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

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.

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.
Costs have continued to increase considerably. The increased costs as reported previously are related to a combination of the following factors:
There are several factors contributing to overspends in Home to School Transport. These include increased demand on the service (both at 5-16 ages, and 16 up until 19th birthday), increased numbers of children requiring single occupancy journeys, lack of local SEND school sufficiency, and increased numbers of routes required to accommodate individual post 16 learners’ timetables.
Market forces within SEND transport are also contributing to overspend in Home to School Transport. The service is being increasingly impacted by local driver, vehicle passenger assistant, vehicle shortages and increased running costs. There is also a lack of competition in the transport market, particularly minibus providers, which is pushing up contract prices still further.
There is increasingly less capacity in the local system to meet demand, not just in the numbers of children requiring transport but the nature of the transport requirements.

100

PFI

Due to higher PFI contractor costs.

19

Other

Minor variances.

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.

(50)

Other

Minor variances.

Libraries & Information Services

64

Other

 Minor variances.

 

 


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.
Emergency nightly accommodation (spot purchased) is forecast to overspend by £1.629m due to greater demand, increased costs and the continued decrease of TA Leased properties. The budget was set at an average of 182 households per night for the year. However, since April, the council has supported an average of 258 households every night. Although the service is working hard to prevent homelessness, numbers remain high. In 2023/24 the number of households placed in spot purchase more than doubled, from 124 at the start of April 2023, to 256 at the financial year end, March 2024. This forecast assumes an increase of 64 from now to March 2025.
TA Leased properties have steadily decreased year on year as landlords withdraw their properties from the rental market. This forecast assumes TA leased properties will reduce by 62 properties this year from a total of 617 to 555 homes. This is based on prior year trends but also the number of leases (over 50% of stock) coming to an end this financial year. The new leases are also commanding a higher rate and shorter terms. With these factors being considered, the forecast assumes an underspend of (£0.289m) this year.
Additionally, the council is facing large increases to contract costs of block booked emergency accommodation which was factored into the budget. However, due to the demands on the service, there are 79 more block booked properties than allowed for at budget setting time. Therefore, the forecast estimates that this budget will overspend by £0.741m.

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.
Parking permits is predicting to be £0.996m (7.85%) underachieved compared to its budget of £12.696m. This forecast contains continued reduction in demand in residents and visitor permits across zones and the loss of parking capacity due to active travel proposals along with many other factors.
On-street paid parking is predicted to be £1.838m (12.38%) underachieved compared to its budget of £14.8m. £0.300m of which is driven by the removal of previously agreed zone changes last year, with a further £0.070m is a result of the free parking bay to paid parking bay proposals removed this year.
The remainder of the shortfall is due to reduced demand in paid parking due to the significant prices rises in recent years, the impact of Hybrid and home working which has changed parking patterns, the £2 single bus fare encouraging bus travel over short car journeys, concern that motorists are risking receiving a Penalty Charge Notice in some areas (particularly high tariff areas) as the charge is almost the same rate as a PCN (£25 at discounted rate for low level offence). Off-Street Parking is also predicted to underachieve by (£0.100m) (1%).
These under-achievements are offset by predicted surplus income for Parking Suspensions of £0.094m (7.2%). In addition, there is also a predicted reduction in Parking costs of £0.332m which is primarily driven by surplus in Unsupported borrowing budgets. PCN income is set to overachieve by £1.418m due to increased levels of tickets particularly in relation to CCTV bus lane enforcement.

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

(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

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

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)

(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.