PAPER B



RESOURCES SELECT COMMITTEE - 20 MARCH 2003


BUDGET MONITORING REPORT AS AT END OF FEBRUARY 2003


STRATEGIC DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND INFORMATION AND COUNTY TREASURER


SUMMARY / PURPOSE


This report sets out the budget and spending position on both revenue and capital for the services within this Committee’s remit, as at the end of February. The figures do not include budgets that are controlled elsewhere than the service concerned. These are monitored by the Committee which bears responsibility for the item concerned.


REVENUE EXPENDITURE


The expenditure and income to date against budget are shown at appendix 1. For most services the spend to date is within budget, and there are no significant variances or pressures to report at present.


CAPITAL EXPENDITURE


Expenditure against each scheme is shown at appendix 2.


POLICIES AND STRATEGIES


The services included within this report are linked to a number of the Council’s key strategic objectives, specifically in raising standards of achievement, encouraging learning and promoting opportunities for all, developing the knowledge and skills needed for employment opportunities, supporting and developing Council staff and managing the Council’s property and other resources efficiently and effectively.


CONSULTATION


No specific consultation has been undertaken in the production of this report. However, a number of the capital projects and services included within the report will have been the subject of consultation with a range of external agencies and members of the public.


CRIME AND DISORDER


There are no direct crime and disorder issues arising from the production of this report.


PERFORMANCE INDICATORS


There are no direct implications for performance indicators arising from the production of this report. However, clearly there will be implications for future performance measures and indicators arising from the information contained within the report, specifically any cost based indicators, but also the outcomes arising from the services and projects to which this report refers.


Contact Point : Andrew Carpenter ☎ 823641


JOHN PULSFORD

Strategic Director for Finance and Information and County Treasurer