Appendix 1
RESOURCES SELECT COMMITTEE
REVENUE EXPENDITURE SUMMARY as at end of January 2005
Service Expenditure Income Net  
  Budget To Date % Budget To Date % Budget To Date % Comments
  £000 £000 Spent £000 £000 Rec'd £000 £000    
Complaints Service 106.0 92.0 86.8% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 106.0 92.0 86.8% This budget represents the costs of the former Social Services team that now form part of  Legal & Democratic Services.                          Budget is on target to date.
Miscellaneous Housing 4.0 5.7 142.5% -108.0 -101.4 93.9% -104.0 -95.7 92.0% Budget on target to date.
Democratic Representation & Management 1,234.5 967.2 78.3% -5.8 -6.2 106.9% 1,228.7 961.0 78.2% This budget represents policy making and all member related activities. Members Conference Expenses and Travelling budgets are overspending.
Democratic Representation & Management (Policy) 315.9 309.9 98.1% 0.0 -0.1 0.0% 315.9 309.8 98.1% The Select Committee & Best Value Review Unit provide support to Select Committees and corporate help and advice to Council services in carrying out their Best Value reviews. The budget is on target to date as approximately 1/3 of the costs are to be funded from the Best Value Contingency Fund at the end of the year..
Policy Unit 505.7 386.5 76.4% -17.0 -17.2 101.2% 488.7 369.3 75.6% Spending is on target.
Local Tax Collection 1,028.3 885.1 86.1% -771.0 -676.6 87.8% 257.3 208.5 81.0% This includes the costs of administrating the Council Tax, National Non-Domestic rates and Council Tax Benefit systems. The budget is on target to date.
Registration of Births Deaths & Marriages 185.4 119.7 64.6% -116.8 -110.6 94.7% 68.6 9.1 13.3% Income from fees is projecting a budget surplus of £20,000. Expenditure is on target to date. Any surplus funds will be used to relocate the service to Northwood House.
Registration of Electors 108.0 86.0 79.6% -3.9 -4.5 115.4% 104.1 81.5 78.3% Budget on target to date. Canvassing expenditure occurs in the autumn. Income levels have risen on receipt of electoral register sales.
Conducting Elections 24.7 82.8 335.2% 0.0 -0.3 0.0% 24.7 82.5 334.0% Expenditure to date relates mainly to the costs of the European Elections (Income is due from the EU to meet these costs). The annual cost of running elections is committed at the year-end as a contribution to the Elections Fund.
Local Land Charges 149.9 80.4 53.6% -730.5 -544.5 74.5% -580.6 -464.1 79.9% Expenditure budget below target as £12,000 of management costs have been absorbed within the Information Management budget (part of the Legal budget). Due to the slump in the housing market the income target is likely to be under-achieved by approximately £70,000.
General Grants, Bequests & Donations 377.3 285.0 75.5% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 377.3 285.0 75.5% Budget for corporate grants is on target to date. Figures also include non-domestic rate discretionary relief for which entries are made at year-end
Support Services - Financial Services 1,773.9 1,258.7 71.0% -53.7 -55.4 103.2% 1,720.2 1,203.3 70.0% This heading includes central and seconded Accountancy, Audit, Procurement and Exchequer Services. Expenditure is on target to date.
Support Services - ICT 2,017.6 1,747.9 86.6% -350.0 -369.7 105.6% 1,667.6 1,378.2 82.6% This budget is on target to date. The £350k relates to the Implementing Electronic Government grant received from Central Government.
Support Services - Property Services 577.7 421.0 72.9% -5.6 -6.8 121.4% 572.1 414.2 72.4% Budget on target to date.
Support Services  - Council Properties 125.0 106.3 85.0% -256.3 -215.6 84.1% -131.3 -109.3 83.2% Budget on target to date.
Administrative Buildings 690.8 642.9 93.1% -88.3 -75.5 85.5% 602.5 567.4 94.2% Budget on target to date apart from Non-Domestic Rates which have been paid in advance for the year.
Support Services - Legal Services 51.5 655.6 ####### -9.2 -0.2 2.2% 42.3 655.4 1549.4% The costs of Legal Services are recharged to client services quarterly in arrears under the terms of Service Level Agreements. Although recharges during the year have not been made, it is anticipated that they will be processed shortly.
Support Services - Human Resources & Training 1,043.5 906.2 86.8% -76.5 -64.8 84.7% 967.0 841.4 87.0% Budget on target to date. The expenditure figure includes commitments relating to member and officer training. Succession Planning budget is likely to underspend.
Support Services - Communications 251.9 216.4 85.9% -11.2 -15.3 136.6% 240.7 201.1 83.5% Expenditure is on target. Most Wight Insight advertising income has now been received for the year.
Support Services - Corporate Services Directorate 245.3 191.5 78.1% 0.0 -0.1 0.0% 245.3 191.4 78.0% The costs of the Director of Corporate Services and the associated secretarial support are included in this budget. The budget is on target to date.
Organisational Development 294.9 277.4 94.1% -6.0 -5.8 96.7% 288.9 271.6 94.0% This includes the costs of Postal Services and Customer Service Centre. Postal Service recharges for January have not yet been actioned.
Help Centres 202.7 178.1 87.9% -12.8 -8.2 64.1% 189.9 169.9 89.5% Budgets on target to date.
Premises Development 50.6 47.2 93.3% -157.0 -157.8 100.5% -106.4 -110.6 103.9% Budgets on target to date.
Community Forums & Development 475.8 321.2 67.5% -80.0 -85.1 106.4% 395.8 236.1 59.7% Expenditure budgets are underspending due to fund balances of individual forums brought forward over several years. Some of these budgets are committed but not yet spent as some projects are long term - spanning 2 or 3 years.
Building Maintenance 1,099.9 707.8 64.4% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1,099.9 707.8 64.4% Budget on target to date
Report Total 12,940.8 10,978.5 84.8% -2,859.6 -2,521.7 88.2% 10,081.2 8,456.8 83.9%