Archived decisions

Appendix 2

Revised budget 2006/07

1.

2006/07 cash limit

£'000

2006/07 budget requirement

568,360

Less contribution to balances

1,558

566,802

Subsequent amendment to cash limit for variations in contribution to balances:

Carry Forward of Policy and Resources and Recreation and Heritage overspending in 2005/06

-153

Additional to balances agreed by the Cabinet in July 2006

- 14,600

Use of PSA pump priming grant to reinstate balances in respect of advance spending incurred in 2005/06

-49

Proposal to rephase addition to balances arsing from deferral of Manydown acquisition (+£5,000,000) offset by proposed use of Department of Transport South Hampshire Rapid Transit reimbursement to replace revenue contributions to capital (-£2,629,000).

2,371

Adjusted 2006/07 cash limit

554,371

2. Comparison of revised budget with cash limit

Cash limit

Revised budget

Variation

£'000

£'000

£'000

Service cash-limited expenditure:

Adult Services

258,249

269,147

10,898

Children's Services

826.668

827,229

561

Environment

102,646

102,156

-490

Policy and Resources

51,771

51,733

-38

Recreation and Heritage

31,769

31,769

-

1,271,103

1,282,034

10,931

Non cash-limited expenditure:

Flood Protection review

403

403

-

Capital financing charges

37,879

34,223

-2,656

Revenue contributions to capital

22,204

22,204

-

Specific grant

-781,178

-781,178

-

Inflation and central contingencies

10,286

2,900

-7,386

Landfill Allowance sales

-

-2,291

-2,291

Transfer to/(from) earmarked

Reserves:

As per adjusted budget

-6,326

-6,326

-

Planned service underspend

-

528

528

Pay and benefits contingency provision

-

7,500

7,500

Business rates

-

83

83

Landfill allowance sales

-

2,291

2,291

PSA reward grant to fund

Non-schools Children's Services overspending

-

-233

-233

554,371

563,138

8,767

3.

Analysis of main variations

£'000

Projected overspending on Adult Services to be written off in 2006/07.

10,898

Projected overspending on Children's Services (£561,000) to be financed from use of PSA reward grant (-£233,000) and to be funded from Direct Schools grant in 2007/08

(-328,000)

328

Planned underspending on Environment and Policy and Resources (£528,000) to be carried forward as earmarked reserves to 207/08.

-

Higher interest rates and flood protection levies

197

Business rate savings (£83,000) to be earmarked to invest to save reserve.

-

Higher interest on balances

- 2000

Lower capital financing costs due to lower additional borrowing in 2005/06 than forecast

-656

8,767