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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

Decision Report :

Decision Maker:			Executive Lead Member for Children's Services (Education)
Date of Decision:			21 January 2009
Decision Title:			Revenue Budget 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12
Decision Reference:			504
Report From:			The County Treasurer and the Director of Children's Services
Contact name:		Gordon Shinn
Tel:	01962 847545			Email:	[email protected]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1) Summary of Decision Area

1.1. This report seeks approval for submission to the Leader and Cabinet of the revised budget for 2008/09, the detailed proposals for the 2009/10 budget and the provisional budgets for 2010/11 and 2011/12.

1.2. This report has been prepared in consultation with the Executive Members and will be reviewed by the Children and Young People Select Committee. It will be reported to the Leader and Cabinet on 6 February 2009 to make final recommendations to County Council on 19 February 2009.

2) Issues Covered in Report

2.1. The report considers revisions to the 2008/09 budget. In respect of the 2009/10 budget the report includes detailed proposals for growth, redeployment of resources, efficiency improvements, the annual review of income and charges and the workforce implications of the proposed budget. The report outlines the provisional budgets for 2010/11 and 2011/12.

2.2. The budget proposals contained in this report are derived from the departmental service plan and the Children and Young People's Plan currently out for consultation which have been developed to support the priorities of the Corporate Strategy.

3) Recommendations

It is recommended to approve for submission to the Leader and Cabinet:

3.1. The revised budget for 2008/09 totalling £935.884m (as set out in appendices 1 and 2), and planned carry-forward from 2008/09 of £1.8m (£0.5m underspend against the Schools Budget and £1.3m on non-schools).

3.2. The base budget for 2009/10 totalling £960.368m (as set out in Appendix 3).

3.3. The proposals for growth totalling £12.507m in 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 4).

3.4. The proposals for redeployment of resources totalling £3.558m in 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 4).

3.5. The proposals for efficiency improvements totalling £3.2m (2.0% of the base budget) in 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 5).

3.6. The annual review of income and charges (as set out in Appendix 6).

3.7. The summarised trading accounts of business units (as set out in Appendix 7).

3.8. The detailed budget for 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 8).

3.9. The workforce implications of the proposed budget for 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 10).

3.10. The provisional budget for 2010/11 of £999.128m and for 2011/12 of £1,004.479m (as set out in Appendix 11). This excludes any assumption around growth or inflation increases in respect of the Schools Budget for 2011/12.

MAIN REPORT

1) Purpose of the Report

1.1. This report sets out the proposed Children's Services revenue budget for 2009/10, provisional budgets for 2010/11 and 2011/12 and recommends a revised budget for 2008/09. This report has been prepared in consultation with the Executive Members and will be reviewed by the Children and Young People Select Committee. It will be reported to the Leader and Cabinet on 6 February 2009 to make final recommendations to County Council on 19 February 2009.

2) Contextual Information

2.1. The Cabinet agreed a three year budget plan for 2008/09 to 2010/11 in February 2008. The key features of the plan are as follows:

· it makes allowance for increased demand for social care services and for the projected higher costs of the waste management contract, but otherwise contains no provision for growth in service budgets

· all service budgets are uplifted for inflation based on the assumption that increases in pay and prices would be contained within an average increase of 2.5% per annum

· income is to be maximised by reviewing charges in line with the average inflation on the related gross expenditure

· it assumes that efficiency savings will be achieved to finance any proposed service developments, unfunded demand pressures or to cover excess inflation within the context of the Government's target for local government of annual efficiency savings of 3% per annum

2.2. In order to maintain a three year financial plan, Cabinet agreed an updated medium term financial strategy in October 2008 to include 2011/12, based on similar assumptions.

2.3. For this service, the budget guidelines are:

	£m
2009/10 guideline	969.317
2010/11 provisional guideline	999.128
2011/12 provisional guideline (excluding Schools Budget growth and inflation)	1,004.479

2.4. The medium term financial strategy is closely linked to the Corporate Strategy and the Corporate Business Plan to ensure that priorities are affordable, provide value for money and that resources follow priorities.

Key Issues

3) Revised Budget

3.1. The cash limit for the Children's Services revised budget is £935.884m. The calculation is shown in Appendix 1.

3.2. A summary comparing the revised budget with the cash limit is set out in Appendix 2. This shows a forecast year end planned underspend to be carried forward to 2009/10 of £1.8m (£0.5m underspend against the Schools Budget and £1.3m underspend on non-schools).

3.3. This position incorporates the following assumptions around planned underspends:

a) Schools Budget - a one-off planned underspend of £500,000 in respect of payments for 3 and 4 year olds. It had originally been expected that by September 2008, 60% of non Pathfinders for 3 and 4 year old offerings 12.5 hours would move to 15 hours provision per week. As a result of grant uncertainties and revised allocations, this 60% tranche was delayed from September 2008 to January 2009.

b) Non-schools budget - a one off planned underspend of £1.3m against the non-schools budget, primarily in respect of delays in implementing IT priorities (e.g. ContactPoint), as well as the maximisation of Government grants (the successful recovery of the former Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative Grant relating to 2004 to 2006 from the Department of Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), resulting in a one off benefit of £580,000 in 2008/09).

3.4. Agreement is sought to carry-forward the planned underspend £1.3m against the non-schools budget in full to 2009/10 to meet on-going IT and other emerging priorities, and £0.5m against the Schools Budget.

4) Base Budget 2009/10

4.1. The first stage in the construction of the budget for 2009/10 is the preparation of a base budget. This contains the current financial policies of the Council to provide a starting point from which decisions can be made. The base budget for this service is £960.368m (£795.838m for Schools and £164.530m for non-schools) at outturn prices. This compares to the provisional budget for 2009/10 estimated last year at £933.389m, (£782.628m for Schools (excluding £5.180m growth and redeployment proposals), and £150.761m (excluding £1.200m growth and redeployment proposals) for Non-Schools).

4.2. Appendix 3 shows the make up of the base budget.

4.3. Overall, the base budget includes a net increase in expenditure at constant prices of £43.424m. The main variations are:

· allocations made for inflation in 2008/09 including the full year effect of the provision made for outstanding pay awards from 2007/08, and allocations made for non-pay inflation where different from that assumed in the original budget (e.g. Home to School Transport) - £3.918m for Schools and £0.851m for non-schools

· the revenue effect of past capital programmes (subject to its inclusion in the approved capital programme unless there is a specific Cabinet decision to the contrary)

· the full year effect of council-approved policies included in the 2008/09 original budget, which have been introduced part-way through the year

· growth included within the 2008/09 budget guidelines - £9.718m for Schools and £0.423m for non-schools

· changes in income volumes which are not the result of policy decisions

· The following specific items:

- variations arising directly from changes in the number of pupils in schools, pupils eligible for free meals and numbers of days in the school year - a reduction of £1.779m across Schools and non-schools

- increases in Government grants - an increase of £27.240m across both Schools and non-schools (including Area Based Grant)

- transfers between services - a reduction of £0.331m against the non-schools budget

- additional funding to meet the cost of pay and benefits - £2.173m for non-schools.

5) Director of Children's Services Comments

5.1. The Annual Performance Assessment (APA) self assessment was completed in May 2008. The APA draft letter, received on 14 November, gives the service a three overall and a three for capacity to improve. The service self assessed its performance as three and four respectively in these areas.

5.2. The draft Children and Young People's Plan (CYPP) for 2009 - 2012 was sent out for consultation on 17 November 2008. The draft has been developed in full consultation with partners and there is good broad agreement on the overall priorities. This document, once finalised, will offer a very good framework within which the work of the Children's Trust can develop. The Local Area Agreement (LAA) will sit alongside the CYPP and all the LAA priorities will be reflected in the CYPP, as will the Children's Services elements of the Corporate Strategy priorities in the new Corporate Improvement Plan.

5.3. It is clear that the overarching priority for our services to children and young people in Hampshire should be about `closing the gap' between the achievements and outcomes of the majority and those who, for a variety of reasons, are more vulnerable to poor outcomes, whether those are academic, social, health or economic prosperity, or in many cases a mixture of all of these. At the same time it is critical to ensure that we are looking to "raise the bar", seeking a continued improvement in standards and outcomes for all young people. The new CYPP will address both of these areas.

5.4. Sitting within the overall strategic direction are a number of specific challenges that Children's Services are facing now, and which will continue over the next three years. These include:

· resourcing the social care workforce to appropriate levels, to secure our core safeguarding responsibilities, linked to restructuring of that workforce in the light of Hantsdirect, locality team and youth support (Connexions) developments

· delivering the Children Looked After (CLA) strategy, and a particular immediate issue of managing the pressures on the fostering service with placement stability, numbers of CLA and costs and provision of places even after the invest to save in in-house foster care last year

· the implementation of the efficiency elements of the Services for Young People business model to address the reduction in grant levels

· the development of the relationship with Partners, including the duty to co-operate, and the need to work across the partnership to improve the life chances of the most vulnerable groups, including those with health needs and those at risk of educational exclusion. This will be vital to the achievement of the LAA, the CYPP and the Comprehensive Area Assessment

· the 16-18 transfer of planning, commissioning and funding to local authorities for September 2010 which means a need to work now to engage in the coming planning cycle

· 14-19 development including local consortia moving into the second year of diploma roll out

· Building Schools for the Future (BSF) with all authorities having submitted an expression of interest in November 2008 for their whole area with the potential for all authorities to have BSF projects underway by 2010.

6) Schools Growth Proposals for 2009/10 and 2010/11

6.1. The Schools Budget strategy for 2008/09 to 2010/11 was agreed last year based on the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) announced by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). The DSG increases for the next two years, 2009/10 to 2010/11, were:

	2009/10	2010/11
	%	%
National minimum per pupil increase	3.4	3.8
National average per pupil increase	3.7	4.3
Hampshire per pupil increase	3.7	4.2
Hampshire cash increase	3.1	3.8

6.2. The DCSF have set the three year budget for 2008/09 to 2010/11. Their expectation is that the spending review anticipated in 2009 will enable them to continue the multiyear budgeting for schools with the next three year period being 2010/11 to 2012/13. As such, the roll forward to 2011/12 has not been done in any formal sense for the Schools Budget and Schools Forum has not considered, in any detail, pressures beyond 2010/11. They are due to be considering a three year budget again in December 2009.

6.3. The DSG figures showed reduced headroom in 2009/10, which was understood to be partly because of the new DCSF Standards Fund for Making Good Progress or progression, which it had been hoped would offer some flexibility on use. The funding allocation has recently been announced for 2009/10. The new ring-fenced grant within the Standards Fund is to provide one to one tuition to support pupil progress in English and Maths. The allocation for Hampshire County Council for 2009/10 is £2.915m and the 2010/11 allocation will be announced in December 2009. The funding covers :

· the costs of ten hours (at £29 an hour) of one to one tuition (and two hours of tutor planning/ liaison time) in English for up to 3.5% of the pupil cohort in Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 and in National Challenge Schools in Key Stage 4, and funding for the same proportion, 3.5% of the cohort for one to one tuition in Maths

· a payment for schools of £20 per pupil who is tutored

· central funding to support the role of the local authority.

6.4. The existing grant guidance states that "Tuition should only be offered to pupils who:

· entered the key stage behind the expected level; and/or,

· are not on trajectory to reach national expectations, or to make 2 levels of progress; and/or,

· are looked after children who would particularly benefit from this kind of additional support."

6.5. Further guidance is to be issued early in the spring term 2009.

6.6. As the incidence of pupils eligible for this tuition will be uneven it will be important to ensure that reliable and consistent information is available as to the number of eligible pupils at each school with pupils at the relevant key stage.

6.7. Further information is also still awaited to confirm the amount of the 14-19 Diploma funding which will be received in 2009/10.

