Revenue Budget Monitoring Report
North Lanarkshire Council · 23 May 2023
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North Lanarkshire Council Report Education, Children and Families Committee Does this report require to be approved? ☐ Yes ☒ No Ref: DB / TO’H Date 23/05/23 Revenue Budget Monitoring Report From: Derek Brown (Deputy Chief Executive) E-mail: BrownD@northlan.gov.uk Telephone 01698 302 517 Executive Summary This report provides a summary of the financial performance of the Education, Children and Families Service for the period 1 April 2022 to 3 March 2023 (Period 12). The report highlights the projected outturn position as at 31 March 2023, including explanations of major variances in accordance with North Lanarkshire Council’s approved Financial Regulations. The Education, Children and Families Service has a Net Revenue Budget of £466.620m for the 2022/23 financial year. Incorporated within the Revenue Budget are approved savings totalling £6.830m. It is anticipated that £3.969m (58.11%) of these savings will be realised during the current financial year. The Service is currently forecasting an overspend of £2.613m for the current financial year. The overspend is primarily the result of in-year contractual inflation uplifts. Recommendations It is recommended that the Education, Children and Families Committee: (1) Review the financial position of the Education, Children and Families revenue budget (2) Review the contents of the report The Plan for North Lanarkshire Priority All priorities Ambition statement (25) Ensure intelligent use of data and information to support fully evidence based decision making and future planning
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1. Background 1.1. North Lanarkshire Council’s approved Financial Regulations require Deputy Chief Executives and Heads of Service to remain within their approved budgetary provision, and to report all significant deviations - defined as the higher of £100,000 or 5% - within their budget monitoring reports. Where significant deviations are identified, officers must provide explanatory commentary, outline the action required to rectify such deviations and where relevant, must also highlight the impact this has on other budget headings. 2. Report 2.1. Summary of Financial Position 2.1.1. North Lanarkshire Council approved its General Fund Revenue Budget on 17 February 2022 of which £465.120m (52.4%) represented the approved Net Revenue Budget for Education, Children and Families. During 2022/23 there has been a net budget increase of £1.500m to £466.620m following operational realignments between Council Services. These movements include incorporation of 2022/23 redeterminations of £6.428m offset by the transfer of staff groups to the Chief Executives Service including the Administrative & Finance Assistant (AFA) team and Technicians Service (£2.994m) along with legislative changes in respect of employers’ national insurance contributions and other budget realignments (£1.934m). 2.1.2. The Service is forecasting a net overspend of £2.613m to the end of the financial year. Further analysis of major variances is provided within Section 2.2 of this report. 2.1.3. Included within the net overspend projection are significant, in-year, inflationary cost pressures. There are material inflationary pressures linked to increases in utility costs across the Service’s educational and Active & Creative Communities estate (£4.977m), coupled with further increases to mainstream and ASN pupil transport contracts (£3.702m). As part of the Council’s financial planning process, resources were previously earmarked following the closure of the 2021/22 annual accounts to help offset the projected inflationary pressures faced by Services during the current financial year. The consolidated position summarising in-year inflationary pressures and funding options across each Service will be presented in the Council’s summary budget monitoring report. 2.1.4. In the period up to 3 March 2023, several teacher trade union staff groups had participated in strike days in relation to pay award uplifts for 2022/23 and 2023/24. At the close of Period 12 pay deductions totalling £1.847m have been accrued in relation to action taken on 24 November, 7 December, and 10 / 11 / 19 January. Although this dispute is now resolved there are outstanding pay deductions for action taken on 28 February and 1 March which are not incorporated within this report. The financial impact of the teacher’s strike is not included in the Service’s monitoring reports because school DSM budgets were adjusted on an ongoing and equivalent basis through to the cessation of the industrial action. However, similar to Section 2.1.3 above the financial impact of the strike days is reflected in the Council’s summary budget monitoring report. 2.1.5. The current 2022/23 budget incorporates £6.830m of savings previously approved by the Council on 17 February 2022. Further information regarding particularly challenging savings, along with associated management actions and replacement in-year savings, are included within this report at Appendix 5.
