissions. |
|
(320) |
Housing General Fund |
To pilot the procurement of the management element of block booked emergency accommodation with estimated cost reduction of £0.250m in 2024/25. The service is also taking action to improve the turnaround times for empty properties to reduce forecast costs by £0.070m this year. |
|
Adult Social Care Operations |
|||
642 |
Demand-Led Community Care - Physical & Sensory Support and Substance Misuse |
Overspend is predominantly the result of high unit costs for placements for working age adults, particularly for residential placements. |
|
(258) |
Assessment teams |
This is due to a number of temporary vacancies across the Assessment teams. |
|
1,742 |
In-house provision |
Overspends on in-house provision for adults with Learning Disabilities, Resource centres and Hostels is mainly due to use of agency and sessional staff. |
|
179 |
Demand-Led Community Care - Adult LD |
The overspend is a result of increasing unit costs. |
|
S75 Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust (SPFT) |
|||
(3,367) |
Demand-Led - Memory Cognition Support |
The underspend is the result of both fewer than budgeted numbers of clients and lower average unit costs across all service types. |
|
4,794 |
Demand-Led - Mental Health Support |
The overspend is due to high unit costs, particularly for Shared Lives, Home care and Direct payments. |
|
173 |
Staffing teams |
Pressure due to number of operational managers. Negotiations over funding responsibilities are still ongoing with SPFT. |
|
Commissioning & Partnerships |
|||
89 |
Legal fees |
Internal recharges for legal costs have increased in recent years. |
|
Life Events |
|||
114 |
Bereavement services |
Overspend relates to underachievement against income budgets. |
|
(21) |
Other |
Minor variances. |
|
Housing General Fund |
|||
2,122 |
Temporary Accommodation |
The budget for Temporary Accommodation (TA) is
forecast to overspend by £2.122m for 2024/25. |
|
314 |
Seaside Homes |
The repairs and maintenance budgets for these properties are forecast to overspend by £0.021m as costs have increased by more than corporate inflation rates. There is also a forecast overspend on the loss of rent on void properties of £0.109m as a result of more churn within these properties and a further overspend on management costs of £0.184m, a large proportion of which relates to increased insurance costs for 2024/25. |
|
52 |
Private Sector Housing |
Unachieved savings for fine income of £0.052m |
City Services
Revenue Budget Summary
Provisional |
|
2024/25 |
Forecast |
Forecast |
Forecast |
2024/25 |
Net |
Net |
Outturn |
|
Budget |
Outturn |
Variance |
Variance |
Savings |
Savings |
Savings |
2023/24 |
|
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Proposed |
Achieved |
At Risk |
£'000 |
Service |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
% |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
768 |
City Transport |
(6,978) |
(5,075) |
1,903 |
27.3% |
978 |
561 |
417 |
(2,051) |
City Environment |
33,891 |
33,671 |
(220) |
-0.6% |
2,137 |
2,137 |
0 |
867 |
City Development & Regeneration |
3,326 |
3,864 |
538 |
16.2% |
950 |
650 |
300 |
(836) |
Culture, Tourism & Sport |
10,289 |
10,273 |
(16) |
-0.2% |
817 |
787 |
30 |
1,293 |
Property & Design |
2,938 |
4,459 |
1,521 |
51.8% |
1,919 |
1,599 |
320 |
(299) |
Safer Communities |
3,761 |
3,673 |
(88) |
-2.3% |
238 |
238 |
0 |
(258) |
Total City Services |
47,227 |
50,865 |
3,638 |
7.7% |
7,039 |
5,972 |
1,067 |
Explanation of Key Variances
Key |
|
|
|
Variances |
|
|
|
£'000 |
Service Area |
Variance or Financial Recovery Measure Description |
|
City Transport |
|||
1,156 |
Parking Services |
Overall Parking Services are forecasting an
overspend of £1.156m (Underachievement of 2.54% of expected
income targets) against a £28.267m net income budget. |
|
651 |
Concessionary Bus Fares |
Concessionary travel is forecasting £0.651m overspend this year following increases to the Government Reimbursement Tool, which is estimated to place the cost between £9.300m and £9.500m, resulting in a pressure between £0.600m and £0.800m. There is a push for 2024/25 to be at the same rate as the 2023/24, however if it is not possible to negotiate down to a level within 2023/24 rates and the use of the Government Reimbursement Tool applied to this will generate the pressure listed. |
