PAPER B
ADULT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES SELECT COMMITTEE
– 24 FEBRUARY 2005
BUDGET MONITORING REPORT AS AT END OF
DECEMBER 2004
REPORT OF THE PORTFOLIO HOLDER FOR ADULT AND COMMUNITY
SERVICES
SUMMARY/PURPOSE
This report sets out the budget and spending position
on revenue for the services within this Committee remit, as at the end of
December. The figures at Appendix 1 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). For information a Building Maintenance monitor has been
included at Appendix 3.
RECOMMENDATIONS
To debate and make recommendations.
REVENUE EXPENDITURE
(2004/5)
The net expenditure statement up to 31st December 2004
for the Adult and Community Services Directorate budgets is set out in Appendix 1.
As part of the 2004/5 budget settlement the
Directorate has to achieve an efficiency savings target of £349,000. This has been identified along with the
on-going effect of the shortfall in the Promoting Independence Grant of
£148,000.
The Directorate is working towards a balanced
budget for the year. However, the homelessness budget is a particular pressure
area and it is anticipated that the net projected overspend in the housing
service area will be approximately £317,000.
Community Care is also another pressure area and continues to be closely
monitored. At this stage in the year
the Directorate has identified some measures to partially address the pressure
areas and is projecting a year-end overspend of approximately £203,000. This is
approximately 0.7% of the net budget of the Directorate.
For information an income monitor is also included
at Appendix 2.
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
(2004/5)
The capital
expenditure is set out in Appendix 4. We will be reporting on this area at each
Committee. Most of the allocation is
for social housing. In most years, the
Housing Capital Programme is approved early in the year, when the
funding/programme is committed.
Building works proceed during the year, with the delivery/spend
occurring largely in the last quarter of the year.
FREE NURSING CARE
POOLED BUDGET
The
Free Nursing Care Pooled Budget monitor to the end of quarter 3 (1 April – 31
December 2004) is included at Appendix 5. The report indicates that there is a
projected year-end underspend of approximately £92,000. Any underspend at year-end will be shared
between
the organisations based on the respective contributions made to the pool. Based on the projected underspend amount,
Social Services would receive approximately £70,000 and the Primary Care Trust
would receive approximately £22,000.
Contact Point: Kerry
Hubbleday (
520600 ext.2213
COUNCILLOR GORDON KENDALL
Portfolio Holder for Adult and Community
Services