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2.2. Analysis of Significant Variances 2.2.1. The Service has a total employee budget of £381.843m and currently anticipates a projected underspend of £7.664m. The underspend reflects actual and projected vacancies, along with the roll out of finalised HQ, cluster, and school staffing structures. 2.2.2. Service employee budgets are partly devolved to establishments per the Devolved School Management (DSM) scheme, with the remaining budgets held at HQ level. Under the DSM scheme devolved staffing budgets for teaching and non-teaching posts are delegated to Head Teacher management. Establishments receive allocations based on agreed formulas and distribution methods. Devolved staffing budgets for financial year 2022/23 total £221.632m. 2.2.3. The Service is anticipating an overspend of £5.646m within Property Costs predominantly linked to increased costs in relation to utilities / energy inflation (£5.293m) along with other minor overspends across the Service (£0.353m). 2.2.4. The Service is anticipating an underspend of £1.925m within Supplies & Services primarily due to synergies with external funding, management action and the curtailment of non-essential expenditure within Cluster / HQ support (£1.469m), Active and Creative Communities (£0.412m), HQ funded support to the ASN sector (£0.060m), offset by other minor overspends across the Service (£0.017m). 2.2.5. The Service is anticipating an overspend of £5.490m within Transport and Plant which reflects ongoing demand pressures within ASN transport (£2.678m) and increases to mainstream transport contract rates (£2.861m) along with minor underspends across the Service (£0.049m). 2.2.6. The Service is anticipating an underspend of £0.102m within Administration Costs primarily due to management action and the curtailment of non-essential expenditure. 2.2.7. The Service is anticipating an overspend of £1.145m within Payments to Other Bodies primarily in relation to demand led external placements within Family Fostering and Kinship awards (£0.448m), ASN service provision (£0.652m), along with other minor overspends across the Service (£0.045m) as outlined in Appendix 3. 2.2.8. The Service is anticipating an underspend of £0.433m within Transfer Payments in relation to reduced demand for childrens’ support services and applications for clothing grants. 2.2.9. The Service is anticipating an underspend of £0.826m within Other Expenditure primarily due to the curtailment of non-essential expenditure within Cluster / HQ support (£0.845m) partially offset by minor overspends within other Service areas (£0.019m). 2.2.10. The Service is anticipating an under recovery of income of £1.282m in relation to actual membership and visitor’s fees for Active and Creative Communities (£1.482m) being lower than the budget target, coupled with reduced cross-boundary ASN placements within NLC establishments (£0.366m), partially offset by a HRA funding contribution to the Tackling Poverty Team along with various minor over recoveries across the Service (£0.567m).
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2.3. Earmarked and One-Off Resources 2.3.1. In finalising North Lanarkshire Council’s annual accounts to 31 March 2022, the Education, Children and Families Service was given approval to earmark £104.983m of resources represented by £85.701m (Non-Covid) and £19.282m (Covid) to fund key projects and initiatives. Most of this reserve (£54.175m) is earmarked for existing school building contractual commitments. Other specific reserves include Pupil Equity Fund (PEF) carry forwards, Devolved School Management (DSM) carry forwards, and ring-fenced 1140 Hours grant. Future monitoring reports will continue to provide updates on use of these reserves during 2022/23, and future financial years if applicable, as outlined in Appendix 4. 2.4. 2022/23 Budget Savings and Growth 2.4.1. The Council previously approved total savings of £16.484m during 2022/23. The initial Education, Children and Families Service savings target for 2022/23 was £6.830m. The Service uses a variety of information, records, and processes to monitor achievement of its approved budget savings. As at Period 12, it is anticipated that £3.969m (58.11%) of the approved savings target will be realised in the current financial year as outlined in Appendix 5. 2.4.2. The unachieved savings of £2.861m have predominantly arisen due to temporary operational timing delays, the phased introduction of new staffing structures, consideration of the school academic calendar, and impact of Covid-19. In year management action has been taken to address this funding gap and the savings are expected to be fully achieved during future financial years. 2.4.3. As part of the Council’s approved General Fund Revenue Budget for 2022/23, the Education, Children & Families Service were allocated £3.470m towards several one- off investments. Further information on use of these one-off investment allocations during 2022/23 is provided in Appendix 6. 2.5. Management Actions 2.5.1. Management will continue to review and implement actions through to financial year end with the aim of minimising the projected overspend position. These actions will include: a) Vacancy management b) Creating efficiencies through use of grant / external funding c) Curtailment of non-essential expenditure d) Application of earmarked reserves to offset one-off cost pressures 3. Measures of success 3.1. The Service operates within approved budget resources.