|
96 |
Network management |
Road Works Permit income forecast £0.158m less that budget. This is comparable to previous year’s actual income which was supported by reserve, now fully utilised. This is partly offset by Traffic Regulation Order net income of £0.035m and Events net income forecast to achieve more than budget by £0.035m |
|
City Environment |
|||
(220) |
City Clean |
£0.150m overspend in street cleansing due to increased costs required for litter picking the A27 and A23. These are mitigated by forecast surpluses in commercial and green waste collections due to increased customers. |
|
City Development & Regeneration |
|||
549 |
Development Planning |
Underachievement of Planning and Building Control income of £1.025m as there is still some uncertainty over levels of service post-covid. This is offset by staffing underspends of £0.470m. |
|
(11) |
Planning Policy Major Projects |
Forecast underspends on staffing. |
|
Culture, Tourism & Sport |
|||
(16) |
Sport and Leisure |
Underspends of £0.038m on Golf Course contracts, offset by additional sports facilities responsive repairs costs. |
|
Property & Design |
|||
933 |
Estates Management |
Vacant Properties within both the In-house & Commercial portfolios have caused pressures from the loss of rental income and the additional premises related costs until new tenants can be attracted resulting in forecast pressures of £0.583m. There are initial pressures of £0.350m regarding the letting of Barts House 3rd and 4th floors where current rents and anticipated occupational savings from vacating are not achieving the full savings target for this year, though this is under review to ensure savings can be delivered going forward. |
|
588 |
Facilities & Building Services |
£0.500 forecast overspend relating to essential only responsive repairs functions due to rising costs and conditions of facilities. Post room services contains forecast overspends of £0.135m due to additional surcharges from Royal Mail whilst the service is not barcode compliant, though work is underway to ensure the council is compliant to mitigate costs. These overspends are partly offset by forecast underspends in other supplies & services within Facilities & Building Services. |
|
Safer Communities |
|||
(88) |
Safer Communities |
There is a net underspend forecast across the service, largely as result of vacancy management. |
Corporate Services
Revenue Budget Summary
Provisional |
|
2024/25 |
Forecast |
Forecast |
Forecast |
2024/25 |
Net |
Net |
Outturn |
|
Budget |
Outturn |
Variance |
Variance |
Savings |
Savings |
Savings |
2023/24 |
|
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Proposed |
Achieved |
At Risk |
£'000 |
Service |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
% |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
52 |
Policy, Communications & Leadership Office |
1,766 |
1,804 |
38 |
2.2% |
24 |
24 |
0 |
(169) |
Legal & Democratic Services |
3,548 |
3,518 |
(30) |
-0.8% |
335 |
335 |
0 |
183 |
Elections & Land Charges |
418 |
418 |
0 |
0.0% |
20 |
20 |
0 |
(8) |
Customer, Modernisation & Performance Insight |
1,447 |
1,437 |
(10) |
-0.7% |
35 |
35 |
0 |
246 |
Finance |
2,230 |
2,230 |
0 |
0.0% |
144 |
144 |
0 |
(15) |
Procurement (Mobo) |
(39) |
(39) |
0 |
0.0% |
2 |
2 |
0 |
(215) |
HR & Organisational Development |
3,770 |
3,857 |
87 |
2.3% |
222 |
199 |
23 |
(585) |
Information Technology & Digital (Mobo) |
8,132 |
8,547 |
415 |
5.1% |
649 |
234 |
415 |
(213) |
Welfare Revenue & Business Support |
7,336 |
7,336 |
0 |
0.0% |
327 |
327 |
0 |
(74) |
Communities, Equality & Third Sector |
2,642 |
2,642 |
0 |
0.0% |
581 |
581 |
0 |
69 |
Contribution to Orbis |
2,925 |
2,925 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(729) |
Total Corporate Services |
34,175 |
34,675 |
500 |
1.5% |
2,339 |
1,901 |
438 |
0 |
Further Financial Recovery Measures (see below) |
- |
(415) |
(415) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(729) |
Residual Risk After Financial Recovery Measures |
34,175 |
34,260 |
85 |
0.2% |
2,475 |
0 |
2,475 |
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 any budget variance on ‘Orbis Services’ is shared in accordance with the Inter-Authority Agreement (IAA).
