Archived decisions

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]

1) Summary

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

1.1. 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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1.10. 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.

1) Reasons for the decision

1.1. Cabinet has requested that service budgets be prepared within the budget guidelines confirmed by Cabinet in October 2008 for approval by Executive members and submitted to the Leader and Cabinet for consideration in February 2009. Proposals need to be submitted to the Cabinet on 6 February 2009 in order to influence decisions on the 2009/10 to 2011/12 budget and council tax.

2) Other options considered and rejected:

2.1. The total of the budget proposals in this report equal the guidelines set by Cabinet. A budget in excess of the guidelines is not considered affordable and a budget below the guidelines would not enable service objectives to be met.

3) Conflicts of Interest:

3.1. Conflicts of interest declared by the decision-maker:

None

3.2. Conflicts of interest declared by other Executive Members consulted:

None

4) Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee:

None

5) Any reasons for the matter being dealt with if urgent :

None

6) Statement from the Decision Maker:

Approved by:

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Date:

21 January 2009

Executive Member for Children's Services (Education)

Councillor D.A. Kirk