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4. Supporting documentation 4.1. Appendix 1: Objective Analysis Appendix 2: Subjective Analysis Appendix 3: Payments to Other Bodies Appendix 4: Status of Earmarked Reserves Appendix 5: Savings Appendix 6: ‘Recover NL’ One-Off Investments Derek Brown Deputy Chief Executive
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5. Impacts ( http://connect/report-template-guidance ) 5.1 Public Sector Equality Duty and Fairer Scotland Duty Does the report contain information that has an impact as a result of the Public Sector Equality Duty and/or Fairer Scotland Duty? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? If Yes, has an assessment been carried out and published on the council’s website? https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/your-community/equalities/equality- and-fairer-scotland-duty-impact-assessments Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.2 Financial impact Does the report contain any financial impacts? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, have all relevant financial impacts have been discussed and agreed with Finance? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? As stated within the main body of the report 5.3 HR policy impact Does the report contain any HR policy or procedure impacts? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant HR impacts have been discussed and agreed with People Resources? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.4 Legal impact Does the report contain any legal impacts (such as general legal matters, statutory considerations (including employment law considerations), or new legislation)? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant legal impacts have been discussed and agreed with Legal and Democratic? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.5 Data protection impact Does the report / project / practice contain or involve the processing of personal data? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, is the processing of this personal data likely to result in a high risk to the data subject? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, has a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) been carried out and e- mailed to dataprotection@northlan.gov.uk Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.6 Technology / Digital impact Does the report contain information that has an impact on either technology, digital transformation, service redesign / business change processes, data management, or connectivity / broadband / Wi-Fi?
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Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? Where the impact identifies a requirement for significant technology change, has an assessment been carried out (or is scheduled to be carried out) by the Enterprise Architecture Governance Group (EAGG)? Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.7 Environmental / Carbon impact Does the report / project / practice contain information that has an impact on any environmental or carbon matters? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.8 Communications impact Does the report contain any information that has an impact on the council’s communications activities? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.9 Risk impact Is there a risk impact? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the key risks and potential impacts, highlighting where the risk(s) are assessed and recorded (e.g. Corporate or Service or Project Risk Registers), and how they are managed? The approach outlined in this report supports the Council’s actions in managing financial sustainability and financial management risks. Financial pressures and risks are reviewed on a regular basis by the Service Management Team, CMT and Committee. 5.10 Armed Forces Covenant Duty Does the report require to take due regard of the Armed Forces Covenant Duty (i.e. does it relate to healthcare, housing, or education services for in-Service or ex- Service personnel, or their families, or widow(er)s)? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the provision which has been made to ensure there has been appropriate consideration of the particular needs of the Armed Forces community to make sure that they do not face disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public services.