Explanation of Key Variances
Key |
|
|
|
Variances |
|
|
|
£'000 |
Service Area |
Variance or Financial Recovery Measure Description |
|
Further Directorate Financial Recovery Measures |
|||
(415) |
IT&D (Mobo) |
Consultation and options for reducing the cost of the Schools Traded ICT Service have been extended and are continuing but a full-year saving is now unlikely for any option. Options for reducing spend across the wider IT&D (Mobo) budget are therefore being explored to mitigate the savings risk (or part-year risk). |
|
Policy, Communications & Leadership Office |
|||
38 |
Monitoring Officer |
Centrally held employee savings not yet allocated to services. |
|
Legal & Democratic Services |
|||
(30) |
Legal team |
Combination of vacancy contribution and external income generation. |
|
Customer, Modernisation & Performance Insight |
|||
(10) |
Performance team |
Vacancy contribution. |
|
HR & Organisational Development |
|||
54 |
Policy and Initiatives |
£0.019m for 0.5 FTE savings adjustments for Union facilities time in Unison. £0.035m pressure relating to GMB facilities time consisting of 0.5FTE savings adjustment plus staffing cover for Branch Convenor role. A reduction in income from external training delegates may further impact future forecasts and is being monitored closely. Traded services income, particularly, to schools remains uncertain and work continues with FCL to monitor continued viability of current service offer. The volatility in recruitment spend could lead to further change in future forecasts. |
|
33 |
Occupational Health and Safety |
Staff pressure for 7 months of M10 Asbestos resource in H&S. |
|
IT&D (Mobo) |
|||
415 |
IT&D (Mobo) |
A complex consultation process was underway regarding a change in the delivery model for the Schools Traded ICT Service but has been paused to allow other options to be evaluated. Lead-in time means that a full-year saving will not be possible. Alternative recovery measures now being explored across the IT&D Mobo budget as described under Financial Recovery Measures above. |
Corporately-held Budgets
Revenue Budget Summary
Provisional |
|
2024/25 |
Forecast |
Forecast |
Forecast |
2024/25 |
Net |
Net |
Outturn |
|
Budget |
Outturn |
Variance |
Variance |
Savings |
Savings |
Savings |
2023/24 |
|
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Proposed |
Achieved |
At Risk |
£'000 |
Service |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
% |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
500 |
Bulk Insurance Premia |
3,822 |
4,172 |
350 |
9.2% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(2,233) |
Capital Financing Costs |
7,837 |
7,837 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Levies & Precepts |
242 |
242 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(222) |
Unallocated Contingency & Risk Provisions |
1,165 |
1,165 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(509) |
Unringfenced Grants |
(32,113) |
(32,113) |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1,275 |
Housing Benefit Subsidy |
399 |
599 |
200 |
50.1% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
535 |
Other Corporate Items |
(213) |
3,632 |
3,845 |
1,805.2% |
2,475 |
0 |
2,475 |
(654) |
Total Corporately-held Budgets |
(18,861) |
(14,466) |
4,395 |
23.3% |
2,475 |
0 |
2,475 |
0 |
Further Financial Recovery Measures (see below) |
- |
(2,635) |
(2,635) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(654) |
Residual Risk After Financial Recovery Measures |
(18,861) |
(17,101) |
1,760 |
9.3% |
2,475 |
0 |
2,475 |
Explanation of Key Variances
Key |
|
|
|
Variances |
|
|
|
£'000 |
Service Area |
Variance or Financial Recovery Measure Description |
|
Further Directorate Financial Recovery Measures |
|||
(2,635) |
Organisational Redesign |
As noted below, savings will be part-year in 2024/25 in most cases but the council will maintain council-wide spending and vacancy controls to ensure the saving is met this year in lieu of full-year savings being identified and realised in 2025/26. |
|
Bulk Insurance Premia |
|||
350 |
Insurance claims. |
Settlement of insurance claims is forecast to be above budgeted amount. |