6.8. The table below shows how the total Schools Budget managed by Children's Services is derived.

	2009/10	2010/11
	£000	£000
Dedicated Schools Grant	694,343	717,814
Less Items managed by Policy and Resources	-11,461	-11,748
Less Carbon Reduction Targets - Smart Meters	-1,000	-
Technical Adjustments (SHIPS +£105,000, Occupational Health +£50,000, Eastleigh Family Nursery +£53,000, Rates Officers -£80,000)	128	128
Schools Budget Standards Fund	62,868	60,256
School Standards Grant	34,752	35,482
Schools Budget SSEYCG	22,431	26,251
Milk Grant	175	175
14-19 Diploma Grant	1,351	1,120
Schools Budget Total Managed by Children's Services	803,587	829,478

6.9. Headroom is arrived at by taking the year on year change in Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) and reflecting inflation, changes in pupil numbers and capital programme effects. The effects of the capital programme and changes in pupil numbers have been recalculated in the light of autumn 2008 information. Whilst there are changes in components of the base position there is no net change in the headroom available in 2009/10 or 2010/11 arising from these factors. However, subsequent to the agreement of the budget in January 2008, there have been a number of other changes that have increased the headroom available in 2009/10 by £3.969m, reducing by £1.958m in 2010/11 to leave £2.011m ongoing. The following table sets this out:

	2009/10	2010/11	Cumulative
	£000	£000	£000
Original Growth
- Delegated	3,163	6,688	9,851
- Non-delegated	2,017	2,205	4,222
Total = Headroom as per original budget (A)	5,180	8,893	14,073
Additional headroom due to lower pay increases than budgeted	601	890	1,491
One-off carry forward from 2007/08	2,386	-2,386	0
Additional DSG in 2008/09	82	-82	0
2008/09 underspend carry forward	500	-500	0
Additional headroom (B)	3,569	-2,078	1,491
Adjust for payments for three and four year olds (within original budget above)	400	120	520
Total additional headroom	3,969	-1,958	2,011
Revised headroom (Appendix 4)
Delegated	5,066	6,328	11,394
Non-delegated	3,683	487	4,170
Total headroom (A) + (B)*	8,749	6,815	15,564

* includes £1m for Smart Meters not shown in Appendix 4 - see paragraph 6.31

6.10. At its meeting on 24 January 2008, Schools Forum agreed to allocate the additional headroom arising from the lower than budgeted pay awards, as follows:

· £601,000 in 2009/10 to Pay & Benefits, thus increasing that figure from £800,000 to £1,401,000; and

· £890,000 in 2010/11 to Deprivation, thus increasing that figure from £3,149,000 to £4,039,000.

6.11. In July 2008 Schools Forum agreed the carry forward of underspend from 2007/08, totalling £4.424m, to 2008/09 (£2.038m) and 2009/10 (£2.386m). An additional unbudgeted 2008/09 DSG amount of £82,000 was also agreed to be carried forward to 2009/10.

6.12. In October 2008 Schools Forum agreed the following budget changes:

	2009/10	2010/11	Cumulative
	£000	£000	£000
Provision of Autistic Spectrum Disorder facilities deferred by one year	-105	165	60
Children in Care	100	-100	0
Infant class size	52		52
Early Years Formula - transition	56		56
Total	103	65	168

6.13. There is a projected underspend in 2008/09 of £500,000 on payments to 3 and 4 year olds (see paragraph 3.3 above). Additionally the DCSF have recently (October 2008) permitted greater flexibility in the use of the Standards Fund for the introduction of Extended Flexible Entitlement (EFE) to early education (the move from 12.5 to 15 hours). This releases some funds within the Schools Budget which had been budgeted for supporting EFE costs that were not eligible for grant aid. The ongoing impact of this `saving' (or increased headroom) is £400,000 in 2009/10 and a further £120,000 in 2010/11, i.e. £520,000 on an on-going basis.

6.14. Taking account of these changes, this leaves headroom of £3.265m in 2009/10, of which £352,000 is available on an ongoing basis from 2010/11 (£520,000 less £168,000).

6.15. At its meeting on 11 December 2008 Schools Forum agreed department proposals to meet ongoing pressures and service developments amounting to £719,000 in 2009/10 and £834,000 in 2010/11, as follows:

Department proposals (all central expenditure)	£000
Specialist Teacher Advisory Service	73
Behaviour Intervention Service	40
Education Inclusion Service	200
Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service	44
Admissions (£225,000 in 2010/11)	150
Other Supply cover	100
Children Looked After in Early Years Settings	92
Minibus driver training (£60,000 in 2010/11)	20
Total departmental proposals	719

Specialist Teacher Advisory Service

6.16. The conditions within the Disability Discrimination Act have imposed additional demands on the service in respect of pupils with physical disabilities. Currently there is not effective coverage of the demand across the whole county and across the range of settings: mainstream schools, resourced provision and in maintained special schools. Appropriate advice, support and training is not currently offered consistently across the county or the age range, with less scope for early intervention and advice than there should be.

6.17. The proposal is for two posts :

· an additional Specialist Teacher Adviser, to provide improved coverage in mainstream and to allow the service to extend support to pupils in special schools and resourced  provision;

· an Inclusion Support Officer, working mainly with pupils in mainstream settings and providing advice on risk assessments, lifting and handling and toileting.

6.18. It is expected that these developments will enable schools to be more effective in meeting the needs rather than necessarily incur extra costs.

Behaviour Intervention Service

6.19. This is to meet staffing costs, to enable the service to implement a database to ensure there is robust data to support the service delivery and to undertake the nurture group training and associated supervision costs.

Education Inclusion Service

6.20. There are a number of additional premises related costs creating pressures on this budget. Some of this is associated with moves to larger premises (e.g. Andover Education Centre), which has enabled full-time provision. The request includes the costs of an extra five posts (teaching staff).

Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service

6.21. This is to help expand the services provided with bi-lingual assistants, interpreting and translation, heritage language GCSE support and a peripatetic service for travellers.

Admissions

6.22. New statutory requirements are expected following the DCSF's consultation on revisions to the School Admissions Code. Additional staff in both Children's Services and Chief Executive's will be required to meet this pressure. However, the extent of costs in 2009/10 depends on the implementation date, which is likely to be September 2009. Costs are estimated at £150,000 in 2009/10 and £225,000 in 2010/11.

Other Supply Cover

6.23. The cost of covering staff absences has exceeded the budget for the last few years. An additional one-off £200,000 was added to the 2008/09 budget. However, a permanent level of additional budget is now sought.

Children Looked After in Early Years Settings

6.24. Currently the funding agreed by Schools Forum for Children Looked After does not include those in private, voluntary and independent providers (PVI) of early education. This is an anomaly which will have to be addressed as we move to a single early years formula. It is estimated that there are about 60 Children Looked After attending PVI settings so the cost of funding on the same basis as the schools sector would be about £92,000 a year.

New minibus driver training requirements

6.25. New legislation requires teachers and adults other than teachers who drive school minibuses, who passed their driving test after 1 January 1997, to hold a D1 licence. The estimated costs (for training, theory test, examination fees etc) are £20,000 in 2009/10 and a further £40,000 in 2010/11.

6.26. In order to finance the ongoing costs of the above items, Schools Forum agreed to use the additional headroom of £352,000 plus £482,000 of the £541,000 set aside for preventative services in 2010/11 (thus leaving £59,000).

6.27. This leaves a balance of £2.546m available in 2009/10 on a one-off basis, which Schools Forum recommended should be allocated as follows:

Use of one-off headroom in 2009/10	£000
Delegated items:
Information and Communication Technology (ICT)	1,000
Independent Safeguarding Authority	150
	1,150
Non-delegated item:
Equal Pay Fund	396
Capital Expenditure from Revenue Account (CERA):
Carbon Reduction Targets - Smart meters	1,000
Total	2,546

ICT

6.28. The original budget included increases to the delegated ICT base budget in both 2008/09 and 2010/11. This addition in 2009/10 effectively brings forward by a year the £1m increase in base budget originally planned for 2010/11.

Independent Safeguarding Authority

6.29. The new Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) is planned to start operating registrations in October 2009. The Government's expectation is that new staff and those starting teacher training in September 2009 will go through the current Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checking process, with new starters from October onwards going through the ISA registration process. The Government expect that individuals will be responsible for arranging their own registrations. The County Council is currently considering its approach to registrations and the associated costs. This approach by Schools Forum reserves their position with a further report to the February meeting.

Equal Pay Fund

6.30. An amount of £500,000 per annum has already been agreed by Schools Forum. However, this is likely to fall short of the amount required and alternative options for lessening the impact are being explored. These include: use of DCLG capitalisation approval, School Balances Loan Scheme and School Balances.

Carbon Reduction Targets - Smart meters

6.31. The new Government requirement to achieve carbon reduction targets will impact on schools. The installation of `smart meters' in schools will provide the management information to help schools manage energy more efficiently. In order to appropriately account for this extra £1m, it must be treated as a one off addition to the capital expenditure from the revenue account (CERA) and, therefore, is outside the Children's Services cash limit.

7) Non-Schools Growth Proposals for 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12 - Grant Funded

7.1. There are two main types of grants for Children's Services: Specific Revenue Grants and the Area Based Grant (ABG).

7.2. The ABG was introduced in 2008/09 to replace the Local Area Agreement Grant, amalgamating a number of grants which were previously paid as specific grants. The ABG is not ringfenced, meaning that local authorities are able to spend the ABG flexibly to deliver local and national priorities.

7.3. For 2009/10 the working assumption is that spending on services will continue broadly in line with the ABG allocation for 2008/09, and will, therefore, be available for existing services. However, the flexibility afforded by increases in elements of the ABG has been used in part to offset pressures in 2009/10.

7.4. There are also elements of funding within ABG which are needed to meet new `burdens' e.g. Child Death Review processes, Child Trust Fund Top Ups.

7.5. Many of the remaining specific grants carry grant conditions that ring-fence them for specific purposes.

7.6. Current provisional figures for both the ABG and the Specific Revenue Grants (excluding the School Development and Schools Standards grants which go direct to schools, and Schools Budget Standards Fund and Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare Grant) for 2009/10 and 2010/11 are as follows:

	2008/09	2009/10	change	2010/11	change
	£000	£000	%	£000	%
Area-Based Grant	12,772	23,791	+86.3	22,907	-3.7
Specific Revenue Grants	13,498	4,108	-69.6	6,686	+62.8
Total	26,270	27,899	+6.2	29,593	+6.1

7.7. The significant changes in the ABG and Specific grants between 2008/09 and 2009/10 primarily relate to the Connexions grant. This grant should be paid as part of the ABG. However, due to the delay in agreeing the allocation of £9.5m for Hampshire in 2008/09, this has been paid to the authority as a Specific Grant. For 2009/10 the allocation of £9.4m is reflected as part of the overall ABG.

7.8. The increase in Specific Grants for 2010/11 outlined above primarily relates to the further £3.1m increase in the non-schools element of the Sure Start Early Years and Childcare Grant to respond to the Aiming High for Children with Disabilities agenda.

7.9. Corporate funding for inflation excludes budgets supported by Government grant. This means that, where grants are not increased, any effect of inflation has to be `absorbed' by the service.

8) Non-Schools Growth Proposals for 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12

8.1. The County Council has agreed to continue its policy of providing additional funding above corporate inflation assumptions for children's social care of £1.2m in 2009/10, a further £1.3m in 2010/11 and £0.8m in 2011/12. In 2009/10 this increase is offset by the removal of non-recurrent funding in 2009/10 of £1.4m in respect of the additional one-off fostering investment received in 2008/09, and a further reduction will be made in 2010/11 in respect of the repayment of this investment.

8.2. The proposals below are possible as a result of the additional efficiency savings targets the Department has set for services, and by using the flexibility provided by reviewing commitments against the ABG.

8.3. It has been assumed that any new Government grants will be used to meet the new burdens required by underlying legislative requirements and Government priorities.

Children Looked After (Foster Care Allowances, Skills Fees and Support)

8.4. The business case agreed by the Executive Member on 23 January 2008 allowed for the implementation of increased allowances and skills fees to Hampshire foster carers for 2008/09 so that Hampshire could compete with other local authorities and Independent Fostering Providers (IFP) and attract more carers to foster for Hampshire. Over the next five years this investment in the fostering service will be repaid by reducing the number of purchased IFP placements to a maximum of 50 by 2012/13 and to increase the number of in-house Hampshire approved carers by approximately 90 in the same time frame.

8.5. The new allowances and fees, together with a high level of recruitment activity, has resulted in the desired outcome of increased enquiries and increased numbers of assessments of new carers. The lead in time to see these carers through to approval is approximately six months and the results are now starting to be seen with an increase of 29 from 307 County carers in March 2008 to 336 County carers in September 2008. Experienced foster carers have joined Hampshire from Independent Foster Providers as well as other local authorities, and there are 28 assessments in progress which should come to approval by the end of March 2009.

8.6. The de-registration of County carers has increased slightly during 2007/08 due to previously predicted retirement numbers and the de-registration of carers who were not active. In spite of this the number of county carers available have not only increased, but the carer population are now operating at a higher capacity level taking more placements per carer. As at the end of November 2008, 599 children were placed with Hampshire foster carers (of which 433 were with `stranger' or county carers), compared with 534 placements (411 with county carers) as at September 2007 (the business case baseline).

