Meeting documents
Cabinet
Wednesday, 1st September, 2004
FUNDING DETAILS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE AGREEMENT
1. Pump-Priming
This is the money that the Government provides up-front to support innovation and allow the service to `stretch' its performance. The Government is providing £919,163.
|
PSA Target |
Pump Priming Due (£) |
2003/04 Budget (£) |
2003/04 Actual (£) |
(Under) Overspend (£) |
2004/05 Budget (£) |
2005/06 Budget (£) |
|
Cost-effectiveness |
5,163 |
2,000 |
- |
(2,000) |
2,000 |
1,163 |
|
Increasing bus usage / satisfied with information |
95,000 |
25,000 |
4,415 |
(20,585) |
35,000 |
35,000 |
|
Older people's quality of life and independence |
158,000 |
105,000 |
28,865 |
(76,135) |
53,000 |
- |
|
Improving secondary school attendance |
90,000 |
32,000 |
16,911 |
(15,089) |
28,500 |
29,500 |
|
Young people leaving care - GCSE and occupation |
82,000 |
27,000 |
27,008 |
8 |
27,000 |
28,000 |
|
Reducing vehicle crime |
10,000 |
5,000 |
7,178 |
2,178 |
5,000 |
- |
|
Improving our local environment - Graffiti - HWRC |
149,000 |
16,600 20,000 |
16,697 22,244 |
97 2,244 |
16,700 39,500 |
16,700 39,500 |
|
Reducing fire-related deaths and injuries in the home |
67,000 |
22,000 |
- |
(22,000) |
22,000 |
23,000 |
|
Improving disabled access to sustained employment |
75,000 |
8,000 |
- |
(8,000) |
34,000 |
33,000 |
|
Improving health through sport and leisure |
90,000 |
30,000 |
- |
(30,000) |
30,000 |
30,000 |
|
Better alternatives to bed and breakfast for homeless people |
48,000 |
23,000 |
- |
(23,000) |
23,000 |
2,000 |
|
Improving library popularity and encouraging reading |
50,000 |
50,000 |
- |
(50,000) |
- |
- |
|
Total (£) |
919,163 |
365,600 |
123,319 |
(242,281) |
315,700 |
237,863 |
The PSA revenue funds have already been received. These are being kept in a central reserve and are allocated to services when expenditure is made at the end of each financial year. Thus each part of the PSA budget is being treated as a total project budget and the exact year of spend is more flexible. In this way slippage is already accounted for in the process and the under spend is kept in the reserve. Should services catch up in the remaining two years of the PSA, the money will then be available for them to use automatically up to the budgeted amount for each scheme.
Unsupported Credit Approvals (UCA)
In addition to pump-priming the Government will allow the Council to borrow above its normal limits to support service innovation. £1,872,000 is available for borrowing against closely defined schemes.
|
PSA Target |
Total Allowance (£) |
UCA Budget 2003/04 (£) |
UCA Actual 2003/04 (£) |
UCA (Under) Overspend (£) |
UCA Budget 2004/05 (£) |
UCA Budget 2005/06 (£) |
|
Cost-effectiveness |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Increasing bus usage / satisfied with information |
95,000 |
10,000 |
12,825 |
2,825 |
50,000 |
35,000 |
|
Older people's quality of life and independence |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Improving secondary school attendance |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Young people leaving care - GCSE and occupation |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Reducing vehicle crime |
295,000 |
150,000 |
27,684 40,873 (Park & Ride) |
(81,443) |
145,000 |
- |
|
Improving our local environment - Walcot - Toilets |
1,000,000 50,000 81,000 |
100,000 5,000 10,000 |
- - 1,260 |
(100,000) (5,000) (8,740) |
100,000 15,000 44,000 |
800,000 30,000 27,000 |
|
Reducing fire-related deaths and injuries in the home |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Improving disabled access to sustained employment |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Improving health through sport and leisure |
300,000 |
- |
- |
- |
300,000 |
- |
|
Better alternatives to bed and breakfast for homeless people |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Improving library popularity and encouraging reading |
51,000 |
51,000 |
- |
(51,000) |
- |
- |
|
Total (£) |
1,872,000 |
326,000 |
82,642 |
(243,358) |
654,000 |
892,000 |
When the PSA was agreed the Council needed permission to borrow additional money but was expected to meet the debt charges itself. Now it does not need that permission any more because of the Local Government Act 2003, but it still needs to pay the debt charges, and these are already contained within approved budgets and the financial plan. Any PSA funding cannot be altered from its original purpose without Council approval. So the use of any unspent capital funds would be a decision for Council when it considers its budget.
If the PSA capital needed is less, the Council has more capital resources that it has already budgeted for and can approve it to go into another capital programme, or it can choose not to borrow and save the debt charges that would have been incurred.
3. Estimated Performance Reward Grant
If the Council achieves an agreed level of performance it will receive a Performance Reward Grant. £3,577,950 is the maximum that the Council will receive if all the targets are achieved.
No Performance Reward Grant is payable unless we achieve 60% of the stretch target. On achieving 60% of any stretch target, a proportional amount of the reward grant will be awarded. Reward grants are independently awarded for the12 targets.