|
Housing Benefit Subsidy |
|||
200 |
Housing Benefit Subsidy |
There is insufficient data to make a detailed forecast but based on the previous year's outturn and the pressure funding provided in the 2024/25 budget a pressure of £0.200m is estimated. |
|
Other Corporate Items |
|||
(90) |
Corporate Pension Costs |
An underspend of £0.090m relating to an overpayment on the 2023/24 unfunded pension costs budget. |
|
1,300
|
2024/25 Pay Award |
Estimated additional cost of 2024/25 pay award above amount provided for in budget. This is based on the Employers’ latest offer which has not been agreed yet. |
|
2,635 |
Organisational Redesign savings |
A programme of work to undertake Phase 2 of the Organisational Redesign is underway alongside reviews of a number of functional areas to explore savings through potential functional alignment and other changes. Savings will be part-year in 2024/25 in most cases and therefore the recovery measures above may be required to mitigate part-year effects. |
Housing Revenue Account (HRA)
Revenue Budget Summary
Provisional |
|
2024/25 |
Forecast |
Forecast |
Forecast |
Outturn |
|
Budget |
Outturn |
Variance |
Variance |
2023/24 |
|
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
£'000 |
Service |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
% |
1,255 |
Repairs & Maintenance |
18,657 |
19,079 |
421 |
2.3% |
92 |
Tenancy Services |
14,824 |
14,624 |
(200) |
-1.4% |
407 |
Housing Management & Support |
6,292 |
6,257 |
(35) |
-0.6% |
(527) |
Housing Investment & Asset Management |
3,014 |
2,771 |
(243) |
-8.1% |
(228) |
Housing Strategy & Supply |
1,496 |
1,537 |
41 |
2.8% |
404 |
Council-owned Temporary Accommodation |
958 |
954 |
(4) |
-0.4% |
(845) |
Rent & Service Charges |
(73,472) |
(73,472) |
0 |
0.0% |
558 |
Service Area Total |
(28,231) |
(28,251) |
(20) |
-0.1% |
538 |
Capital Financing Costs |
8,509 |
8,509 |
0 |
0.0% |
(1,096) |
Direct Revenue Funding |
19,722 |
19,722 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
Total Housing Revenue Account |
0 |
(20) |
(20) |
0.0% |
Explanation of Key Variances
Key |
|
|
|
Variances |
|
|
|
£'000 |
Subjective Area |
Variance Description |
|
Repairs & Maintenance |
|||
(770) |
Employees |
Capitalisation of salaries in respect of the Electrical Testing Compliance Programme (£0.400m), plus forecast underspend against the net staffing budget from vacancy management. The underspend equates to approximately 9% of the net salary budget. |
|
883 |
Premises |
There is a forecast overspend against the sub-contractor business as usual budget, based on spend to date. A proportion of this spend relates to the disrepair claims, these costs are difficult to forecast based on the volume and timing of claims being made. This will be closely monitored over the coming months. |
|
293 |
Supplies and Services |
The service continues to experience significant costs arising from disrepair claims. These by their very nature are difficult to forecast and will be closely monitored each month, this assumes that the new legal resource is in place to manage the claims early in the process, enabling better management of spend. |
|
15 |
Transport |
Minor variances. |
|
Tenancy Services |
|||
(45) |
Employees |
Net underspend across staffing budgets from vacancies currently held. |
|
(104) |
Premises |
Information provided by the corporate energy team result in an estimated underspend against utility cost budgets. |
|
(15) |
Supplies and Services |
Minor variances. |
|
(36) |
Income |
Net income after considering the management and maintenance costs from the Chapel Street Car Park service level agreement. |
|
Housing Management & Support |
|||
(35) |
Premises |
Information provided by the corporate energy team result in an estimated underspend against utility cost budgets. |
|
Housing Investment & Asset Management |
|||
(92) |
Employees |
There is a forecast underspend against staffing costs, mainly due to a number of vacancies across the service. |
|
11 |
Premises |
Minor variances. |
|
(166) |
Supplies & Services |