8.7. There has not yet been the planned reduction in the number of IFP placements purchased. In fact there has been an increase from 144 in September 2007 to 161 as at the end of November 2008, due to increased activity and changes in the make up of the Children Looked After (CLA) population. The number of CLA has increased over the year from 997 in September 2007 to 1,023 at March 2008, to 1,054 as at the end of November 2008.

8.8. In summary, increases in numbers of CLA above the activity levels set out in the original business case means that the investment has delivered on cost avoidance, and the expected pay back period needs to be adjusted by one year from 2011/12 to 2012/13. The foster care invest to save is delivering the expected outcomes in terms of increased numbers of in house foster care placements and reductions in the non county placements at the top end of the placement cost scale. The re-profiling of the pay back period gives a net cost to Children's Services in 2009/10 and 2010/11 of an additional £200,000 in each year.

Family Group Conferences

8.9. An initial £50,000 was provided in 2008/09 to support the new statutory requirement for conferences to be held prior to court action where the authority is considering care proceedings. This additional growth proposal is to enable the department to widen its capacity to deliver additional conferences, therefore intending to further reduce delays in case proceedings.

Wessex Youth Offending Team

8.10. This growth proposal was provisionally agreed as part of the current three year budget strategy following a joint inspection of the service led by the Inspectorate of HM Probation undertaken in 2007. One of the key recommendations was to increase front line resources. This additional £25,000 will enable the service to appoint a further member of staff to work with young people in addressing their offending behaviour.

Home to School Transport

8.11. There remain considerable cost pressures affecting home to school transport. Prices are subject to changes in fuel, wage and insurance costs, and the number of contracts have increased in 2008/09. Spend to save initiatives have helped to contain these pressures over the last five years and have moderated pressure on the budget. From an analysis of the Section 52 statements it can be seen that the Home to School Transport budget in Hampshire increased by 39.2% between 2000/01 and 2008/09. In comparison, the average increase for the ten Ofsted comparator counties was 67.2%. If Hampshire had inflated its budget for home to school transport at the average for the group, the budget for 2008/09 would have been some £4.56 million higher.

8.12. Activity levels continue to show the pressure on the budget. Contract numbers rose from 1,302 in September 2007 to 1,340 in September 2008. Given the cost pressures in the system it would be prudent to assume similar levels of pressure across 2009/10 and 2010/11. £800,000 is proposed to meet these pressures in 2009/10, with a further £200,000 in 2010/11 and 2011/12.

8.13. Work continues to look for further efficiencies in home to school transport procurement with the pilot of new taxi tendering in the North and East of the county, and anticipated cash-releasing efficiencies are expected to offset the continuing pressure identified above.

Services for Young People

8.14. In April 2008 the Connexions service transferred to Hampshire County Council. Much work was done in advance to produce the business model aimed at increasing the staff resources for front line delivery and integrating Connexions and the Youth Service. The business model was developed based on the information available from South Central Connexions Partnership (SCCP), particularly on premises and IT costs transferring. The challenge of managing the service against the declining grant funding over the three year spending review period was recognised in the business model but detailed work on efficiency planning wasn't possible at that early stage.

8.15. It is clear that not all of the transferring costs were highlighted in the transition period, particularly on premises and IT, as well as smaller spend areas including some grant commitments and stakeholder expectations. These issues mean the business model needs to re-address the challenge of delivering cashable efficiencies to manage within the declining grant stream. The scope exists to see further efficiencies following the significant investment in effective mobile working technology, and in training and career progression for front line staff.

8.16. The Connexions element of the ABG will reduce by £116,000 in 2009/10 and there is no inflation provision specifically for this service, as it is ABG funded.

8.17. The pressures identified are £381,000 in 2009/10, £351,000 in 2010/11 and £330,000 in 2011/12.

IT Operational Investment

8.18. The service continues to manage a complex range of IT developments, in most cases driven by national government specifications. Grants received to support these developments rarely meet the full costs. ContactPoint (the national information sharing database of children) has been delayed nationally to 2009/10. It is still not clear whether the grant funding will be adequate to meet the full needs of this programme, particularly in relation to the necessary work with partners including Health. The nationally defined Integrated Children System (ICS), with its reliance on the SWIFT database, together with the requirements for an Electronic Social Care Record (ESCR) for all vulnerable children, both present a significant management challenge. The full implications of Section 12 of the Childcare Act and the demand for an Information System for Parents and Practitioners (ISPP) system are just starting to be understood by the department. On the schools front, an extensive development programme has been agreed with headteacher representatives using the Standards Fund Harnessing Technology grant. A key focus will be on the roll out of the Studywiz learning platform to the majority of Hampshire primary schools, a programme that requires management of the grant across financial years.

8.19. The key developments for the service to address, aside from those grant funded areas, are the SWIFT upgrade and the ESCR, which give a pressure of £339,000 in 2009/10.

Interest on School Balances

8.20. Historically, with the changes to school funding and the introduction of the Schools Budget, the DCSF determined that interest accruing centrally on school balances should fall on the LEA budget not the Schools Budget. This budget is subject to variation in levels of school balances and in interest rates. Recently this has played to the service's advantage with increases in both, but recent interest rate cuts against the Bank of England base rate demonstrate the risk that the service bears. The service will look at the next three year budget period for schools to explore whether it would be appropriate to look at different treatment either by taking school balances treatment in line with the central treatment of balances, or by making a transfer of pressures and funding to the Schools Budget.

8.21. Based on a Bank of England base rate of 2%, the budget reduction for Children's Services for 2009/10 is estimated at £750,000. However, there is a risk that this pressure will increase if interest rates or balances are reduced any further and remain lower during 2009/10.

Other Operational Pressures

8.22. The service has been asked to recognise existing unfunded pressures for child protection administrative support within the Independent Reviewing Service (£30,000 in 2009/10), and with the dis-aggregation and move to a dedicated Children's Occupational Therapy team, currently still a shared Children and Adults service (£30,000 in 2009/10).

8.23. The corporate work on the risks and workloads on health and safety and, in particular, corporate manslaughter have highlighted the relatively low staffing levels for Children's Services in this key area and the proposal is for two additional posts to work with the service and with schools. The cost is £38,000 in 2009/10 and a further £38,000 in 20010/11.

8.24. Strengthening the Performance and Planning team is also a key focus for the service to address the more active monitoring and management of the performance issues for the department and a further post is proposed costing £40,000 in 2009/10.

8.25. Finally, the increasing transaction processing related to growing numbers of direct payments, foster care payments and care and other invoices require a further two finance assistants over two years at a cost of £30,000 in 2009/10 and a further £10,000 in 2010/11.

8.26. The overall additional costs in respect of these operational pressures are £168,000 in 2009/10 and a further £48,000 in 2010/11.

Young Carers

8.27. A need to provide additional financial support to Young Carers projects provided by voluntary organisations across Hampshire has been identified as part of the draft strategy for young carers currently in consultation. This proposal increases funding for the existing seven projects support to £10,000 per project, and provides support of an equivalent amount to three additional projects, a total additional cost of £45,000 in 2009/10.

Building Schools for the Future (BSF)

8.28. The Government announced in September 2008 the outcome of a consultation on the approach to planning the "waves" of entry to BSF. The expectation now is that all authorities should have a BSF project underway by 2010, with smaller project areas to attract around £80m of funding. Expressions of interest submissions had to be made by 30 November 2008. This potential earlier entry into BSF for Hampshire County Council means the budgeted project costs need to be reviewed.

8.29. The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) expects local authorities to confirm the availability of £3m of revenue funds to get the work to contract stage. In last year's three year budget Children's Services made provision for project. For 2008/09 the estimated project costs are now £500,000 because of the work for early entry, which can be met within the service's and PBRS existing funding. For 2009/10 the estimated revenue costs are £1.2m and for 2010/11 £1.6m. The current budget provision will meet these only in part.

8.30. Children's Services will struggle, given its other pressures, to find more than it has already budgeted. Approaches to the use of revenue contributions to capital are being explored with PBRS to address in part this significant net pressure of £800,000 in 2009/10 and £1.1m in 2010/11 and 2011/12, as summarised in the table below.

Ongoing costs	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12
	£000	£000	£000
Estimated Costs	1,200	1,600	1,600
Children's Services Budget	400	500	500
Shortfall in budget provision	800	1,100	1,100

8.31. No further provision has been made for the budget shortfall within the Children's Services budget strategy, and the County Council budget will need to consider this area.

9) Cost Pressures, Growth and Redeployment Proposals, and Efficiency Improvements - 2009/10 - 2011/12

9.1. The Cabinet requires all services to consider and report on:

· cost pressures absorbed within the budget guidelines

· the redeployment of any resources required to offset any new spending priorities, or inescapable budget pressures, or legislative requirements which otherwise cannot be met within their budget guidelines

· annual efficiency improvements.

9.2. Details of cost pressures absorbed and redeployment proposals of £3.558m are included in Appendix 4.

9.3. The following paragraphs outline the Children's Services Department's redeployment proposals within the non-schools budget.

Reduction in Independent Fostering Provider (IFP) Placements - £300,000 2009/10, £600,000 2010/11 and £300,000 2011/12

9.4. Further planned savings in respect of the additional investment in in-house foster care services.

Re-profiling of Children Looked After Budgets - £400,000 2009/10

9.5. An increasing proportion of Children Looked After are now being placed within foster care provision (either in-house or within IFPs) as opposed to residential care provision. In line with the wider Children Looked After strategy it is therefore proposed that £400,000 of the existing Non-County Placement budget for purchased residential services is re-directed toward meeting growth in foster care provision.

Reduced contribution towards Hampshire Inspection and Advisory Service - £351,000 2009/10

9.6. This reflects an agreed reduction in the core contribution to the Hampshire Inspection and Advisory Service (HIAS) over the three year period. This will be managed through the use of the HIAS business unit's reserves. Further information is provided in paragraph 13.14.

Home to School Transport - £200,000 in 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12

9.7. As noted in paragraph 8.13, work continues to look for further efficiencies in home to school transport. The pilot of new taxi tendering procurement arrangements in the North and East of the county is anticipated to result in cash-releasing efficiencies of £200,000 in 2009/10, and it is envisaged that a similar level of savings can be achieved in the subsequent two years following further procurement reviews in the South-East and Western areas of the County. These savings will offset the anticipated pressure reported previously for this service.

Denominational Transport - £25,000 2009/10

9.8. This represents a further increase in the number of children entering denominational schools who do not have an entitlement to free transport.

Use of Grant Flexibility - £756,000 2009/10

9.9. As outlined previously, the flexibility afforded by the ABG has been used in part to offset pressures identified in 2009/10. It is currently assumed that, for some of these funding streams, this flexibility will only be possible in 2009/10, as some elements of the ABG will reduce in 2010/11. As a result £95,000 of this represents a one-off benefit in 2009/10 only, and will therefore result in an equivalent pressure in 2010/11.

Other Savings to be identified - £1,562,000 in 2009/10 and £734,000 in 2010/11

9.10. The service will balance its budget in 2009/10 by requiring efficiency savings targets of about 2% from all non-schools budget funded services, excluding those areas of pressure with specific efficiency measures in place (including Home to School Transport, Commissioning and Social Work services, Children Looked After, and Services for Young People).

9.11. This amounts to a savings target of £1,562,000 in 2009/10 and a further £734,000 in 2010/11.

Other Efficiencies

9.12. The Government has set an annual efficiency target for local government overall of 3%, all of which has to be cashable. Performance against this target is now published twice yearly as part of the national indicator set. Appendix 5 identifies efficiency improvements totalling £3.2m in 2009/10 (2.0% of base budget as outlined in Appendix 3). Of these, £2.4m (1.4%) represent usable budget savings which are incorporated in the redeployment proposals in Appendix 4.

9.13. The Children's Services department has a strong track record of efficiency savings and the redeployment of resources to meet new pressures. It delivered well under the previous Gershon efficiency rules.

9.14. Items that might be included against the target for Children's Services are:

· Children Looked After - e.g. cost of in-house fostering provision compared with IFPs

· Intensive Support Service

· procurement reviews

· Services for Young People

· net cost of increments.

Children Looked After

9.15. Despite the recent growth experienced in the number of children in care (increased from 1,023 at March 2008 to 1,054 as at the end of November), Hampshire's population of Children Looked After is relatively low at 37 per 10,000 population, compared with an average of 41 in the South East Region and 54 nationally (based on data sourced at March 2008).

9.16. The Foster Care invest to save strategy has been implemented and, although there has been some delay and there has been added pressure due to increased numbers, the business case remains robust. The cost avoidance remains a big plank of this strategy.

