Decision - Targeted Budget Management (TBM) 2021/22: Month 5 (August)

RESOLVED: That the Committee –

(i)             Noted the forecast risk position for the General Fund, which indicates a potential forecast overspend risk of £4.159m. This is net of an underspend of £0.843m on the council’s share of the NHS managed Section 75 services;

(ii)            Noted the forecast for the Housing Revenue Account (HRA), which is currently an overspend of £0.978m;

(iii)          Noted the forecast risk position for the Dedicated Schools Grant which is an overspend of £0.475m;

(iv)          Noted the forecast outturn position on the capital programme which is a forecast underspend of £3.959m and approve the variations and slippage in Appendix 6 and new schemes as set out in Appendix 7;

(v)           Agreed to allocate the remaining 2021/22 Contain Outbreak Management Funding of £1.615m to cover pandemic-driven pressures across Homelessness and Rough Sleeping.