Forecast

Forecast

 

 

 

Variance

Variance

 

 

 

Month 2

Month 5

Movement

 

Service

£'000

£'000

£'000

Explanation of Main Movements

Director of Families, Children & Learning

0

0

0

 

Health, SEN & Disability Services

736

912

176

New placements related to children with disabilities and increase in cost of direct payments in same service area

Education & Skills

512

435

(77)

Improvement in the forecast for council nurseries

Children's Safeguarding & Care

(524)

(1,641)

(1,117)

Reduced numbers of residential placements and less than anticipated growth of cost of Care Leavers.

Quality Assurance & Performance

(14)

1

15

 

Further Financial Recovery Measures

(303)

(83)

220

Achieved recovery measures now included in the forecasts above.

Total Families, Children & Learning

407

(376)

(783)

 

Adult Social Care

3,751

4,328

577

Higher number of care home placements for over 65s requiring Physical Support.

S75 Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust (SPFT)

99

121

22

 

Integrated Commissioning

963

798

(165)

One-off in-year savings from delays in recruitment and contract commissioning.

Public Health

0

0

0

 

Further Financial Recovery Measures

(2,145)

(1,462)

683

Achieved recovery measures now included in the forecasts above.

Total Health & Adult Social Care

2,668

3,785

1,117

 

Transport

(551)

(708)

(157)

This is substantially due to higher than budgeted Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) income due to an increased seasonal variation in bus lane PCN’s issued during the summer period. 

City Environmental Management

879

1,060

181

The change is the result of a more detailed review of Fleet Management and Maintenance costs (higher than budgeted).  

City Development & Regeneration

35

157

122

The change is due to a Building Control income pressure and additional ongoing legal costs of £60k to support projects and contracts within the directorate.

Culture, Tourism & Sport

(4)

0

4

Minor changes.

Property

0

(0)

(0)

Further Financial Recovery Measures

(359)

(509)

(150)

 

Total Economy, Environment & Culture

0

0

0

 

Housing General Fund

1,100

1,060

(40)

Small underspend on the Travellers service.

Libraries

0

(30)

(30)

Various minor underspends.

Communities, Equalities & Third Sector

0

0

0

 

Safer Communities

0

0

0

 

Further Financial Recovery Measures

(1,100)

(1,060)

40

Movement to match the forecast Housing General Fund overspend forecast. 

Total Neighbourhood, Communities & Housing

0

(30)

(30)

 

Finance (Mobo)

0

43

43

Increased Financial System costs and reduced contribution from Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG).

HR & Organisational Development (Mobo)

0

0

0

 

IT&D (Mobo)

150

150

0

 

Procurement (Mobo

0

0

0

 

Business Operations (Mobo)

0

114

114

Increased systems costs.

Revenues & Benefits (Mobo)

159

0

(159)

Increased underspends expected through vacancies.

Housing Benefit Subsidy

(325)

42

367

Improvement of £0.075m on recovery of former Council Tax Benefit overpayments. Worsening of £0.254m on subsidy loss relating to a particular benefit type for vulnerable tenants which is not fully subsidised by the DWP. Worsening of £0.162m on the net position of recovery of Hosing Benefit overpayments.

Contribution to Orbis

0

21

21

Mainly unachievable staff savings.

Total Finance & Resources

(16)

370

386

 

Corporate Policy

38

0

(38)

Underspends identified to offset pressures.

Legal Services

0

(1)

(1)

 

Democratic & Civic Office Services

0

0

0

 

Life Events

338

372

34

Extra income pressures identified.

Performance, Improvement & Programmes

0

(12)

(12)

Minor variance due to vacancies.

Communications

0

0

0

 

Further Financial Recovery Measures

0

0

0

 

Total Strategy, Governance & Law

376

359

(17)

 

Bulk Insurance Premia

0

0

0

 

Capital Financing Costs

0

0

0

 

Levies & Precepts

0

0

0

 

Unallocated Contingency & Risk Provisions

0

0

0

 

Unringfenced Grants

(42)

(42)

0

 

Other Corporate Items

34

34

0

 

Total Corporately-held Budgets

(8)

(8)

0

 

Total General Fund

3,427

4,100

673