Archived decisions

Variations against the repriced 2004/05 budget

Schools block

£'000

%

Net reduction in response to changes in pupil numbers

-2,034

-0.3

Variation in the level of expenditure financed by government grants

7,889

1.3

Variation in the number of school days

242

-

Absorption of excess cost of 2004/05 inflation

-1462

-0.2

Local Education Authority Services

Variation in the number of school days

500

0.8

Variation in the level of expenditure financed by government grants

232

0.4

Deletion of expenditure funded in 2004/05 from previous years' underspendings

-417

-0.7

Transfer of HR budgets to Policy and Resources

-251

-0.4

Absorption of excess cost of 2004/05 inflation

-124

-0.2

Variations against the repriced 2004/05 budget

£'000

%

Highways and transportation

Highways maintenance

Increased roads lengths - additional routine maintenance and street lighting expenditure arising from highway adoptions

126

0.6

Capital programme - additional expenditure arising from the implementation of highways improvement schemes

204

0.9

Transfer from structural maintenance to compensate for required increase in winter maintenance provision

238

1.1

Increase in Government grant to cover expenditure arising from de-trunking of A339

10

0.1

Savings in budget required to offset cost of excess inflation during 2004/05

-356

-1.6

Transfer to management support services to cover higher environmental maintenance fees payable to agency district councils

-83

-0.4

Public transport

Bus subsidies - required savings to absorb higher expenditure from contract re-tendering and other cost variations within the base budget

-78

-1.3

Increase in Government grant for rural bus services

94

7.0

Management and support services

Higher expenditure arising from cost of salary increments and other variations in departmental running costs and inflation

420

1.9

Transfer from highways maintenance to cover higher environmental maintenance fees payable to agency district councils

83

0.4

Efficiency savings required to absorb salary increments and other cost pressures

-420

-1.9

Deletion of additional provision for IT system development included in 2004/05 budget from underspendings carried forward from 2004/04

-100

-0.5

Budget transfers arising from reorganisation of Human Resources department

-538

-2.5

Records management levy

-9

0.1

Waste management

Waste disposal contract - adjustment to budget to reflect increases in expenditure, other than inflation

1,877

5.4

Abandoned vehicles - adjustment in respect of non-recurring sum included in 2004/05 original budget funded from underspending carried forward from 2003/04

-311

-9.5

Variations against the repriced 2004/05 budget

£'000

%

Chief Executive

Deletion of non-recurring item for Best Value Review re voluntary sector

-15

-0.3

HR restructuring - transfer from departments

-63

-1.2

- advertising

-75

-1.5

County Council elections

550

92.9

Director of Human Resources

Transfer of budget funding from other departments to Human Resources, reflecting the corporate management of recruitment activity by the Resourcing Centre

1,252

n/a

SAP realisation benefit savings for recruitment activity

-100

-8.0

Transfer of budget funding from other departments to Human Resources, reflecting the reorganisation of services previously undertaken within the Personnel and Training Department

2,338

88.2

Carry forward of 2004/05 underspending earmarked for equalities training (£25,000), the Leadership programme (£75,000) and the use of transitional staffing monies (£100,000)

200

3.1

One-off funding to support the Pay and Benefits project team for 2005/06 only

200

3.1

£'000

%

Director of Human Resources continued

Deletion of funding approved in previous years for specific distinct projects being the Leadership programme (-£75,000) and the Pay and Benefits project (-£25,000)

-100

-1.6

County Treasurer

Transferred Education Financial Services and Social Services Staff

610

-

Additional Recreation and Heritage DFU staff

60

-

Additional staff income relating to these staff

-670

-

HR budget transfers re advertising and restructuring

-219

n/a

Carry forward of planned underspending from 2004/05

30

n/a

Property Business and Regulatory

Budget reduction pending funding review of Business rate revaluation team and Capital receipt team

-265

5.3

HR budget transfers re advertising and restructuring

-279

n/a

Variations against the repriced 2004/05 budget

£'000

%

Museums and Archives

Transfer from Policy Fund

108

-

Transfer to HR

-42

-100

Records management

39

-

Tourism

Transfer from Policy Development

46

-

Libraries and Information

Increments

164

1.4

Planned savings related to library review

-60

-0.4

Supplies and services reductions

-129

-3.2

Transfer from Policy Fund

280

-

IT costs at Gosport Discovery Centre

38

-

Transfer to HR

-130

-100

Reinstatement of book fund

500

32.5

Countryside

Transfer from Policy Fund

138

-

Transfer to HR

-60

-100

Arts, Sport and Community

Transfer from Policy Fund

253

-

Transfer to HR

-58

-100

Director and Business Development

Transfer from Policy Fund

165

-

Transfer to HR

-43

-100

Policy Fund

Additional resource

15

-

Transfer to Museums and Archives

-108

-

Transfer to Tourism

-46

-

Transfer to Libraries and Information

-280

-

Transfer to Countryside

-138

-

Transfer to Arts, Sport and Community

-253

-

Transfer to Business Development

-165

-

Variations against the repriced 2004/05 budget

£'000

%

Increase in the level of specific government grants

6,258

2.1

Transfer of HR budgets to Policy and Resources

-1,799

-0.6

Absorption of excess cost of inflation

-408

-0.1

Revenue effects of capital programme

47

-

Joint finance - tapering of health authority contribution

35

-