PAPER B3

 

Committee :     SOCIAL SERVICES, HOUSING AND BENEFITS SELECT COMMITTEE       

 

Date :               3 JULY 2002

 

Title :               BUDGET MONITORING REPORT AS AT END OF MAY 02 AND PROVISIONAL OUTTURN FOR YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 02

 

REPORT OF THE STRATEGIC DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND HOUSING

 

 

1.                  SUMMARY/PURPOSE

 

This report sets out the budget and spending position on both revenue and capital for the services within this Committee remit, as at the end of May.  The figures do not include budgets that are controlled elsewhere.  These are monitored by the Committee, which bears responsibility for the item concerned.  (For example, Resources Select Committee monitors the building maintenance budget centrally, and building maintenance costs are not therefore shown against individual services below).

 

Also included is a provisional outturn statement for the year ended 31 March 02 for the Directorate of Social Services and Housing.  There are still some accounting adjustments to be actioned but these should not result in a significant variation from the amounts shown and is broadly in line with previous projections.

 

2.                  REVENUE EXPENDITURE (2002/03)

 

The expenditure and income up to 31st May 2002 for the Social Services and Housing budgets are set out in appendix 1.

 

At this stage it is not possible to draw any firm conclusions about the likely outturn for year on the basis of this information.

 

1.                  REVENUE PROVISIONAL OUTTURN (2001/02)

 

The provisional outturn for 2001/02 is shown in appendix 3.  The figure we are now projecting is an overspend of £597,000, slightly up on £570,000 reported last time.  This is because of the impact of one placement for a man with a Learning Disability, which will cost the Council £120,000 p.a.

 

2.                  CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

 

The expenditure is set out in appendix 2.  We will be reporting on this area at each Committee.  Most of the allocation is for social housing.  The pattern of expenditure tends to mean that most of the money is spent in the last quarter of the financial year.

 

Contact Point : Charles Waddicor, ( 520600 ext. 2225

 

 

C WADDICOR

Strategic Director, Social Services and Housing