Intensive Support Service (ISS)

9.17. The ISS service was created in May 2007 following the decision by the Executive Lead Member for Children's Services to dis-invest from Hampshire's own residential care provision in the South-East of the County (Stonecroft in Havant). This enabled the service to invest in a more preventative focused support provision to children and their families, ensuring that resources followed the service priorities within that area.

9.18. The service has three key objectives:

· to support those on the edge of care to prevent the need for young people to leave family care

· to support carers where young people are in care to prevent breakdown

· to support young people returning to their family care.

9.19. Since the new service became operational the overall number of young people in care in the South East area has shown a steady reduction from 380 in June 2007 to 355 in the summer of 2008. However, the recent increase in the number of Children Looked After (as outlined previously in the report) has seen these numbers increase over the last few months to 374.

9.20. The stability of foster care placements has been improved with in the order of 15% of young people having had 3 or more moves in a year as compared to a county wide average of 17%. A recent review of the service identified that the service has worked with over 150 young people and their families and carers, and at the commencement of work a majority experienced some form of disrupted or poor school attendance. Approximately 20 young people have successfully returned home following support from the service. More than 50% have subsequently shown a significant improvement in school attendance. Through supporting existing placements it has been possible to hold stable the use of purchased foster care in the area and to significantly increase the number of young people maintained with Hampshire foster carers as opposed to placing them in more costly residential care.

9.21. Following the closure of the Cornerhouse residential home in Aldershot in early 2008 a similar service is being developed to cover the North and East area of the County, and consideration is currently being given as to how a similar service could develop in the Western area.

Procurement Reviews

9.22. Procurement is a key area of focus. The department is working with the corporate procurement team to explore efficiency options, including Children's Centres and around Home to School transport. The recent Home to School transport work included a major taxi re-tendering scheme for the North East of the County which it was expected would save 5% of the expenditure of £1.8 million in the area. Initial procurement reviews have identified that in the region of £200,000 cash-releasing efficiencies could be achieved during 2009/10, and this therefore reduces the pressure anticipated for the service. Area reviews of mainstream transport, following the approach for special education are also being implemented.

9.23. In addition the implementation of a regional contract for Independent Foster Providers produced savings in excess of £100,000 per annum, and significant savings have been achieved on SEN Out County Placements when compared with national comparators though increases have still been above average inflation.

Services for Young People

9.24. As outlined earlier in this report, the department is addressing the challenge of delivering cashable efficiencies to manage the declining grant streams and the impact of no corporate inflation being received against the ABG element of funding. In particular, it is hoped that efficiencies will be achieved as a result of the significant investment in mobile working technology.

Other Efficiencies

9.25. Cash releasing efficiencies generated within the Hampshire Inspection and Advisory Service have resulted in a reduced contribution being made by the department to the Business Unit in 2009/10 (£315,000).

9.26. In addition some small efficiencies will be generated in respect of IT connectivity (e.g. HPSN and SWAN lines) to a few of the work bases around Hampshire where improvements are required. This, together with a negotiated reduction in user id charges for social care staff amount to expected departmental IT efficiencies of approximately £44,000 in 2009/10.

9.27. The department is committed to the corporate programme to drive out efficiencies across the full range of service areas and is playing an active part in the corporate reviews. This includes HQ Facilities Management, and the department is trailblazing the efficient use of office space in Ashburton Court East. A comprehensive review of all Children's Services accommodation is being undertaken, working closely with the corporate work styles programme. A cost benchmarking exercise is underway to inform action required to deliver the Children's Services accommodation strategy of steady rationalisation of office bases and increasing use of flexible working to align with the overall corporate accommodation strategy.

9.28. As part of the budget preparation process efficiencies and offsetting savings that will probably be able to count towards the new Gershon cashable saving rules are being identified. The department is in the process of identifying services which will be targeted with achieving 2% efficiency savings against their current budget guideline. This will amount to an overall planned saving of £1.562m in 2009/10 and a further £0.734m in 2010/11.

10) Review of Charges

10.1. The service's 2009/10 revenue budget includes income of £6.327m from fees and charges.

10.2. There are some mandatory and national charges which the County Council is not able to vary. Within Children's Services the only charge that is mandatory relates to penalty notices to parents of truants and excluded pupils.

10.3. Discretionary charges are reviewed annually except when they are subject to agreements which cover longer periods when the review takes place at the end of the period of the agreement. The Executive Lead Member for Children's Services (Education) reviews school meal charges and a separate report on the agenda deals with the proposals for 2009/10. Other examples of discretionary charges are:

· sale of milk to infants

· secure unit accommodation provided to other local authorities (Swanwick Lodge)

· parental contributions for children accommodated in accordance with Schedule 2, Part III, Paragraph 22, of the Children Act 1989

· foster care placement management charge fees, where children from other local authorities are placed with Hampshire carers.

11) Other Expenditure

11.1. The budget includes some items which are not counted against the cash limit. This includes budgets for central departments' support services, except where they have been given to departments to buy services, and repair and maintenance of buildings. It also includes member support within the Children's Services budget, which is rechargeable to the Policy and Resources budget for corporate and democratic services. These have been excluded at this stage as the budgets are subject to Policy and Resources Executive Member control and they have not yet been agreed. In the original budget they totalled £13,473m.

12) Partnerships

12.1. Within Children's Services there are two `significant' partnerships - Wessex Youth Offending Team (YOT) and the Comprehensive CAMHS Commissioning Trust.

Wessex YOT

12.2. The total adjusted cash limited budget for Wessex YOT in 2008/09 was agreed at £9.2m. It is funded primarily by the Youth Justice Board (YJB) and partner organisations (whose contributions may be in cash and/or contributions in kind). The original contribution from the Children's Services Department for 2008/09 was £2.2m. During 2008/09 additional services have been transferred to Wessex YOT, primarily those managed by the former South Central Connexions Partnership, in effect increasing the Department's contribution by £734,500, as follows:

(1) Keeping Young People Engaged (YJB Grant) Funding of personal Advisers working with young offenders to offer advice/support in gaining full-time education or training	£191,200
(2) Services For Young People Transfer of funding for Personal Advisers working in YOT teams to advise/support young people in gaining full-time education or training	£207,700
(3) Award Project Funding of staff involved in Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme	£169,600
(4) Positive Activities for Young People (PAYP) Funding of specific projects	£166,000

12.3. Partners agreed a three year budget strategy for 2008/09 to 2010/11 and it is anticipated that, in addition to the above services, agreed increases for 2009/10 will be confirmed at the Management Board's next meeting on 11 March 2009.

Comprehensive CAMHS Commissioning Trust

12.4. The Trust's Management Board received a draft budget for 2009/10 at its meeting on 6 January 2009. The budget includes significant additional health services contracted through the Hampshire Primary Care Trust that are being transferred into the partnership, estimated as follows:

Service	£000
Winchester & Eastleigh Healthcare Trust	1,088
Salisbury Healthcare Trust	122
Southampton City PCT	1,806
Hampshire PCT (North)	1,825
Hampshire PCT (South East)	1,833
Total	6,674

12.5. The Trust's Management Board will finalise the 2009/10 budget at its meeting on 10 March 2009.

13) Business Units

13.1. The trading accounts of the business units are summarised in Appendix 7.

13.2. The business units consist of three groups of services:

· Stubbington and Minstead Study Centres, which provide curriculum services to pupils and generate income from schools to cover residential and support costs. In addition both have to secure income to cover building replacement costs and, therefore, operate ten-year business plans

· Children's Centres which are run and managed by Hampshire County Council, providing a range of services, information, advice and support to as well as integrated childcare and early learning, health services, family support, parental outreach and employment advice

· the other business units provide service to schools and to the Children's Services department on a charge basis. Broadly 80% of the income is secure through annual subscriptions from schools. The remainder is for services core-funded from the Children's Services budget.

Study Centres

13.3. These centres manage their own capital renewal projects from their income sources, and as such accrue balances to invest in their capital projects.

13.4. Minstead Study Centre has responded to the challenge of the withdrawal of core funding to the business unit through reviewing their charges to schools. However, lower than originally estimated income from pupils is expected to result in the business unit reporting a deficit of approximately £20,000 in 2009/10, increasing to approximately £50,000 in 2011/12.

13.5. Stubbington Study Centre is projecting a surplus reserve balance at 31 March 2009 of approximately £465,000. The business unit is in the process of developing its 2009/10 business plan to consider how these reserves will be deployed. However, it is currently planned that the reserves will be used towards meeting the cost of replacing the dormitories.

Children's Centres

13.6. The Children's Centres programme has been implemented by the DCSF in three phases. Phase I from 2004/05 to 2005/06 Hampshire started with seven Children's Centres; phase II from 2006/07 to 2007/08 saw a further 53 centres delivered. For Phase III Hampshire County Council have been set a target of developing an additional 25 Children's Centres to serve those areas not yet being served by phase I or II. These 25 centres are currently out for tender.  As a result, all of the county's under fives will be within reach of areas served by a Children's Centre by 31 March 2010.

13.7. Of the 60 centres successfully implemented to date, 28 centres are known as full core offer, serving the top 35% most deprived areas according to the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2004. These provide the full range of Children's Centres services. The 32 graduated children's centres in phase II serve areas within the 65% relatively more advantaged areas, according to the IMD 2004.

13.8. The funding for the Children's Centres has primarily been from the Sure Start and Early Years Childcare grant (SSEYCG) as outlined below. However, only 42 centres are run and managed by Hampshire County Council and are, therefore, part of the business unit.

	2008/09	2009/10	20010/11
Budget	£000	£000	£000
SSEYCG	11,062	14,715	16,902
Schools Budget Carry forward	1,400	-	-
TOTAL	12,462	14,715	16,902
Planned expenditure
Business Unit	7,070	7,100	7,593
Non Business Unit	5,392	7,615	9,309
TOTAL	12,462	14,715	16,902

13.9. The Business Unit projections for 2008/09 to 2011/12 are outlined in Appendix 7.

13.10. Whilst it is fairly straightforward to estimate a reasonable amount from the grant for income from the allocation formula, other income generation is going to be much more variable over the next few years given that the service is still developing. The assumption made is that the service will at least achieve a similar level of income (inflated) in future years as is being budgeted for by centres in 2008/09. It should also be noted that the business unit projections include only those centres currently in the business unit and assumes that all phase III centres currently out to tender will be third party run and not a part of the business unit. These figures will all change if any of the phase III centres are not contracted and, therefore, need to be run by the Council.

13.11. The reserve account shows the potential carry forward of £400,000 for 2008/09 and the use of these funds next year. Following years show no change in the reserve account as it is unclear how much additional income might be raised that will be eligible for carrying forward as grant funding cannot.

13.12. Procedures are currently being put in place to monitor and record capital expenditure incurred or planned by children's centres from income or funds raised for this purpose and will be included in future information.

Other Business Units

13.13. All of the Education business units, and a range of other departments within the County Council who sell services to schools (e.g. Legal Services), have renewed their three year Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with many schools.

13.14. Business unit finances are looking reasonably steady, with most reflecting a small surplus balance at year end, other than the HIAS business unit which is projecting surplus reserves in the region of £2.0m. To address this surplus position, agreement has been reached to reduce the Children's Services Department core contribution to the HIAS business unit by £315,000 in 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12, and this has been reflected within the redeployment proposals outlined in paragraph 9.6. This, together with other actions being taken by the business unit is expected to reduced the surplus reserves to £0.1m by March 2012.

14) Workforce Implications

14.1. The workforce implications of the proposed budget for 2009/10 are set out in Appendix 10. The 2009/10 base budget supports a planned workforce of 2,104 full time equivalent (FTE) staff. This compares with the original estimate for 2008/09 of 1,872 which is an increase of 232 FTEs. This position includes a net increase in the number of budgeted FTEs (+227) for the integrated youth service (Services for Young People) following the transfer of the Connexions service to Hampshire.

14.2. The net effect of proposals for growth, savings and redeployment of resources (Appendix 4) on staffing levels, excluding the Schools Budget, are as follows:

2009/10	+7.0 FTEs
2010/11	+4.0 FTEs
2011/12	+1.5 FTEs

14.3. In addition, increased grant funding in respect of Children's centres and Extended Schools will result in further increased workforce levels. In many cases the details of these workforce changes have not yet been finalised, and have not been captured within the proposals for growth in (Appendix 4). However, the key areas are outlined below for information:

· Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare Grant (SSEYCG), Early Years element - approximately an additional 8.5 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in 2009/10 and a further 1.5 FTEs in 2010/11

· SSEYCG, Children's Centres element - estimated to be up to 23 FTE outreach workers in 2009/10

· SSEYCG, Aiming High for Disabled Children element - workforce implications currently being considered

· Extended Schools (ABG and Standards Fund Specific grant) - workforce implications currently being considered.