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APPENDIX 1 [1] [2] [3] [5] [6] [8] [9] [10] Early Years 31,110,808 31,110,808 0 31,920,353 31,920,353 0 0.0% 0 Balanced Budget Primary Schools 123,260,986 123,260,986 0 137,042,002 137,042,002 0 0.0% 0 Balanced Budget Secondary Schools 120,361,343 120,361,343 0 128,673,940 128,673,940 0 0.0% 0 Balanced Budget Special Schools 18,768,485 18,768,485 0 20,762,878 20,762,878 0 0.0% 0 Balanced Budget Education Service Delivery 19,764,164 20,357,849 (593,685) ADV 73,536,780 75,191,566 (1,654,786) ADV (2.3%) 1,155,009 Overspends within transportation costs linked to ASN service delivery and contract inflation pressures partially offset by underspends contained within employee costs budgets. Children & Families 34,548,073 34,539,828 8,245 FAV 38,918,528 38,898,332 20,196 FAV 0.1% (269,013) Underspends contained with employee cost budgets partially offset by overspends within Family Placements, External Fostering & Kinship Placements Justice Services 19,551 (143,498) 163,049 FAV 73,431 (122,883) 196,314 FAV 267.3% 216,746 Underspends in employee costs due to grant synergies Active & Creative Communities 8,819,026 9,920,766 (1,101,740) ADV 25,037,035 26,567,127 (1,530,092) ADV (6.1%) (199,202) Overspends linked to increased utitlities costs along with reduced income in relation to membership fees and site visitors a result of Covid partially offset by underspends contained within employee cost budgets. Employability 6,831,349 6,789,772 41,577 FAV 3,906,759 3,864,032 42,727 FAV 1.1% 12,000 Minor underspend Community Learning 4,074,867 3,861,356 213,511 FAV 4,765,748 4,457,875 307,873 FAV 6.5% 8,712 Underspends contained within employee cost budgets with over-recovery of external funding. Welfare 2,272,919 2,270,745 2,174 FAV 1,982,434 1,977,355 5,079 FAV 0.3% 25,914 Minor underspend NET EXPENDITURE 369,831,572 371,098,440 (1,266,868) ADV 466,619,888 469,232,577 (2,612,689) ADV (0.6%) 950,166 As stated above [4] [7] PROJECTED OUT-TURN PROJECTED OUT-TURN VARIANCE % PERIOD MOVEMENT ANALYSIS NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL Revenue Budget Monitoring Report - Objective Analysis Period 12 (01 April 2022 - 03 March 2023) Education, Children & Families DIVISION OF SERVICE BUDGET TO DATE ACTUAL TO DATE YEAR TO DATE VARIANCE ANNUAL BUDGET
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APPENDIX 2 [1] [2] [3] [5] [6] [8] [9] [10] EMPLOYEE COSTS 332,818,362 326,196,417 6,621,945 FAV 381,843,198 374,179,245 7,663,953 FAV 2.0% 749,635 Underspend primarily due to phasing of external funding with recruitment reflecting academic not financial year along with vacancy management. PROPERTY COSTS 59,407,028 64,298,928 (4,891,900) ADV 66,212,116 71,858,135 (5,646,019) ADV (8.5%) (59,878) Impact of projected increased utitlity costs across the school estate and Active and Creative Communities and other minor overspends across the Service. SUPPLIES & SERVICES 15,606,659 13,794,151 1,812,508 FAV 27,662,942 25,737,844 1,925,098 FAV 7.0% 103,124 Management action, curtailment of non-essential expenditure and synergies with external funding to support increased costs and demands within other areas of the Service TRANSPORT & PLANT 12,283,794 16,302,252 (4,018,458) ADV 13,937,414 19,427,106 (5,489,692) ADV (39.4%) 23,155 Overspend in relation to ongoing cost pressures linked to ASN service delivery and observed market increases for mainstream transport contracts. ADMINISTRATION COSTS 5,239,697 5,208,521 31,176 FAV 7,615,018 7,513,219 101,799 FAV 1.3% 89,762 Management action, curtailment of non-essential expenditure and synergies with external funding to support increased costs and demands within other areas of the Service PAYMENTS TO OTHER BODIES 37,211,741 38,173,323 (961,582) ADV 44,801,520 45,946,023 (1,144,504) ADV (2.6%) (152,888) Overspend in relation to external ASN placements and external fostering / kinship placements. TRANSFER PAYMENTS 3,882,741 3,524,739 358,002 FAV 4,494,399 4,061,527 432,872 FAV 9.6% 