RAG Rating Key:

RAG for Service Areas

RAG for Directorates(1)

RAG for General Fund

Red

Forecast overspend of 5% or more or £0.100m whichever is lower

Forecast overspend of 5% or more or £0.250m whichever is lower

Forecast overspend of 0.5% or more or £1.000m whichever is lower

Amber

Forecast overspend of less than 5% of budget or £0.100m, whichever is lower.

Forecast overspend of less than 5% of budget or £0.250m, whichever is lower.

Forecast overspend of less than 0.5% of budget or £1.000m, whichever is lower.

Green

Breakeven or forecast underspend

 

Breakeven or forecast underspend

 

Breakeven or forecast underspend

 

 

 

2025/26

Forecast

Forecast

 

 

Budget

Variance

Variance

RAG

 

Month 2

Month 2

Month 2

Rating

Service

£'000

£'000

%

Month 2

Commissioning & Communities

18,510

647

3.5%

Red

Education & Learning

6,415

663

10.3%

Red

Family Help & Protection

53,916

2,068

3.8%

Red

Public Health

1,459

0

0.0%

Green

Total Families, Children & Wellbeing

80,300

3,378

4.2%

Red

Adult Social Care

85,113

1,317

1.5%

Red

S75 Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust (SPFT)

21,578

2,316

10.7%

Red

Commissioning & Partnerships

5,234

36

0.7%

Amber

Housing People Services

8,804

5,697

64.7%

Red

Homes & Investment

912

(8)

-0.9%

Green

Total Homes & Adult Social Care

121,641

9,358

7.7%

Red

City Infrastructure

(3,119)

(2,327)

-74.6%

Green

Environment & Culture

8,571

858

10.0%

Red

Environmental Services

33,055

498

1.5%

Red

Place

3,044

347

11.4%

Red

Digital Innovation

8,817

(250)

-2.8%

Green

Total City Operations

50,368

(874)

-1.7%

Green

Cabinet Office

1,641

0

0.0%

Green

Corporate Leadership Office

975

21

2.2%

Amber

Finance & Property

7,775

1,994

25.6%

Red

Governance & Law

5,052

(303)

-6.0%

Green

People & Innovation

14,792

486

3.3%

Red

Contribution to Orbis

2,912

0

0.0%

Green

Directorate wide

0

0

0.0%

Green

Total Central Hub

33,147

2,198

6.6%

Red

Sub Total

285,456

14,060

4.9%

 

Bulk Insurance Premia

4,348

0

0.0%

Green

Capital Financing Costs

12,628

(500)

-4.0%

Green

Levies & Precepts

249

0

0.0%

Green

Unallocated Contingency & Risk Provisions

2,185

0

0.0%

Green

Unringfenced Grants

(29,188)

0

0.0%

Green

Housing Benefit Subsidy

699

600

85.8%

Red

Other Corporate Items

(1,775)

1,326

74.7%

Red

Total Centrally-held Budgets

(10,854)

1,426

13.1%

Red

Total General Fund

274,602

15,486

5.6%

Red

Repairs & Maintenance

19,267

(218)

-1.1%

Green

Tenancy Services

16,242

(372)

-2.3%

Green

Housing Management & Support

6,671

(121)

-1.8%

Green

Housing Investment & Asset Management

3,391

1,417

41.8%

Red

Housing Strategy & Supply

2,073

0

0.0%

Green

Council-owned Temporary Accommodation

1,071

226

21.1%

Red

Rent & Service Charges

(76,979)

(248)

-0.3%

Green

Capital Financing Costs

11,579

0

0.0%

Green

Direct Revenue Funding

16,684

(235)

-1.4%

Green

Total Housing Revenue Account

0

450

0.0%

Red

Individual Schools Budget (ISB)

145,996

0

0.0%

Green

Early Years Block (incl delegated to Schools)

41,079

10

0.0%

Amber

High Needs Block (excl delegated to Schools)

41,486

1,333

3.2%

Red

Exceptions and Growth Fund

3,055

94

3.1%

Amber

Grant Income

(232,295)

0

0.0%

Green

Total Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG)

(679)

1,437

211.6%

Red

 

(1) In the above tables the Dedicated Schools Grant and Housing Revenue Account are treated as Directorates for the purposes of RAG rating.