15) Provisional Budget for 2010/11 and 2011/12

15.1. The provisional budget at outturn prices for 2010/11 and 2011/12 for this service is set out in Appendix 11 and summarised below. The provisional budget for 2011/12 excludes any Schools Budget growth and inflation assumptions, as Schools Forum took the decision not to consider 2011/12 in any detail, given that there are no Government guidelines for Schools funding beyond 2010/11.

2010/11	£999.128 m
2011/12	£1,004.479m

15.2. The main variations from the 2009/10 budget are picked up in detail within the earlier paragraphs of this report.

15.3. The forward years' budgets assume that efficiencies will be achieved to manage future pressures. This is essential to ensure that there is sufficient funding not only to enable the replacement and repayment of the £1.4m invest to save one off investment received in 2008/09 for in-house foster care.

15.4. In 2011/12 a further £2.1m will be available within the non-schools budget to meet future priorities.

16) Conclusions

16.1. For both the Schools Budget and the non-schools budget, there are planned underspends in 2008/09, which will be needed to meet one-off pressures in 2009/10.

16.2. The budget proposals for 2009/10 to 2011/12 can be contained within the County Council guidelines. However, this requires the service to identify and achieve further efficiency savings of £1.5m in 2009/10 and £0.8m in 2010/11, and is also predicated on the additional revenue costs of the BSF programme being met corporately.

16.3. For 2011/12 there is an `unallocated growth' amount of £2.1m. This will be needed to meet service pressures but these have not yet been identified in any detail.

17) Recommendations

It is recommended to approve for submission to the Leader and Cabinet:

17.1. The revised budget for 2008/09 totalling £935.884m (as set out in appendices 1 and 2), and planned carry-forward from 2008/09 of £1.8m (£0.5m underspend against the Schools Budget and £1.3m on non-schools).

17.2. The base budget for 2009/10 totalling £960.368m (as set out in Appendix 3).

17.3. The proposals for growth totalling £12.507m in 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 4).

17.4. The proposals for redeployment of resources totalling £3.558m in 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 4).

17.5. The proposals for efficiency improvements totalling £3.2m (2.0% of the base budget) in 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 5).

17.6. The annual review of income and charges (as set out in Appendix 6).

17.7. The summarised trading accounts of business units (as set out in Appendix 7).

17.8. The detailed budget for 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 8).

17.9. The workforce implications of the proposed budget for 2009/10 (as set out in Appendix 10).

17.10. The provisional budget for 2010/11 of £999.128m and for 2011/12 of £1,004.479m (as set out in Appendix 11). This excludes any assumption around growth or inflation increases in respect of the Schools Budget for 2011/12.

CORPORATE OR LEGAL INFORMATION:

LINKS TO THE CORPORATE STRATEGY
			Yes	No
Hampshire safer and more secure for all
Maximising well-being
Enhancing our quality of place
Corporate Improvement Plan links · increasing community focus through Schools and developing locality working particularly in children's centres. · reducing inequalities with funding for Children Looked After through the foster care strategy and funding in early years provision, increased funding for deprivation in schools and a focus on vulnerable groups through the Schools Budget and young carers proposals.
OR
This proposal does not link to the Corporate Strategy but, nevertheless, requires a decision because:

OTHER SIGNIFICANT LINKS:
Links to Previous member decisions:
Title	Ref	Date
Children's Services Revenue Budget 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11	Item 3	23 January 2008
Budget Monitoring 2008/09 - Children's Services Department - Period 7 (October 2008)	Item 1	18 December 2008
Direct Links to Specific Legislation or Government Directives
Title		Date

Section 100 D - Local Government Act 1972 - background documents
The following documents discuss facts or matters on which this report, or an important part of it, is based and have been relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of this report. (NB: the list excludes published works and any documents which disclose exempt or confidential information as defined in the Act.)
Document	Location

COMPREHENSIVE RISK & IMPACT ASSESSMENT:

1. Climate Change:

a. Investment in smart meters will help Schools to monitor and manage their energy consumption more efficiently

2. Social Equity and Justice - Equality and Diversity:

a. Equality and diversity objectives are not considered to be adversely affected by the proposals of this report

3. Social Equity and Justice - Crime and Disorder:

a. The further investment in the Wessex Youth Offending Service is intended to contribute towards reduced offending behaviour

·

Appendices

Appendix		Colour
1	Revised budget 2008/09 - calculation of the cash limit	yellow
2	Revised budget 2008/09 - comparison with cash limit	yellow
3	Base budget 2009/10 - summary of cash limit	pink
4	Proposals for growth and redeployment 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12	yellow
5	Efficiency statement	yellow
6	Review of income 2009/10	yellow
7	Business units - summarised trading accounts	white
8	Revenue budget 2009/10 - analysis of variations by division of service	blue
9	Revenue Budget 2009/10 - budget book detail	green
10	Workforce levels and costs 2008/09 revised and 2009/10 original	blue
11	Provisional budget 2010/11 and 2011/12	pink
11 - Annex 1	Provisional budget 2010/11 and 2011/12 - analysis of variations by division of service	blue

Appendix 1

Children's Services

Revised budget 2008/09

1. Calculation of the cash limit for the revised budget 2008/09 - Schools

The following table shows the progression from the original budget for 2008/09 to the cash limit for the revised budget 2008/09. Both are at estimated outturn prices 2008/09.

o

				£000	£000
Original budget 2008/09 at outturn prices					766,027
Transfers to/from other services and contingency allocations:					-
=	Adjusted original budget				766,027
Other variations:
- Teachers' sickness and maternity cover - 2007/08 over spend brought forward					-269
- Variation in expenditure financed by government grants:
o Dedicated Schools Grant o Standards Fund o Schools Standards Grant o General Sure Start Grant o Milk Grant o School Meals Grant o 14-19 Diploma				2,538 2,715 228 698 25 118 483
					6,805
- Planned underspend carry-forward to 2009/10					-500
=		Cash limit for the revised budget 2008/09			772,063

2. Calculation of the cash limit for the revised budget 2008/09 - Non Schools

The following table shows the progression from the original budget for 2008/09 to the cash limit for the revised budget 2008/09. Both are at estimated outturn prices 2008/09.

				£000	£000
Original budget 2008/09 at outturn prices					147,768
Transfers to/from other services:
- Adult Education to Recreation and Heritage - Drama Award to Recreation and Heritage - Connexions (HR) to Policy and Resources - IT Disaster recovery insurance - Services for Young People HR Service Centre to Policy and Resources				-155 -15 -40 -100 -21	-331
=	Adjusted original budget				147,437
Other variations: - Carry forward of 2007/08 underspend - Pay and Benefits allocation - Children's Trust earmarked reserve brought forward - Local Public Service Agreement Reward Grant - Transfers (to)/from other Departments - Variation in Area Based Grant - Planned underspend carry forward to 2009/10 - Variation in expenditure financed by government grants: o Standards Fund o Youth Opportunities Fund o Integrated Children System o Local Public Services Agreement pump priming o Contact Point o Care Matters o Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services o Asylum Seekers o Connexions o Information System for Parents and Providers o Parenting Strategy Support o Carers o Transport co-ordinator o Children's Services o Workforce o Teenage Pregnancy				1,525 215 389 99 463 45 150 92 9,515 65 180 58 27 698 389 94	683 2,132 350 218 -18 315 -1,300 14,004
=		Cash limit for the revised budget 2008/09			163,821

3. Total cash limit for Children's Services

	Schools Non Schools		772,063 163,821
	Total Children's Services		935,884

Appendix 2

Children's Services

Revised budget 2008/09

Summary comparing the revised budget with the cash limit

	Cash Limit	Revised Budget	Variation
	£000	£000	£000	%
Nursery Individual Schools Budget	1,344	1,344	-	-
Primary Individual Schools Budget	301,266	301,266	-	-
Secondary Individual Schools Budget	278,386	278,386	-	-
Special Individual Schools Budget	28,662	28,662	-	-
14 to 19	2,568	2,541	-27	-1.1
Insurance	38	38	-	-
Licences / subscriptions	303	303	-	-
School Specific Contingencies	4,309	4,354	45	1.0
Supply cover (not sickness)	886	768	-118	-13.3
Supply cover (sickness and maternity)	-269	-269	-	-
Schools - support services recharge	4,857	4,841	-16	-0.3
Education Inclusion Service	8,136	8,130	-6	-0.1
Provisions for pupils with statements	8,512	8,001	-511	-6.0
Independent and voluntary special schools	8,383	8,888	505	6.0
Inter-authority recoupment	738	868	130	17.6
Behaviour support implementation	102	77	-25	-24.5
Special education - support services recharge	3,141	3,141	-	-
Payments for 3 and 4 year-olds	27,355	26,855	-500	-1.8
Early Years and Childcare Unit	20,279	20,364	85	0.4
Assistance to voluntary and private providers	2,120	2,215	95	4.5
Early Years - support services recharge	998	998	-	-
School catering	182	182	-	-
Standards Fund (schools non-devolved)	14,237	14,237	-	-
Ethnic Minority Achievement Service	995	998	3	0.3
Direct grants to schools	34,030	34,030	-	-
Teachers pay reform payments	19,115	18,955	-160	-0.8
Schools Meals grant	1,890	1,890	-	-
Planned carry forward to 2009/10	-500	-	500	-100.0
Schools Budget	772,063	772,063	-	-
SEN audit and moderation	56	56	-	-
Premature retirement compensation	2,892	2,833	-59	-2.0
Insurance	193	193	-	-
LEA Initiatives	2,581	2,581	-	-
Non-delegated schools - interest, other misc.	-1,022	-654	368	-36.0
Strategic management - support services recharge	8,635	8,423	-212	-2.5
Schools home to school transport	22,356	22,991	635	2.8
Pupil support	317	327	10	3.2
Field, outdoor centres, INTECH and grants	90	197	107	118.9
Other non-delegated Sschool budget headings	220	265	45	20.5
Access - support services recharge	6,606	6,446	-160	-2.4
Special Education	8,056	7,860	-196	-2.4
School Improvement - support services recharge	5,585	5,450	-135	-2.4
Standards Fund (non-schools)	6,260	6,260	-	-
Teachers pay reform payments	432	432	-	-
Adult education	294	287	-7	-2.4
Community	6,455	6,449	-6	-0.1
Continuing education - home to college transport	1,139	1,139	-	-
Continuing education - other	609	587	-22	-3.6
Services for Young People	15,422	14,522	-900	-5.8
Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative	-	-580	-580	-
Unallocated amendment	304	163	-141	-46.4
Service Strategy and Regulation	95	95	-	-
Commissioning and Social Work	20,658	19,803	-855	-4.1
Children in Care	35,594	35,683	89	0.3
Family Support Services	8,707	8,643	-64	-0.7
Youth Justice	2,853	2,833	-20	-0.7
Other Children and Families	7,086	8,089	1,003	14.2
Asylum seekers	592	500	-92	-15.5
Children's Fund	1,902	1,794	-108	-5.7
Wessex Youth Offending Team	29	29	-	-
Non-distributed costs	125	125	-	-
Planned carry-forward to 2009/10	-1,300	-	1,300	-100.0
Non Schools Budget	163,821	163,821	-	-
Total Children's Services	935,884	935,884	-	-

Appendix 3

Children's Services

Revenue budget 2009/10

1. Calculation of the base budget 2009/10 - summary of cash limited expenditure - Schools

The following table shows the progression from the original budget for 2008/09 which was prepared at outturn prices 2008/09 to the base budget 2009/10 at outturn prices 2009/10.

		2009/10 Base Budget
		As estimated last year (excluding growth)	Now proposed
		£000	£000
Original budget 2008/09 at outturn prices		766,027	766,027
Transfers to/from other services		-	-
=	Adjusted original budget	766,027	766,027
Increases for inflation to reflect November 2008 prices:
-	Inflation allocated during 2008/09 from the central inflation contingency (e.g. business rates, waste contract)		3,918
-	Excess cost of inflation over the inflation allowance		32
Original budget at November 2008 prices		766,027	769,977
Other variations:
-	Reductions to offset excess inflation		-32
-	Allowable base budget growth: - Variations in pupil numbers - Revenue effects of the capital programme - New school allowance - Variations in expenditure funded by Government grants	-2,500 170 2,756	-1,722 57 43 15,497
Allocation for future inflation		16,175	12,018
=	Base budget 2009/10 at outturn prices	782,628	795,838

2. Calculation of the base budget 2009/10 - summary of cash limited expenditure - Non Schools

The following table shows the progression from the original budget for 2008/09 which was prepared at outturn prices 2008/09 to the base budget 2009/10 at outturn prices 2009/10.

