Forecast

Provisional

 

 

 

Variance

Variance

 

 

 

Month 9

Month 12

Movement

 

Service

£'000

£'000

£'000

Explanation of Main Movements

Commissioning & Communities

542

300

(242)

Underspend identified within the General Fund element of the VAWG budget.

Education & Learning

236

576

340

Shortfall in expected contributions from Public Health.

Family Help & Protection

(1,751)

(1,938)

(187)

Reduction in placement costs for Children with Disabilities and additional savings from recruitment controls.

Public Health

0

0

0

 

Total Families, Children & Wellbeing

(973)

(1,062)

(89)

 

Adult Social Care

(1,087)

(1,445)

(358)

Mainly the result of achieved savings from the Direct Payments review.

S75 Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust (SPFT)

1,522

1,712

190

Increase in Section 75 related staffing costs and high number of mental health placements.

Integrated Commissioning

120

(229)

(349)

Reduced use of Crossroads contract & Direct payments as well as vacancies and frozen recruitment
Improvement also due to additional Health income, including the Better Care Fund risk share.

Housing People Services

2,127

2,347

220

The adverse financial position is primarily attributed to last minute claim from suppliers and dilapidation costs.

Homes & Investment

(9)

46

55

Unachieved savings for fine income partially offset by staffing costs.

Further Financial Recovery Measures

(316)

0

316

Changes reflected in outturn above.

Total Homes & Adult Social Care

2,357

2,431

74

 

City Infrastructure

(1,653)

(3,302)

(1,649)

Improved income in Parking and Highways and savings against the NSL contract performance. Increased staff costs capitalised against eligible capital programmes and release of grant and initiatives budgets. 

Environment & Culture

223

(993)

(1,216)

Receipt of one-off income from a rebate of Business rates at the Brighton Centre, improved levels of income from seafront services, the leisure management contracts and additional s106 monies eligible to support revenue costs. Greater than expected Impact of spend controls and decisions made at year end regarding reserve and provision contributions.

Environmental Services

269

577

308

Costs relating to the spot hire of vehicles, essential PPE and senior management overheads. Offset in part by an improvement in cost of agency resulting from the spending controls in place during the year.

Place

389

324

(65)

Reduced income generation within Planning and Architects offset by the release of initiative and reserve contribution budgets following year-end review of the reserve levels held.

Digital Innovation

(205)

(403)

(198)

Improvement in the contract and termination fees. Reduced professional fees cost relating to upgrades and delay in planned work and increased level of  eligible capitalised costs.

Total City Operations

(977)

(3,797)

(2,820)

 

Cabinet Office

(7)

(248)

(241)

Increased receipt of income within tourism, released initiative budgets, particularly UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and the Hothouse project. Improved position in staffing budgets.

Corporate Leadership Office

62

109

47

Senior Management recruitment costs and essential Staff Training costs.

Finance & Property

882

703

(179)

Increased costs relating to the waking watch at New England House, increased maintenance costs and reduced income across corporate buildings. These were offset by income received for contributions to social value pledge as well as other income contributions for WRBS and underspends across service budgets.

Governance & Law

(350)

(648)

(298)

Improved income for legal services and land registry. Impact of spend controls across all service areas greater than anticipated.

People & Innovation

146

83

(63)

Improvement in innovation underspends in initiatives and staffing budgets.

Contribution to Orbis

2

(42)

(44)

An improvement in the overall partnership results mainly due to underspends on IT&D, Internal Audit, Finance and Treasury partially offset by an overspends in Insurance and Procurement.

Total Central Hub

735

(43)

(778)

 

Bulk Insurance Premia

700

764

64

Increase in the number and value of claims settled.

Capital Financing Costs

(747)

(1,131)

(384)

Accrued interest of (£0.413m) on a loan to BDBF has now been recognised as payable. Other net movements totalling £0.029m relating to other treasury activity.

Levies & Precepts

0

0

0

 

Unallocated Contingency & Risk Provisions

0

0

0

 

Unringfenced Grants

(13)

(509)

(496)

Distribution of Business Rate Levy surplus of £0.496m.

Housing Benefit Subsidy

1,039

896

(143)

The net position on the recovery of overpayments improved by £0.357m. There was an increase of £0.198m in the pressure in respect of a certain benefit type for vulnerable tenants which is not fully subsidised. Other minor adverse movements of £0.016m.

Other Corporate Items

1,189

1,360

171

£0.106m contribution to corporate bad debt provision. £0.098m writing off historic unrecovered salary overpayments. £0.033m other minor movements.

Total Centrally-held Budgets

2,168

1,380

(788)

 

Total General Fund

3,310

(1,091)

(4,401)