For example, we estimate that without the PSA we would increase satisfaction with the public transport information to 40% in 2006. With the PSA, the target becomes 55%. We must achieve 49% (60% of the difference or `stretch') in order to receive the Performance Reward Grant.
Below is an estimate of the likely outcome based on the information provided so far. For this exercise it has been assumed that those reported as `Amber' will achieve 60% of the `stretch' and `Green' 100%. Evidence over the past 3 years has shown that estimated figures over state the actual, therefore, at this stage there should be no assumption that these funds will be available from 2006.
|
Theme |
Performance Measure |
100% Performance Reward Grant (£) |
% of stretch likely to be achieved (%) |
Reward expected in 2007 based on the latest estimates (£) |
|
1. Improving cost-effectiveness |
Cost-effectiveness index |
298,163 |
100 |
298,163 |
|
2. Increasing Bus Usage |
Number of bus journeys (cumulative 2 years) |
268,347 |
100 |
268,347 |
|
3. |
Percentage of population satisfied with public transport information |
29,816 |
60 |
17,890 |
|
4. Improving the quality of life and independence of older people |
Households receiving intensive home care per 1,000 pop aged 65 or over |
163,990 |
100 |
163,990 |
|
5. |
Number of people aged 65+ who receive 5 or more hours of home care over a minimum of 6 visits a week for a period of four or more continuous weeks |
74,541 |
100 |
74,541 |
|
6. |
Number of people aged 65+ receiving a direct payment |
29,816 |
100 |
29,816 |
|
7. |
Admissions of supported residents aged 65+ per 10,000 to residential/nursing care |
29,816 |
100 |
29,816 |
|
8. Improving pupil attendance in secondary schools |
Percentage of half days missed due to absence in secondary schools |
149,082 |
60 |
89,449 |
|
9. |
Percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absence in secondary schools |
149,082 |
60 |
89,449 |
|
10. Improving educational attainment for young people leaving care |
Number of young children leaving care aged 16+ obtaining 5 or more GCSEs at grades A*-C (cumulative 2004/5 and 2005/6) |
149,082 |
100 |
149,082 |
|
11. |
Percentage of Children Looked After who are engaged in education, training or employment at the age of 19 |
74,541 |
100 |
74,541 |
|
12. |
Number of young people leaving care aged 16 or over with at least 1 GCSE at grade A* - G or a GNVQ (cumulative 2004/5 and 2005/6) |
74,541 |
100 |
74,541 |
|
13. Reducing vehicle crime |
Theft of, or theft from, vehicles |
298,163 |
100 |
298,163 |
|
14. Improving the Local Environment |
Percentage of trade waste (including rubble) which is recycled |
119,265 |
100 |
119,265 |
|
15. |
Percentage of household waste at Household Waste and Recycling Centres which is recycled |
89,449 |
100 |
89,449 |
|
16. |
Percentage of graffiti cleared from public buildings within 2 days of reporting |
59,633 |
100 |
59,633 |
|
17. |
Visitor survey score for availability of public toilets |
14,908 |
100 |
14,908 |
|
18. |
Visitor survey score for cleanliness of public toilets |
14,908 |
100 |
14,908 |
|
19. Reducing the incidence of accidental fire-related deaths and injuries in the home |
Number of deaths and injuries arising from accidental fire in dwellings per 100,000 population (mean over 2 years) |
298,163 |
60 |
178,898 |
|
20. Improving access to sustained employment to people with disabilities |
Number of disabled people helped by the Council into sustained employment of at least 16 hours per week lasting at least 13 weeks |
178,898 |
60 |
107,339 |
|
21. |
Number of disabled people entering into voluntary work of 8 hours or more lasting for 13 weeks or more |
74,541 |
60 |
44,725 |
|
22. |
Number of employers who hold the `Positive about disabled people' award given by Job Centre Plus |
44,724 |
100 |
44,724 |
|
23. Improving health through sport and leisure |
Number of visits to sports centres to participate in physical activity (millions) |
223,622 |
60 |
13,417 |
|
24. |
Number of people attending sports centres, not with a club or school group, to participate in a physical activity twice a week or more |
74,541 |
60 |
44,725 |
|
25. Reducing stays in bed and breakfast accommodation for homeless people |
Number of families with dependent children or with a member who is pregnant in Bed & Breakfast accommodation for 4 weeks or more |
89,449 |
60 |
53,669 |
|
26. |
Total household nights spent in Bed & Breakfast accommodation |
149,082 |
60 |
89,449 |
|
27. |
Percentage of homelessness applications decisions notified within 33 days |
59,633 |
60 |
35,780 |
|
28. Improving library services |
Number of physical visits to public libraries |
99,388 |
60 |
59,633 |
|
29. |
Percentage of residents satisfied with libraries |
99,388 |
60 |
59,633 |
|
30. |
Number of books and spoken word items issued |
99,388 |
0 |
0 |
|
TOTAL |
3,577,950 |
- |
2,687,943 |
Note: There are further conditions that have to be satisfied for targets 7, 8, 9 & 11 - otherwise the Grant will be reduced.