		2009/10 Base Budget
		As estimated last year (excluding growth)	Now proposed
		£000	£000
Original budget 2008/09 at outturn prices		145,654	147,768
Transfers to/ from other services and contingency allocations:
- Adult Education to Recreation and Heritage - Drama Award to Recreation and Heritage - Connexions HR to Policy and Resources - IT Disaster recovery insurance - Services for Young People HR Service Centre to Policy and Resources			-155 -15 -40 -100 -21
=	Adjusted original budget	145,654	147,437
Increases for inflation to reflect November 2008 prices:
-	Inflation allocated during 2008/09 from the central inflation contingency (e.g. business rates, waste contract)		-
-	Excess cost of inflation over the inflation allowance: Home to School and College Transport Non-significant items		868 -17
Original budget at November 2008 prices		145,654	148,288
Other variations
-	Reductions to offset excess inflation		-851
-	Exclusion of non-recurring item in 2008/09 budget: One-off foster care investment		-1,400
-	Allowable base budget growth:
	- Grants assimilated into Area Based Grant - Pay and Benefits allocation - Variation in the number of school days - Transfers to/ from other departments - Variations in expenditure funded by Government grants - Carry forward of planned 2008/09 underspend	1,762 -27	11,333 2,173 -57 -52 410 1,300
		2009/10 Base Budget
		As estimated last year (excluding growth)	Now proposed
		£000	£000
Allocation for future inflation:
-	Provision for all pay awards of 2.5% in 2009/10	1,578	1,583
-	Increase in local government employers' pension contributions	226	227
-	Provision for non-pay inflation at 2.5%	1,923	1,931
-	Reduction for increased income	-355	-355
=	Base budget 2009/10 at outturn prices	150,761	164,530
	Schools	782,628	795,838
	Non-Schools	150,761	164,530
	Total	933,389	960,368

Appendix 4

Children's Services

1. Proposals for growth and redeployment 2009/10 to 2011/12 - Schools

Proposals are shown at outturn prices for the relevant year.

Agreed proposals will be incorporated into future years' base budgets and so on-going costs are shown in the first year only. One-off costs are shown in the first year and subtracted from the following year.

				Staffing (FTEs)
	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12
	£000	£000	£000
Growth proposals:
Growth in Delegated Funding
General Deprivation Funding	2,043	4,039		61.0	112.0
Children Looked After	100	-100
English as additional Language/Ethnic Minority	212	248		8.0	8.0
Pay and Benefits in delegated budgets	1,401	2,070
ICT for Schools	1,000
Outreach work for Special	108	111		3.0	3.0
Mainstreaming Autistic Provision		110			2.0
Infant Class Size	52
Independent Safeguarding	150	-150
Sub-total Delegated Growth Proposals	5,066	6,328	-	72.0	125.0	-
Growth Non Delegated Funding
14 to19 Provision		750
Extended Early Years Entitlement	1,070	470
Early Years SEN	52	55
New SEN Early Years Resourced Provision	145	110
Early Years Formula - Transition	56
SEN Preventative Services		59
Pay and Benefits - Central Spending	119	159
Specialist Education Support for Children	27			1.0
Prudential Borrowing - Autistic Provision		165
Communication and Language Team	99			2.0
Specialist Teacher Advisory Service	73			2.0
Behaviour Intervention Service	40
Education Inclusion Service	200			5.1
Ethnic Minority Service	44			0.4
Admissions	150	75		3.0
Other Supply Cover	100
Children Looked After in Early Years Settings	92
Minibus Driver Training	20	40
Equal Pay Fund	396	-396
Sub-total Non Delegated Growth Proposals	2,683	1,487		13.5
Total increase allowed in the budget guidelines	7,749	7,815	-	85.5	125.0	-

2. Proposals for growth and redeployment 2009/10 to 2011/12 - Non Schools

Proposals are shown at outturn prices for the relevant year.

Agreed proposals will be incorporated into future year's base budgets and so on-going costs are shown in the first year only. One-off costs are shown in the first year and subtracted from the following year.

				Staffing (FTEs)
	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12
	£000	£000	£000
Growth proposals:
Building Schools for the Future	200	100		3.0	2.0
Children in Care (Foster Care allowances, skills fees and support)	600	550	500	1.0	1.0	1.5
Family Group Conferences	50	50
Wessex Youth Offending Team	25			1.0
Home to School Transport	800	200	200
Services for Young People	381	351	330
IT Operational Investment	339
Interest on School Balances	750
Other Operational Pressures	168	48		2.0	1.0
Young Carers	45
One-off Invest to Save Funding in 2008/09	1,400
Invest to Save Repayment		1,400	-1,400
Resources to be Allocated			2,120
Total Growth Proposals	4,758	2,699	1,750	7.0	4.0	1.5
Redeployment proposals:
Reduction in Independent Fostering Placements	-300	-600	-800
Re-profiling of Children in Care Budgets	-400
Reduced Contribution to Hampshire Inspection and Advisory Service	-315
Home to School Transport contracts	-200	-200	-200
Denominational Transport	-25
Use of Grant Flexibility	-756	95
Further Savings to be Identified	-1,562	-734
Total Redeployment Proposals	-3,558	-1,439	-1,000

Total increase allowed in the budget guidelines	1,200	1,260	750	7.0	4.0	1.5
Total Schools and Non Schools:
Growth Proposals	12,507	10,514	1,750	92.5	129.0	1.5
Redeployment Proposals	-3,558	-1,439	-1,000	-	-	-
Net Growth and Redeployment Proposals	8,949	9,075	750	92.5	129.0	1.5

Appendix 5

Children's Services

Cashable efficiency improvements 2008/09 to 2011/12

	2008/09 £m	2009/10 £m	2010/11 £m	2011/12 £m
a) Cashable efficiency improvements producing a budget saving and meeting the Government's definition of efficiency:
Contact Centre	0.800	-	-	-
Independent Fostering Providers	0.400	0.300	0.600	0.800
Intensive Support Service	0.450	0.450	-	-
North and East Home to School Transport Taxi re-tender	-	0.200	0.200	0.200
Hampshire Inspection and Advisory Service	-	0.315	-	-
Children's Services IT efficiencies	-	0.044	-	-
2% targeted efficiency savings against specific services (excludes grant funded budgets, and currently in respect of 2009/10 and 2010/11 only)	-	1.562	0.734	-
Sub Total	1.650	2.871	1.534	1.000
b) Cashable efficiency improvements not producing a budget saving:
Increments and regradings	0.355	0.328	0.336	0.345
Supporting extra 3 year olds	0.017	0.017	0.017	-
Sub Total	0.372	0.345	0.353	0.345
Total cashable efficiency improvements	2.022	3.216	1.887	1.345
% of base budget	1.4%	2.0%	1.1%	0.8%

Notes

Cashable efficiency improvements occur when:

- inputs (money, people, assets etc) are reduced but outputs remain unchanged

- the price of inputs (procurement, labour costs etc) are reduced but outputs remain unchanged.

a) Cashable efficiency improvements producing budget savings and meeting the Government's definition of efficiency include general procurement savings against the budget provision of a 2.5% increase in prices.

b) Cashable efficiency improvements not producing budget savings arise because the efficiency is avoiding unbudgeted cost e.g. staff reductions made to absorb increments, procurement efficiencies where costs are still exceeding 2.5%, capital receipts or developer contributions applied to avoid unplanned additional borrowing

Appendix 6

Children's Services

Review of income 2009/10

		Current charge	Total income	Date of last review	Planned date for next review	Proposed increase (if proposed now)	Is charge set to recover full cost Yes/No	Is charge determined locally? Yes/No	Additional income from increased or new charge
		£	£			£			£
1	Mandatory/National charges
	Inter-authority recoupment	Based on cost of placement	2,704,800	April 2008	April 2009	N/A	Yes	No - Annually calculated to national guidelines	N/A
	Penalty notices for parents of truants and excluded pupils	£50 / £100	2,000	February 2004	Not Known	N/A	No	No - Charges are set nationally	N/A
		Current charge	Total income	Date of last review	Planned date for next review	Proposed increase (if proposed now)	Is charge set to recover full cost Yes/No	Is charge determined locally? Yes/No	Additional income from increased or new charge
2	Discretionary charges	£	£			£			£
	Sale of Milk to infants	0.13	84,900	April 2008	April 2009	0.14	No	Yes -Calculated annually	N/A
	Rents for staff accommodation	-	132,300	September 2008	September 2009	-	Yes	Yes - Annual rent review by PBRS	N/A
	Education Psychology Service	-	58,100	April 2008	April 2009	-	Yes	Yes - External Income contracts reviewed annually	N/A
	Specialist Teacher Advisory Service	-	6,400	April 2008	April 2009	-	Yes	Yes -Charges to post 16 sector reviewed annually	N/A
		Current charge	Total income	Date of last review	Planned date for next review	Proposed increase (if proposed now)	Is charge set to recover full cost Yes/No	Is charge determined locally? Yes/No	Additional income from increased or new charge
		£	£			£			£
	Outdoor Education (recharge to OLAs)	-	58,700	April 2008	April 2009	-	Yes (SLA)	Yes	N/A
	Privileged Transport (school pupils)	-	313,300	September 2008	September 2009	-	Yes - extra cost is covered	Yes - Contribution towards cost	N/A
	Privileged Transport (continuing education)	-	108,200	September 2008	September 2009	-	Yes - extra cost is covered	Yes -Contribution towards cost	N/A
	Residential Accommodation for Children (weekly):
	Community homes	2,099	0	April 2008	April 2009	2,152	Yes	Yes	N/A
	Secure Unit (Swanwick Lodge)	4,305	2,717,300	April 2008	April 2009	4,410	Yes	Yes	N/A

		Current charge	Total income	Date of last review	Planned date for next review	Proposed increase (if proposed now)	Is charge set to recover full cost Yes/No	Is charge determined locally? Yes/No	Additional income from increased or new charge
		£	£			£			£
	Homes for Children with Disabilities	2,468	0	April 2008	April 2009	2,530	Yes	Yes	N/A
	Other Charges:
	Parental Contributions (weekly)	39	29,000	April 2008	April 2009	40	No	Yes	N/A
	Hire of rooms (per hour)	26	0	April 2008	April 2009	27	Yes	Yes	N/A
	Hire of accommodation - Children's Centres	Varies	112,000	April 2008	April 2009	Varies	No	Yes	N/A
	Hampshire Foster Care Placement Management Charge to OLAs (per week)	245	0	April 2008	April 2009	251	Yes	Yes	N/A
		Current charge	Total income	Date of last review	Planned date for next review	Proposed increase (if proposed now)	Is charge set to recover full cost Yes/No	Is charge determined locally? Yes/No	Additional income from increased or new charge
		£	£			£			£
	Foster Care Assessments (for OLAs)	2,198	0	April 2008	April 2009	2,253	Yes	Yes	N/A
3	Services provided free where charges could be made		0
	Total		6,327,000

Appendix 7

Children's Services

Business units - summarised trading accounts 2008/09 to 2011/12

		Original budget 2008/09	Revised budget 2008/09	Base budget 2009/10	Provisional forecast 2010/11	Provisional forecast 2011/12
		£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
	Minstead Study Centre
	Trading Account
	Income	218	223	220	232	244
	Expenditure	271	253	253	253	253
	Net Operating (surplus) / deficit	53	30	33	21	9
	Reserve Account
	(Surplus) / deficit b/f	-29	-42	-12	21	42
	In year (surplus) / deficit	53	30	33	21	9
	Funding of Capital Exp	0	0	0	0	0
	(Surplus) / deficit c/f	24	-12	21	42	51
	Stubbington Study Centre
	Trading Account
	Income	587	587	600	600	600
	Expenditure	623	623	600	600	600
	Net Operating (surplus) / deficit	36	36	0	0	0
	Reserve Account
	(Surplus) / deficit b/f	-458	-501	-465	-465	-465
	In year (surplus) / deficit	36	36	0	0	0
	Funding of Capital Exp	0	0	0	0	0
	(Surplus) / deficit c/f	-422	-465	-465	-465	-465

