Appendix 2

Provisional Revenue Outturn 2003/04 - Reasons for Variances

All Council Spending for the period from April 2003 to March 2004

Forecast Spend or (Income)

Budgeted Spend or (Income)

Outturn Overspend

Outturn Underspend

Main reasons for year end variance

1

2

3

4

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

Support Services

644

646

2

Highways and Transportation

5,667

5,736

69

Highways and Transportion/Access Management budgets were managed throughout the year to recover deficency on car parking.

Access Management

2,757

2,794

37

Car Parking (excluding Park and Ride)

(4,395)

(4,579)

184

Penalty Notice income below target offset by underspends on off-street, rural and residents parking.

Park and Ride

(311)

(273)

38

Income above target and savings on running costs.

Operations - Parking

Engineering Consultancy

Corporate Savings - re Transport

(40)

40

Corporate saving on transport not achieved.

Total - Transportation and Highways

4,362

4,284

224

146

Overspends on Strategic Management/Access offset by underspends on SEN/School Improvement and non-school funding. School balances overspend to be carried forward for recovery in 2004/05.

Education

77,419

77,296

123

Adult Education

Total - Life Long Learning

77,419

77,296

123

Children's Services (Excluding YOT)

7,251

7,465

213

Additional adoption fees and continued staff vacancies.

Adult Services (Excluding EPH's)

22,960

22,001

959

Nursing and residential placements, partly offset by salary underspends.

Elderly Persons Homes

2,555

2,567

12

Additional client income.

Other

2,274

2,438

164

Support Service vacancies, additional contributions and one-off savings from freezing equipment/consumables budgets.

Equalities and Supported Employment

369

392

23

Equalities salary underspend and reduced costs in Supported Employment.

Total - Social Services

35,409

34,862

959

413

Economic Development

1,185

1,191

6

Western Riverside

57

57

Stone Mines

49

53

4

Property

(3,375)

(3,154)

222

Underspend on Commercial Estate less overspends on Corporate Estate/R&M, (possible carry forwards).

Corporate Performance Unit

604

681

77

Saving from audit fee reductions via good CPA performance and supplies savings.

Total - Economic Development

(1,480)

(1,172)

308

Planning Services

3,019

3,076

58

Central recharges lower than expected and Planning Policy underspend to be carried forward.

Cleansing

3,795

3,637

158

Saving target not met due to non closure of toilets and Street Cleansing contract higher.

Waste Disposal

4,778

4,842

64

Income above target on trade waste and sale of materials.

Waste Operations

59

59

Cost of redundancy.

Enforcement Officers

Total - Sustainability and the Environment

11,651

11,556

217

122

Underspends on Chief Exec/Corporate Director/Registras/HR non-business and Training less overspend on HR business unit.

Corporate Support Services

3,774

3,816

42

Resources Services

3,072

3,266

194

FMS Replacement/PARIS Project overspends covered by underspends in Business/Resources Services.

PARIS Project

193

13

179

Operations - Non Trading

249

301

52

Temp Agency saving not pursued and Linear Way restructure costs requested to be carried forward.

Operations - Trading

(644)

(681)

37

Overspend from delay in transferring Aquaterra as operator of sports centres, golf courses and halls.

Corporate Budgets

6,357

6,692

335

Lower cost of borrowing, full pay award provison and revenue capital funding not required. Housing benefit overspend.

Total - Resources

13,000

13,408

216

624

Corporate Projects

902

1,061

159

Customer Access underspend partially offset Infoplus overspend.

Youth and Community

1,306

1,308

2

Youth Services underspend from vacancy management.

Information and Development Systems

147

148

Corporate Grants to Voluntary Organisations

140

174

34

Voluntary Organisation grant being ceased and recommendation to be carried forward.

Total - Leader

2,497

2,691

195

Central library income targets and savings on central recharges not met offset by savings caused by VAT changes/vacancies and replacement PC's.

Libraries and Information

2,083

2,099

16

Arts

610

596

14

Overspends on Grants to Voluntary Organisations and other Arts services.

Tourism

380

380

Overspends caused by falling visitor numbers contained by substantial savings/referrral of investment/revision of bad debt provision.

Heritage, including Archives

(3,483)

(3,397)

86

Leisure Services

3,270

3,264

6

Higher management fee on Leisure contract less savings from other traded services.

Total - Tourism, Leisure and Culture

2,860

2,943

19

103

Environment and Consumer

1,818

1,877

59

Best Value expenditure managed within budgets and saving will need to be carried forward to 2004/05.

Housing

2,105

2,101

3

Drug Action Team and Community Safety

702

709

7

Community Wardens (Operations)

(4)

4

Youth Offending Team

210

187

24

Secured placements overspend.

Public Protection

(25)

52

76

Building Control and Land Charges fee income above budget.

Fire Service

6,892

6,892

Magistrates

240

251

11

Coroners

175

166

9

Environment Agency

665

665

Total - Community Safety and Housing

12,779

12,900

37

158

TOTAL SERVICES

158,496

158,769

1,795

2,068

Net Underspend (£k)

273