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Forecast |
Forecast |
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Variance |
Variance |
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Month 2 |
Month 5 |
Movement |
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Service |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
Explanation of Main Movements |
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Director of Families, Children & Learning |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Health, SEN & Disability Services |
1,080 |
909 |
(171) |
Achievement of Financial Recovery Measures |
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Education & Skills |
441 |
423 |
(18) |
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Children's Safeguarding & Care |
(1,145) |
(1,494) |
(349) |
Reduced numbers of children in residential home placements |
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Quality Assurance & Performance |
0 |
(54) |
(54) |
Vacant posts |
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Libraries & Information Services |
64 |
(1) |
(65) |
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Further Financial Recovery Measures |
0 |
(313) |
(313) |
See below |
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Total Families, Children & Learning |
440 |
(530) |
(970) |
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Adult Social Care Operations |
2,305 |
547 |
(1,758) |
Increase in S117 income forecast and use of demand growth offset by client expenditure backdated following court decision |
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S75 Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust (SPFT) |
1,600 |
1,156 |
(444) |
Increase in S117 income forecast and use of demand growth to offset higher unit costs |
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Integrated Commissioning |
89 |
53 |
(36) |
Reduced commitment relating to Wellington Road |
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Life Events |
93 |
158 |
65 |
Reduced number of cremations/income in part due to chapel closure for building maintenance work |
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Public Health |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Housing General Fund |
2,488 |
2,729 |
241 |
The primary overspend is attributed to an increase in units of TA £0.100m and the forecasting for higher nightly rates of spot purchase accommodation £0.221m, reduced voids and repairs costs Seaside Homes (£0.090m) |
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Further Financial Recovery Measures |
(2,361) |
(633) |
1,728 |
Largely included in the forecasts |
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Total Housing, Care & Wellbeing |
4,214 |
4,010 |
(204) |
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City Transport |
1,903 |
541 |
(1,362) |
Improvements in PCN income of £0.481m, On Street Parking £0.100m, Permit incomes of £0.055m and staffing forecasts of £0.178m offset by reductions in income for off-street parking of £0.224m and increased legal debt recovery fees for PCNs of £0.100m. Payments to Bus Operators for both base and enhanced services funded by the DfT Bus Service Improvement Plan grant where services are enhanced. |
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City Environment |
(220) |
(220) |
0 |
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City Development & Regeneration |
538 |
466 |
(72) |
Improvement in planning fees of £0.175m offset by increased legal fees of £0.115m relating to The Gasworks appeal. Reduction in consultants fees of £0.039m. |
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Culture, Tourism & Sport |
(16) |
45 |
61 |
Share of in year 1% turnover savings £0.129m offset by held vacancies |
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Property & Design |
1,521 |
993 |
(528) |
£0.347m improvement in estates following turnover rents due to the authority, new lease terms and letting of vacant units allowing business rates to be passed onto tenants. £0.122m underspend on security and £0.023m improvements in post room costs due to expenditure controls. |
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Safer Communities |
(88) |
(93) |
(5) |
Revised staffing forecast. |
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Total City Services |
3,638 |
1,732 |
(1,906) |
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Policy, Communications & Leadership Office |
38 |
62 |
24 |
Revision of staffing cost overspends in monitoring officer cost centre. |
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Legal & Democratic Services |
(30) |
(50) |
(20) |
A combination of vacancy control and external income generation offset by small overspends in democratic services |
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Elections & Land Charges |
0 |
(137) |
(137) |
Forecast income as HMLR transfer not expected before Q3 at the very earliest |
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Customer, Modernisation & Performance Insight |
(10) |
(20) |
(10) |
Contribution from vacancy control |
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Finance |
0 |
346 |
346 |
Increase in Audit fees and overspends in staffing costs |
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Procurement (Mobo) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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HR & Organisational Development |
87 |
79 |
(8) |
Slight improvement in position |
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Information Technology & Digital |
0 |
(100) |
(100) |
Impact of recruitment freeze |
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Welfare Revenue & Business Support |
0 |
(154) |
(154) |
Staffing underspends as a result of vacancy control |
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Communities, Equality & Third Sector |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Contribution to Orbis |
0 |
17 |
17 |
An overspend of £0.011m on the Council's share of the partnership budget and an under provision of £0.006m in the base budget. |
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Directorate Wide |
0 |
278 |
278 |
Overspend arising from additional 1% vacancy factor. |
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Further Financial Recovery Measures |
0 |
(278) |
(278) |
Financial recovery measure required to offset additional 1% vacancy factor. |
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Total Corporate Services |
85 |
43 |
(42) |
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Bulk Insurance Premia |
350 |
700 |
350 |
Further increases in settlement of insurance claims |
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Capital Financing Costs |
0 |
(425) |
(425) |
Higher expected investment income due to higher balances than forecast. |
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Levies & Precepts |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Unallocated Contingency & Risk Provisions |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Unringfenced Grants |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Housing Benefit Subsidy |
200 |
589 |
389 |
Increase in estimated pressure on Subsidy budgets following completion of mid year estimate. |
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Other Corporate Items |
3,845 |
2,574 |
(1,271) |
Application of 1% reduction in salary budgets as a temporary measure towards meeting organisational redesign savings in 2024/25 |
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Further Financial Recovery Measures |
(2,635) |
(1,364) |
1,271 |
Reduction in recovery measures required due to one-off £1.271m identified towards organisational redesign saving. |
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Total Centrally-held Budgets |
1,760 |
2,074 |
314 |
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Total General Fund |
10,137 |
7,329 |
(2,808) |
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