		Original budget 2008/09	Revised budget 2008/09	Base budget 2009/10	Provisional forecast 2010/11	Provisional forecast 2011/12
		£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000
	Children's Centres
	Trading Account
	Income	0	7,070	7,100	7,593	7,783
	Expenditure	0	7,252	7,500	7,593	7,783
	Net Operating (surplus) / deficit	0	182	400	0	0
	Reserve Account
	(Surplus) / deficit b/f	0	-1,121	-939	-539	-539
	In year (surplus) / deficit	0	182	400	0	0
	Funding of Capital Exp	0	0	0	0	0
	(Surplus) / deficit c/f		-939	-539	-539	-539
	Education Financial Services
	Trading Account
	Income	1,045	1,183	1,076	1,076	1,076
	Expenditure	1,025	1,203	1,136	1,111	1,106
	Net Operating (surplus) / deficit	-20	20	60	35	30
	Reserve Account
	(Surplus) / deficit b/f	-125	-145	-125	-65	-30
	In year (surplus) / deficit	-20	20	60	35	30
	Funding of Capital Exp	0	0	0	0	0
	(Surplus) / deficit c/f	-145	-125	-65	-30	0
	Education ICT Services
	Trading Account
	Income	5,110	5,823	5,101	4,491	4,452
	Expenditure	5,001	5,794	4,732	4,651	4,720
	Net Operating (surplus) / deficit	-109	-29	-369	160	268
	Reserve Account
	(Surplus) / deficit b/f	203	-34	-63	-432	-272
	In year (surplus) / deficit	-109	-29	-369	160	268
	Funding of Capital Exp	0	0	0	0	0
	(Surplus) / deficit c/f	94	-63	-432	-272	-4

		Original budget 2008/09	Revised budget 2008/09	Base budget 2009/10	Provisional forecast 2010/11	Provisional forecast 2011/12
		£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
	Education Personnel Services
	Trading Account
	Income	1,703	1,576	1,598	1,637	1,677
	Expenditure	1,784	1,531	1,588	1,627	1,667
	Net Operating (surplus) / deficit	81	-45	-10	-10	-10
	Reserve Account
	(Surplus) / deficit b/f	5	-156	-201	-211	-221
	In year (surplus) / deficit	81	-45	-10	-10	-10
	Funding of Capital Exp	0	0	0	0	0
	(Surplus) / deficit c/f	86	-201	-211	-221	-231
	Hampshire Governor Services
	Trading Account
	Income	1,417	1,495	1,503	1,503	1,503
	Expenditure	1,400	1,454	1,517	1,527	1,520
	Net Operating (surplus) / deficit	-17	-41	13	23	17
	Reserve Account
	(Surplus) / deficit b/f	-218	-226	-267	-254	-231
	In year (surplus) / deficit	-17	-41	13	23	17
	Funding of Capital Exp	0	0	0	0	0
	(Surplus) / deficit c/f	-235	-267	-254	-231	-214
	Hampshire Inspection and Advisory Service
	Trading Account
	Income	10,224	12,306	10,379	10,379	10,379
	Expenditure	10,752	12,360	11,033	11,033	11,033
	Net Operating (surplus) / deficit	528	54	654	654	654
	Reserve Account
	(Surplus) / deficit b/f	-358	-2,097	-2,043	-1,389	-735
	In year (surplus) / deficit	528	54	654	654	654
	Funding of Capital Exp	0	0	0	0	0
	(Surplus) / deficit c/f	170	-2,043	-1,389	-735	-81

		Original budget 2008/09	Revised budget 2008/09	Base budget 2009/10	Provisional forecast 2010/11	Provisional forecast 2011/12
		£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
	Hampshire Music Service
	Trading Account
	Income	6,428	6,525	6,626	6,776	6,326
	Expenditure	6,453	6,525	6,626	6,776	6,326
	Net Operating (surplus) / deficit	25	0	0	0	0
	Reserve Account
	(Surplus) / deficit b/f	-26	50	50	50	50
	In year (surplus) / deficit	25	0	0	0	0
	Funding of Capital Exp	0	0	0	0	0
	(Surplus) / deficit c/f	-1	50	50	50	50
	Total of Children's Services Business Units
	Trading Account
	Income	26,732	36,788	34,203	34,287	34,040
	Expenditure	27,309	36,995	34,985	35,170	35,008
	Net Operating (surplus) / deficit	577	207	781	883	967
	Reserve Account
	(Surplus) / deficit b/f	-1,006	-4,272	-4,065	-3,284	-2,401
	In year (surplus) / deficit	577	207	781	883	967
	Funding of Capital Exp	0	0	0	0	0
	(Surplus) / deficit c/f	-429	-4,065	-3,284	-2,401	-1,433

Appendix 8

Children's Services

Revenue budget 2009/10

Analysis of variations by division of service

	Adjusted original budget 2008/09	Variation in inflation to November 2008 prices		Other base budget variations	Inflation allocation to 2009/10 outturn		Growth and redeploy-ment proposals	Revenue Budget 2009/10
	£000	£000	%	£000	£000	%	£000	£000
Cash limited expenditure
Nursery Individual Schools Budget	1,283	8	0.6		24	1.9	6	1,321
Primary Individual Schools Budget	304,258	1,898	0.6	-1,189	5,052	1.7	2,766	312,785
Secondary Individual Schools Budget	280,267	1,867	0.7	-1,662	4,396	1.6	1,765	286,633
Special Individual Schools Budget	29,090	145	0.5	418	559	1.9	383	30,595
14 to 19	605	-	-	2,922	-	-	-	3,527
Insurance	38	-	-	-	1	2.6	-	39
Licences / subscriptions	303	-	-	-	7	2.3	-	310
School-specific contingencies	1,073	-	-	-	5	0.5	598	1,676
Supply cover (not sickness)	686	-	-	-	16	2.3	100	802
Schools - support services recharge	3,012	-	-	-	75	2.5	181	3,268
Education Inclusion Service	8,114	-	-	22	205	2.5	192	8,533
Provision for pupils with statements	8,447	-	-	233	221	2.5	349	9,250
Independent and voluntary special schools	8,778	32	0.4	-427	210	2.5	172	8,765
Inter-authority recoupment	738	-	-	-	16	2.2	-	754

	Adjusted original budget 2008/09	Variation in inflation to November 2008 prices		Other base budget variations	Inflation allocation to 2009/10 outturn		Growth and redeploy-ment proposals	Revenue Budget 2009/10
	£000	£000	%	£000	£000	%	£000	£000
Behaviour support implementation	120	-	-	-19	3	3.0	-	104
Special education - support services recharge	3,141	-	-	34	12	0.4	151	3,338
Payments for 3 and 4 year olds	26,855	-	-	900	694	2.5	1,042	29,491
Early Years and Childcare Unit	17,970	-	-	4,460	-	-	-	22,430
Assistance to voluntary and private providers	2,121	-	-	-	51	2.4	-	2,172
Early Years - support services recharge	998	-	-	-	4	0.4	-	1,002
School catering	157	-	-	20	-	-	-	177
Standards Fund (schools non-devolved)	14,061	-	-	7,083	-	-	-	21,144
Ethnic Minority Achievement Service	995	-	-	98	28	2.6	44	1,165
Direct grants to schools	33,802	-	-	950	-	-	-	34,752
Teachers Pay Reform payments	19,115	-	-	-	439	2.3	-	19,554
Schools Budget	766,027	3,950	0.5	13,843	12,018	1.5	7,749	803,587
SEN audit and moderation	56	-	-	-	1	1.8	-	57
Premature retirement compensation	2,892	-	-	-	72	2.5	-	2,964
Insurance	192	-	-	-	5	2.6	-	197
LEA Initiatives	3,331	-	-	-	83	2.5	-	3,414
Non-delegated schools - interest, other misc.	-1,022	-	-	-	-25	2.4	750	-297
Strategic management - support services recharge	7,589	-	-	464	179	2.2	-18	8,214
Schools home to school transport	21,848	811	3.7	-880	554	2.5	575	22,908
Pupil support	317	-	-	-	8	2.5	-	325
Field, outdoor centres, INTECH and grants	90	-	-	-	2	2.2	-	92
Other non-delegated school budget headings	220	-	-	-	5	2.3	-	225
Access - Support services recharge	5,557	-	-	399	142	2.4	-12	6,086

	Adjusted original budget 2008/09	Variation in inflation to November 2008 prices		Other base budget variations	Inflation allocation to 2009/10 outturn		Growth and redeploy-ment proposals	Revenue Budget 2009/10
	£000	£000	%	£000	£000	%	£000	£000
Special education	6,776	-	-	487	173	2.4	-15	7,421
LEA initiatives (special)	12	-	-	-12	-	-	-	-
School Improvement - support services recharge	4,698	-	-	337	120	2.4	-10	5,145
Standards Fund - non-devolved	8,356	-	-	1,301	-	-	-400	9,257
Teachers Pay Reform payments	432	-	-	-	10	2.3	-	442
Community	3,023	-	-	-1,011	50	2.5	-	2,062
Home to college transport	1,104	57	5.2	87	31	2.5	-	1,279
Continuing education - other	599	-	-	4	15	2.5	-	618
Services for Young People	6,736	-	-	8,539	190	1.2	380	15,845
Unallocated budget	-17	-	-	857	3	-	1,208	2,051
Service strategy and support	97	-	-	-	-	-	-	97
Commissioning and Social Work	19,973	-	-	1,545	495	2.3	179	22,192
Children in Care	34,756	-18	-0.1	351	889	2.5	-15	35,963
Family Support Services	7,926	1	-	203	199	2.4	83	8,412
Youth Justice	2,413	-	-	362	69	2.5	38	2,882
Other Children and Families	6,963	-	-	-184	113	1.7	19	6,911
Asylum Seekers	500	-	-	-	-	-	-	500
Children's Fund	1,895	-	-	7	-	-	-	1,902
Unapportionable overheads	125	-	-	-	3	2.4	-	128
Targeted Efficiency Savings	-	-	-	-			-1,562	-1,562
Non Schools Budget	147,437	851	0.6	12,856	3,386	2.1	1,200	165,730
Total Base Budget	913,464	4,801	0.5	26,699	15,404	1.6	8,949	969,317

	Adjusted original budget 2008/09	Variation in inflation to November 2008 prices		Other base budget variations	Inflation allocation to 2009/10 outturn		Growth and redeploy-ment proposals	Revenue Budget 2009/10
	£000	£000	%	£000	£000	%	£000	£000
Expenditure outside cash limit:
Capital charges	43,671	-	-	-	-	-	-	43,671
Adjustment for Pension costs (FRS 17)	-2,425	-	-	-	-	-	-	-2,425
Income/expenditure transferred (to)/from reserves	577	-	-	-	-	-	-	577
Total Net Expenditure before grant	955,287	4,801	0.5	26,699	15,404	1.6	8,949	1,011,140
Specific Government Grants:
Dedicated Schools Grant	671,000	-	-	22,063	-	-	-	693,063
Standards Fund - Schools Budget	53,752	-	-	9,116	-	-	-	62,868
Standards Fund - Non Schools Budget	1,084	-	-	1	-	-	-	1,085
Sure Start, Early Years & Childcare Grant - Schools	17,971	-	-	4,460	-	-	-	22,431
Sure Start, Early Years & Childcare Grant - Community	1,002	-	-	-1,002	-	-	-	-
Sure Start, Early Years & Childcare Grant - Aiming High for Disabled Children	70	-	-	1,327	-	-	-	1,397
School Standards Grant	33,802	-	-	950	-	-	-	34,752
14 - 19 Diploma Grant	400	-	-	951	-	-	-	1,351
European Social Fund	155	-	-	20	-	-	-	175
Transport Co-ordinator	-	-	-	50	-	-	-	50
Family Intervention	-	-	-	125	-	-	-	125
Youth Opportunities Fund	594	-	-	-	-	-	-	594
Contact Point	357	-	-	-	-	-	-	357
Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children	500	-	-	-	-	-	-	500
Carers (one off carry-forward from 2007/08)	90	-	-	-90	-	-	-	-
Total Specific Government Grants	780,777	-	-	37,971	-	-	-	818,748
Total Net Expenditure	174,510	4,801	2.8	-11,272	15,404	9.0	8,949	192,392

Appendix 9

Children's Services

Revenue Budget 2009/10

Reconciliation of the original 2008/09 budget on the following pages with the 2008/09 budget in the published budget book.

