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Council Overall Revenue Budget Monitor

APPENDIX 3

Financial Monitoring Statement: All Portfolios

REVENUE SPENDING

YEAR END FORECAST

All Portfolio's For period to

Forecast Spend or (Income)

Budgeted Spend or (Income)

Forecast over or (under) spend

ADV/FAV

Notes on main areas of over / underspending

A

B

C

31st March 2006

£'000

£'000

£'000

Transport & Highways

Transport & Highways

5,983

6,019

(35)

FAV

Access Management

3,424

3,207

217

ADV

Overspend in Public Transport due to the increased reimbursement to operators for concessionary fares caused by both price rise of 18% and increased take up of concessionary fare tokens.

Car Parking (Excl. Park & Ride)

(4,718)

(4,740)

23

ADV

Park & Ride

(485)

(439)

(46)

FAV

Increased activity over last year.

Operations - Parking

83

35

48

ADV

Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) issues have declined in the last quarter of 2005/06.

Sub Total

4,288

4,081

207

ADV

Children's Services

Education

86,408

86,078

330

ADV

Overspend due to Home to School Transport costs and redundancy costs resulting from closing schools and falling pupil numbers.

Adult Education

75

36

39

ADV

Overspend due to an unexpected repayment of grant and redundancy costs.

Youth & Community

1,331

1,362

(31)

FAV

The underspend is due to vacancy management.

Children's Services (excluding YOT)

8,951

8,806

145

ADV

Overspend due to Independent Fostering Placements.

Sub Total

96,765

96,282

483

ADV

Social Services

Adult Services (excluding EPHs)

26,084

25,718

366

ADV

This relates to the non achievement of the Mental Health financial plan savings and over spends in purchasing of placements in Mental Health and Learning Difficulties.

Elderly Persons Homes

4,756

5,146

(390)

FAV

Underspend mainly due to additional income from improved occupancy and reduction in use of agency staff.

Other

1,710

1,823

(112)

FAV

Underspend due to achieving management actions in freezing supplies and services budgets.

Sub Total

32,550

32,687

(137)

FAV

Economic Development

Economic Development

1,252

1,397

(146)

FAV

Underspend in Employment Development Service, salary savings in Training services and Economic Development.

Western Riverside

33

(33)

FAV

Stone Mines

ON TARGET

Bath Development Board

174

173

1

ADV

Major Projects Support

81

78

3

ADV

Property

(4,592)

(4,568)

(24)

FAV

Underspend on Commercial Estate pertly offset by overspend on Corporate Estate due to delays in vacating North Parade Buildings and additional costs associated with the full occupation of Abbey Chambers that cannot be passed on to tenants.

Sub Total

(3,086)

(2,887)

(199)

FAV

Sustainability & the Environment

Planning Services

3,153

3,246

(93)

FAV

Underspend on Local Plan, vacancy savings in Heritage and Management team partly offset by overspends in Management & Administration costs due to increased costs of support services.

Cleansing

2,312

2,338

(26)

FAV

Waste Management

5,869

6,466

(598)

FAV

£300K disposal savings are being realised from reduced landfill tonnage due to active pursuit of recycling initiatives. This also means the Council will not use its full allocation of Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme permits representing a saving of £173k.

Waste Operations

1,261

1,054

207

ADV

Pressures from maintenance of plant, fuel cost and staff incurred (staff associated with recycling initiatives)

Sub Total

12,595

13,104

(509)

FAV

Resources

Corporate Support Services

4,057

4,052

5

ADV

Resources Services

3,259

3,470

(211)

FAV

The forecast underspend is mainly due to savings achieved through vacancy management.

Operations - Non Trading

137

115

22

ADV

Operations - Trading

414

133

282

ADV

Building Engineering Services - A re-assessment of the contribution target needs to be undertaken in the light of declining council property repair budgets.

Corporate Budgets

7,491

9,505

(2,014)

FAV

Underspend on capital financing costs due to slowing down of the capital programme, partly offset by overspends on unfunded pensions and housing benefits allowances.

Sub Total

15,358

17,274

(1,916)

FAV

Leader

Corporate Projects

1,963

1,982

(20)

FAV

Underspends due to vacancy management in corporate Projects and underspend on Corporate Information Service (CIS).

Council's Retained ICT Budgets

(647)

(652)

5

ADV

Corporate Grants to Voluntary Organisations

210

210

()

FAV

Equalities

242

244

(2)

FAV

Corporate Performance Unit

534

547

(12)

FAV

Sub Total

2,303

2,331

(29)

FAV

Tourism, Leisure & Culture

Libraries & Information

2,227

2,162

65

ADV

Shortfall against income targets and non achievement of savings targets partly offset by vacancy management.

Arts

637

636

1

ADV

Tourism

493

493

ON TARGET

Heritage, Including Archives

(2,378)

(2,832)

454

ADV

Lower than planned visitor numbers to the Roman Baths and Museum of Costume combined with an increased proportion of group visitors reduced admission income and "secondary spend" (retail / catering)

Leisure Services

2,662

2,690

(29)

FAV

The trend of increased trading income in the crematorium has continued, along with a review of maintenance spend.

Sub Total

3,641

3,150

492

ADV

Community Safety and Housing Services

Environmental and Consumer

2,031

2,139

(108)

FAV

Underspend relates to additional income from Licensing some of which is required to cover costs in the new financial year.

Housing

1,915

1,973

(57)

FAV

Underspend is mainly due to salary vacancies and improved performance in Bed and Breakfast recovery.

Drug Action Team & Community Safety

1,124

1,180

(56)

ON TARGET

Mainly due to an underspend on Community Wardens due to vacancies.

Community Wardens (Operations)

ON TARGET

Youth Offending Team

202

218

(16)

FAV

Underspend on secure accommodation.

Public Protection

(193)

(241)

48

ADV

Overspend relates to a shortfall in Land Charge Fees which is partly offset by additional building regulations fee income.

Magistrates

25

25

()

FAV

Coroners

235

165

70

ADV

Environment Agency

93

93

ON TARGET

Sub Total

5,432

5,552

(120)

FAV

TOTAL

169,846

171,573

(1,727)

FAV

Note: "ADV" indicates an adverse variance, "FAV" a favourable variance, and a "( )" in the over and under spend columns indicates an underspend or overachievement of income