In consultation with the leaseholder service manager there is no contribution to Leaseholder Bad Debt provision resulting in a saving of £0.152m. |
|
4 |
Other |
Minor variances. |
|
Housing Strategy & Supply |
|||
41 |
Employees |
An increase in capitalised salaries for housing new supply is offset by a reduced level of capitalised salaries against ICT budgets. The delivery of new software is entering into a new phase which will require costs associated with business as usual are met from revenue budgets. |
|
Council-owned Temporary Accommodation |
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(4) |
Premises |
There is a forecast underspend against the Transfer Incentive Scheme budget of £0.070m. This is offset by fuel costs for the temporary boiler at Manoj House. Council-owned Temporary Accommodation can by its nature be volatile, in respect of empty properties and repairs costs, at this stage of the year it is assumed that these costs will breakeven against the approved budgets. |
|
Rent & Service Charges |
|||
(54) |
Rents & Service Charges |
Minor over achievement of income anticipated from rents and service charges, offset by an overspend against voids budget (as below). |
|
54 |
Voids |
Forecast overspend, based on projected void numbers to 31st March 2025. The number of voids projected are based on historic data which considers the seasonal trends of empty properties, in addition to the impact of new supply on reducing the number of empty properties. |
|
Capital Financing Costs |
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0 |
Capital Financing costs |
There is an anticipated increase in financing costs due projected increase in interest costs and assumed timing of borrowing being taken on by the HRA. This is offset by a reduced borrowing need during 2024/25, creating a breakeven position. |
|
Direct Revenue Funding |
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0 |
Direct Revenue Funding |
As per the 2024/25 budget paper, £3.206m is expected to be contributed to reserves to fund future years pressures. The remaining DRF balance will be used to fund the capital programme, therefore there will be a breakeven position at year end. |
Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG)
Revenue Budget Summary
Provisional |
|
2024/25 |
Forecast |
Forecast |
Forecast |
Outturn |
|
Budget |
Outturn |
Variance |
Variance |
2023/24 |
|
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
Month 2 |
£'000 |
Service |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
% |
0 |
Individual Schools Budget (ISB) |
137,223 |
137,223 |
0 |
0.0% |
(19) |
Early Years Block (excluding delegated to Schools) (This includes Private Voluntary & Independent (PVI) Early Years 3 & 4 year old funding for the free entitlement to early years education) |
27,438 |
27,408 |
(30) |
-0.1% |
(996) |
High Needs Block (excluding delegated to Schools) |
39,679 |
40,068 |
389 |
1.0% |
(260) |
Exceptions and Central Services |
2,805 |
2,902 |
97 |
3.5% |
0 |
Grant Income |
(205,870) |
(205,870) |
0 |
0.0% |
(1,275) |
Total Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) |
1,275 |
1,731 |
456 |
35.8% |
Explanation of Key Variances
Key |
|
|
|
Variances |
|
|
|
£'000 |
Service Area |
Variance Description |
|
Early Years Block (including delegated to Schools) |
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(30) |
Central Early Years Block |
Underspend due to recruitment delays. |
|
High Needs Block (excluding delegated to Schools) |
|||
159 |
Post-16 High Needs |
There has been a significant increase in the number of high needs learners accessing FE colleges in the last year and there has also been a movement of high needs learners moving into the city with responsibility for education falling to Brighton and Hove. |
|
155 |
Children with Medical Needs |
The Children with medical needs budget has been increased by a further £0.250m in 2024/25 but is still showing an expected overspend of £0.155m. There is a continued significant increase in the number of pupils receiving education through bespoke tuition due to their medical needs. |
|
75 |
Other |
Other variances. |
|
Exceptions and Growth Fund |
|||
97 |
Other |
Other variances. |