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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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Commissioning & Communities |
697 |
570 |
(127) |
Vacancies and savings in Home to School Transport |
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Education & Learning |
663 |
370 |
(293) |
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Family Help & Protection |
2,368 |
1,311 |
(1,057) |
Savings on high cost placements, vacancies and ongoing spending controls |
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Public Health |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Further Financial Recovery Measures |
(350) |
(320) |
30 |
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Total Families, Children & Wellbeing |
3,378 |
1,931 |
(1,447) |
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Adult Social Care |
1,771 |
1,912 |
141 |
Increased demand in Community Care Physical & Sensory Support, specifically Home Care & Nursing Care |
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S75 Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust (SPFT) |
2,666 |
2,381 |
(285) |
Increased demand has been more than offset by increased grant and S117 funding. |
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Integrated Commissioning |
36 |
42 |
6 |
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Housing People Services |
6,749 |
6,135 |
(614) |
£400k relates to savings from relocating 45 units of spot provision to more cost-effective BB accommodation. The remaining savings result from reduced staffing costs due to vacancies. |
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Homes & Investment |
(8) |
(10) |
(2) |
Fines initiative ended and savings in staff costs |
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Further Financial Recovery Measures |
(1,856) |
(3,029) |
(1,173) |
Further savings and mitigations identified to offset overspend above |
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Total Homes & Adult Social Care |
9,358 |
7,431 |
(1,927) |
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City Infrastructure |
(2,327) |
(2,014) |
313 |
Net impact of ensuring essential safety works are completed on the City's highways. |
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Environment & Culture |
858 |
287 |
(571) |
Revised income forecasts from outdoor events resulting in a £0.028m pressure. £0.220m improvement in Sports Facilities from revised contract variations and switch funding of DRF to borrowing. Revised Seafront services forecasts reflecting improved incomes and vacancies of £0.121m. Other improvements across the services from other held vacancies and expenditure controls. |
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Environmental Services |
498 |
411 |
(87) |
Updated salary forecasts |
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Place |
347 |
198 |
(149) |
Improved income within Planning Services of £0.304m as a result of BNG grant award offsetting costs and forecasted increases in internally generated planning pre application and application fees. Offset by an underachievement of in within the Architecture service. |
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Digital Innovation |
(250) |
(525) |
(275) |
Increased underspend in salary costs due to vacancy controls, particularly in Traded Services where vacancies are now forecast to be kept for the full year (previously forecast as vacant for 6 months). Some further underspend in Contracts costs. |
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Further Financial Recovery Measures |
0 |
(150) |
(150) |
Introduction of recovery measures at month 5. |
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Total City Operations |
(874) |
(1,793) |
(919) |
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Cabinet Office |
0 |
(169) |
(169) |
Combination of underspends in subscriptions to organisations (£0.102m) staffing savings and small underspends in service |
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Corporate Leadership Office |
21 |
84 |
63 |
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Finance & Property |
1,994 |
3,372 |
1,378 |
Movement is a result of pressure in WRBS £0.350m ( staffing £0.300m and £0.050m DWP income shortfall) as well as the transfer of £0.500m to the FRP line in respect of contract recovery, previously reported as part of the service forecast. |
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Governance & Law |
(303) |
(429) |
(126) |
Improvement in income generation in Legal Services including a £0.166m recovery from TruckCartel. which has been offset mainly by the downward revision of Local Land Charges forecasted income. |
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People & Innovation |
486 |
(72) |
(558) |
Combination of forecast income generation and staffing savings as a result of holding vacancies in HSFBS £0.487m and small savings in HR and Innovation services. |
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Contribution to Orbis |
0 |
67 |
67 |
Overspend in partnership operational budget and budget gap. |
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Further Financial Recovery Measures |
0 |
(1,500) |
(1,500) |
The FRP includes a £0.500m expected contract recovery costs, application of redistributed funds following the closure of the Coast to Capital LEP, and further expected improvements of £0.400m across Finance & Property, including a review of income streams from the council’s property portfolio, property maintenance budgets and further general improvements across the service.. |
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Total Central Hub |
2,198 |
1,353 |
(845) |
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Bulk Insurance Premia |
0 |
195 |
195 |
Forecast increase in value of settled claims. |
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Capital Financing Costs |
(500) |
(2,215) |
(1,715) |
In-year borrowing has been delayed to avoid committing to current elevated borrowing rates as long as possible, which while limiting investment returns, will reduce in year borrowing costs. |
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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 |
600 |
915 |
315 |
Increase in pressure on benefit for vulnerable tenants which is not fully subsidised. |
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Other Corporate Items |
1,326 |
1,589 |
263 |
Review of unachieved functional alignment savings from 2024/25. |
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Total Centrally-held Budgets |
1,426 |
484 |
(942) |
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Total General Fund |
15,486 |
9,406 |
(6,080) |
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