	Original Budget 2008/09	Budget 2009/10
	£000	£000
Net expenditure on page B25 of the published budget book	913,795
Transfers (to) / from other departments	-331
Total net expenditure for original budget shown overleaf on page 3	913,464	969,317
Capital Charges	43,671	43,671
Adjustment for Pension costs	713	-2,425
Income / expenditure transferred (to) /from reserves	577	577
Total Budget controlled by Children's Services	958,425	1,011,140
Budgets controlled by Policy and Resources	13,473
Total net expenditure	971,898

Appendix 10

Children's Services

Workforce levels and costs

(Excluding School staffing and Business Units)

	2008/09 Revised	2009/10 Original
	£000	£000
Analysis of workforce costs in base budget:
Salaries of permanent staff (including employer's national insurance and pension contributions)	60,169	72,065
Temporary/fixed term/casual staff	718	609
Agency staff	47	48
Additional hours	-	-
Total workforce costs	60,934	72,722
Average FTE staff actually in post	1,872	2,104
Staffing changes in growth, savings and redeployment proposals:
Variation in staff (FTEs)		7
Variation in budget (£000)		266
Workforce implications of budget proposals:
FTE posts available		2,111
Workforce budget available (£000)		72,988

Appendix 11

Children's Services

1. Provisional budget 2010/11 and 2011/12 - Schools

The following table shows the progression from the 2009/10 proposed budget at outturn prices to the provisional budget for 2010/11 and 2011/12 at outturn prices.

			As estimated last year	Now proposed
			£000	£000
Proposed budget 2009/10 at outturn prices			787,808	803,587
-	Base budget variations:		4,033	3,289
-	Exclusion of non-recurring 2009/10 expenditure		-	-
-	Full year effect of 2009/10 growth proposals		-	-
Growth and redeployment proposals			8,893	7,815
Allocation for future inflation			16,988	14,787
Provisional budget 2010/11 at outturn prices			817,722	829,478
-	Base budget variations:		-	-
-	Exclusion of non-recurring 2010/11 expenditure		-	-
-	Full year effect of 2010/11 growth proposals		-	-
Growth and redeployment proposals			-	-
Allocation for future inflation			-	-
Provisional budget 2011/12 at outturn prices			817,722	829,478

2. Provisional budget 2010/11 and 2011/12 - Non Schools

The following table shows the progression from the 2009/10 proposed budget at outturn prices to the provisional budget for 2010/11 and 2011/12 at outturn prices.

			As estimated last year	Now proposed
			£000	£000
Proposed budget 2009/10 at outturn prices			151,961	165,730
-	Base budget variations:		1,887	1,855
-	Exclusion of non-recurring expenditure		-	-1,300
	Repayment of invest to save		-	-1,400
-	Full year effect of 2009/10 growth proposals		-	-
Growth and redeployment proposals			1,260	1,260
Allocation for future inflation			3,491	3,505
Provisional budget 2010/11 at outturn prices			158,599	169,650
-	Base budget variations:		-	-
-	Deletion of Invest to Save repayment		-	1,400
-	Full year effect of 2010/11 growth proposals		-	-
Growth and redeployment proposals			-	750
Allocation for future inflation			-	3,201
Provisional budget 2011/12 at outturn prices			158,599	175,001
3. Total of Schools and Non Schools
	2009/10			969,317
	2010/11			999,128
	2011/12 (excluding Schools Budget growth and inflation)			1,004,479

Annex 1 to Appendix 11

Children's Services

Provisional budget 2010/11 and 2011/12

Analysis of variations by division of service

	Proposed Budget 2009/10	Base budget variations	Growth and redeployment	Inflation allocation to 2010/11 outturn		Provisional Budget 2010/11	Base budget variations	Growth and redeployment	Inflation allocation to 2011/12 outturn		Provisional Budget 2011/12
	£000	£000	£000	£000	%	£000	£000	£000	£000	%	£000
Cash limited expenditure
Nursery Individual Schools Budget	1,321	4	-	27	2.0	1,352	-	-	-	-	1,352
Primary Individual Schools Budget	312,785	783	3,666	6,414	2.0	323,648	-	-	-	-	323,648
Secondary Individual Schools Budget	286,633	721	2,241	5,877	2.0	295,472	-	-	-	-	295,472
Special Individual Schools Budget	30,595	75	587	627	2.0	31,884	-	-	-	-	31,884
14 to 19	3,527	-231	750	-	-	4,046	-	-	-	-	4,046
Insurance	39	-	-	1	2.6	40	-	-	-	-	40
Licences / subscriptions	310	-	-	6	1.9	316	-	-	-	-	316
School-specific contingencies	1,676		-546	34	2.0	1,164	-	-	-	-	1,164
Supply cover (not sickness)	802	-	-	16	2.0	818	-	-	-	-	818
Schools - support services recharge	3,268	-	115	69	2.0	3,452	-	-	-	-	3,452
Education Inclusion Service	8,533	-	-	174	2.0	8,707	-	-	-	-	8,707
	Proposed Budget 2009/10	Base budget variations	Growth and redeployment	Inflation allocation to 2010/11 outturn		Provisional Budget 2010/11	Base budget variations	Growth and redeployment	Inflation allocation to 2011/12 outturn		Provisional Budget 2011/12
	£000	£000	£000	£000	%	£000	£000	£000	£000	%	£000
Provision for pupils with statements	9,250	-	418	189	2.0	9,857	-	-	-	-	9,857
Independent and voluntary special schools	8,765	-	55	179	2.0	8,999	-	-	-	-	8,999
Inter-authority recoupment	754	-	-	15	2.0	769	-	-	-	-	769
Behaviour support implementation	104	-	-	2	1.9	106	-	-	-	-	106
Special education - support services recharge	3,338	-	59	66	2.0	3,463	-	-	-	-	3,463
Payments for 3 and 4 year olds	29,491	-	470	603	2.0	30,564	-	-	-	-	30,564
Early Years and Childcare Unit	22,430	3,819	-	-	-	26,249	-	-	-	-	26,249
Assistance to voluntary and private providers	2,172	-	-	44	2.0	2,216	-	-	-	-	2,216
Early Years - support services recharge	1,002	-	-	20	2.0	1,022	-	-	-	-	1,022
School catering	177	-	-	-	-	177	-	-	-	-	177
Standards Fund (schools non-devolved)	21,144	-2,612	-	-	-	18,532	-	-	-	-	18,532
Ethnic Minority Achievement Service	1,165	-	-	24	2.1	1,189	-	-	-	-	1,189
Direct grants to schools	34,752	730	-	-	-	35,482	-	-	-	-	35,482
Teachers Pay Reform payments	19,554	-	-	400	2.0	19,954	-	-	-	-	19,954
Schools Budget	803,587	3,289	7,815	14,787	1.8	829,478	-	-	-	-	829,478
SEN audit and moderation	57	-	-	1	1.8	58	-	-	1	1.9	59
Premature retirement compensation	2,964	-	-	62	2.1	3,026	-	-	57	1.9	3,083
	Proposed Budget 2009/10	Base budget variations	Growth and redeployment	Inflation allocation to 2010/11 outturn		Provisional Budget 2010/11	Base budget variations	Growth and redeployment	Inflation allocation to 2011/12 outturn		Provisional Budget 2011/12
	£000	£000	£000	£000	%	£000	£000	£000	£000	%	£000
Insurance	197	-	-	4	2.0	201	-	-	4	1.9	205
LEA Initiatives	3,414	-	-	72	2.1	3,486	-	-	65	1.9	3,551
Non-delegated schools - interest, other misc.	-297	-	-	-6	2.0	-303	-	-	-6	1.9	-309
Strategic management - support services recharge	8,214	-50	198	172	2.1	8,534	-	-	159	1.9	8,693
Schools home to school transport	22,908	-	-	481	2.1	23,389	-	-	437	1.9	23,826
Pupil support	325	-	-	7	2.2	332	-	-	6	1.9	338
Field, outdoor centres, INTECH and grants	92	-	-	2	2.2	94	-	-	2	1.9	96
Other non-delegated school budget headings	225	-	-	5	2.2	230	-	-	4	1.9	234
Access - Support services recharge	6,086	-	-	128	2.1	6,214	-	-	116	1.9	6,330
Special education	7,421	-	-	156	2.1	7,577	-	-	142	1.9	7,719
School Improvement - support services recharge	5,145	-	-	108	2.1	5,253	-	-	98	1.9	5,351
Standards Fund - non-devolved	9,257	-1,573	400	161	2.1	8,245	-	-	154	1.9	8,399
Teachers Pay Reform payments	442	-	-	9	2.0	451	-	-	8	1.9	459
Community	2,062	-	-	43	2.1	2,105	-	-	39	1.9	2,144
Home to college transport	1,279	-	-	27	2.1	1,306	-	-	24	1.9	1,330
Continuing education - other	618	-	-	13	2.1	631	-	-	12	1.9	643
Services for Young People	15,845	-6	351	333	2.1	16,523	-	330	309	1.9	17,162
Unallocated budget	2,051	-2,391	1,252	1	-	913	1,400	720	3	-	3,036
	Proposed Budget 2009/10	Base budget variations	Growth and redeployment	Inflation allocation to 2010/11 outturn		Provisional Budget 2010/11	Base budget variations	Growth and redeployment	Inflation allocation to 2011/12 outturn		Provisional Budget 2011/12
	£000	£000	£000	£000	%	£000	£000	£000	£000	%	£000
Service strategy and support	97	-	-	2	2.1	99	-	-	2	1.9	101
Commissioning and Social Work	22,192	3,615	-68	532	2.1	25,821	-	-	483	1.9	26,304
Children Looked After	35,963	37	-99	756	2.1	36,657	-	-300	685	1.9	37,042
Family Support Services	8,412	16	-22	177	2.1	8,583	-	-	161	1.9	8,744
Youth Justice	2,882	-121	-7	58	2.1	2,812	-	-	53	1.9	2,865
Other Children and Families	6,911	78	-11	147	2.1	7,125	-	-	133	1.9	7,258
Asylum Seekers	500	-	-	11	2.2	511	-	-	10	1.9	521
Children's Fund	1,902	-	-	40	2.1	1,942	-	-	36	1.9	1,978
Unapportionable overheads	128	-	-	3	2.3	131	-	-	2	1.9	133
Targeted Efficiency Savings	-1,562	-	-734	-	-	-2,296	-	-	-	-	-2,296
Non Schools Budget	165,730	-845	1,260	3,505	2.1	169,650	1,400	750	3,201	1.9	175,001
Total Base Budget	969,317	2,444	9,075	18,292	1.9	999,128	1,400	750	3,201	0.3	1,004,479
Expenditure outside cash limit:
Capital charges	43,671	-	-	-	-	43,671					43,671
Charges to Corporate and Democratic Core (FRS 17)	-2,425	-	-	-	-	-2,425					-2,425
Income/expenditure transferred (to)/from reserves	577	-	-	-	-	577					577
Total Net Expenditure before grant	1,011,140	2,444	9,075	18,292	1.8	1,040,951	1,400	750	3,201	0.3	1,046,302
Specific Government Grants:
Dedicated Schools Grant	693,063	24,185	-	-	-	717,248	-	-	-	-	717,248
Standards Fund - Schools Budget	62,868	-2,612	-	-	-	60,256	-	-	-	-	60,256
Standards Fund - Non Schools Budget	1,085	-	-	-	-	1,085	-	-	-	-	1,085
	Proposed Budget 2009/10	Base budget variations	Growth and redeployment	Inflation allocation to 2010/11 outturn		Provisional Budget 2010/11	Base budget variations	Growth and redeployment	Inflation allocation to 2011/12 outturn		Provisional Budget 2011/12
	£000	£000	£000	£000	%	£000	£000	£000	£000	%	£000
Sure Start, Early Years & Childcare Grant - Schools	22,431	3,819	-	-	-	26,250	-	-	-	-	26,250
Sure Start, Early Years & Childcare Grant - Aiming High for Disabled Children	1,397	3,110	-	-	-	4,507	-	-	-	-	4,507
School Standards Grant	34,752	730	-	-	-	35,482	-	-	-	-	35,482
14 - 19 Diploma Grant	1,351	-231	-	-	-	1,120	-	-	-	-	1,120
European Social Fund	175	-	-	-	-	175	-	-	-	-	175
Transport Co-ordinator	50	-50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Family Intervention	125	-125	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Youth Opportunities Fund	594	-	-	-	-	594	-	-	-	-	594
Contact Point	357	-357	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children	500	-	-	-	-	500	-	-	-	-	500
Total Specific Government Grants	818,748	28,469	-	-	-	847,217					847,217
Total Net Expenditure	192,392	-26,025	9,075	18,292	-	193,734	1,400	750	3,201	-	199,085