252,872 Underspend in relation to clothing grant applications and children's support services CAPITAL FINANCING COSTS 1,385,300 1,385,300 0 43,710,875 43,710,875 0 0.0% 0 Balanced budget REVENUE FINANCING COSTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0 Balanced budget OTHER EXPENDITURE 9,740,587 9,042,616 697,971 FAV 23,679,731 22,853,552 826,179 FAV 3.5% 206 Management action, curtailment of non-essential expenditure and synergies with external funding to support increased costs and demands within other areas of the Service TOTAL EXPENDITURE 477,575,909 477,926,247 (350,338) ADV 613,957,213 615,287,526 (1,330,313) ADV (0.2%) 1,005,988 As stated above INCOME (107,744,337) (106,827,807) (916,530) ADV (147,337,325) (146,054,949) (1,282,376) ADV 0.9% (55,823) Reduced income in relation to Active and Creative Communities membership fees and site visitors and fewer cross-boundary ASN placements within NLC NET EXPENDITURE 369,831,572 371,098,440 (1,266,868) ADV 466,619,888 469,232,577 (2,612,689) ADV (0.6%) 950,165 As stated above [4] [7] PROJECTED OUT-TURN PROJECTED OUT-TURN VARIANCE % PERIOD MOVEMENT ANALYSIS NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL Revenue Budget Monitoring Report - Subjective Analysis Period 12 (01 April 2022 - 03 March 2023) Education, Children & Families CATEGORY BUDGET TO DATE ACTUAL TO DATE YEAR TO DATE VARIANCE ANNUAL BUDGET
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APPENDIX 3 [1] [2] [3] [5] [6] [8] [9] [10] GENERAL PTOBS 8,681,680 8,779,487 (97,807) ADV 11,574,461 11,684,032 (109,572) ADV (1.0%) (36,672) Minor overspends across various PTOB budget heads ADDITIONAL SUPPORT NEEDS 4,139,265 4,690,599 (551,334) ADV 7,741,252 8,392,829 (651,577) ADV (8.4%) (322,503) Increased costs in relation to out of authority ASN provision for day placements, residential and secure accommodation EARLY YEARS 13,993,995 14,024,394 (30,399) ADV 13,929,454 13,953,104 (23,650) ADV (0.2%) (23,650) Minor overspend VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS 997,515 929,513 68,002 FAV 1,279,484 1,191,411 88,073 FAV 6.9% 98,437 Minor underspend FAMILY PLACEMENTS 9,339,401 9,689,595 (350,194) ADV 10,054,583 10,502,361 (447,778) ADV (4.5%) 131,500 Impact of increased costs as result of contract inflation pressures along with continued demand within this service area CHILDRENS SERVICES - GENERAL 59,885 59,735 150 FAV 222,286 222,286 0 0.0% 0 Balanced budget TOTAL EXPENDITURE 37,211,741 38,173,323 (961,582) ADV 44,801,520 45,946,023 (1,144,504) ADV (2.6%) (152,888) As stated above [4] [7] PROJECTED OUT-TURN PROJECTED OUT-TURN VARIANCE % PERIOD MOVEMENT ANALYSIS NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL Revenue Budget Monitoring Report - Payments to Other Bodies Period 12 (01 April 2022 - 03 March 2023) Education, Children & Families CATEGORY BUDGET TO DATE ACTUAL TO DATE YEAR TO DATE VARIANCE ANNUAL BUDGET
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APPENDIX 4 Value % Service Specific Earmarked Reserves: School Carry Forward / Support 5,331,815 0 5,331,815 3,814,990 5,331,815 100.0% 0 0 5,331,815 PEF Carry Forward 5,122,022 0 5,122,022 4,728,020 5,122,022 100.0% 0 0 5,122,022 Seemis Replacement Project 36,399 0 36,399 33,599 36,399 100.0% 0 0 36,399 Early Learning and Childcare 14,248,598 (6,759,000) 7,489,598 5,227,456 7,489,598 100.0% 0 0 7,489,598 CYPMHW Framework 18,881 0 18,881 0 18,881 100.0% 0 0 18,881 Shotts Prison 46,844 0 46,844 0 0 0.0% 46,844 0 0 Spend anticipated over multiple financial years School Contractual Obligations 54,174,844 (54,174,844) 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 Asylum Seeker 32,333 0 32,333 29,846 32,333 100.0% 0 0 32,333 Whole Family Wellbeing 233,272 0 233,272 0 0 0.0% 233,272 0 0 Spend anticipated over multiple financial years Student Social Worker Resumption Funding from Universities 21,380 0 21,380 0 0 0.0% 21,380 0 0 Spend anticipated over multiple financial years ESF Match Funding - Pipeline 406,136 0 406,136 374,895 406,136 100.0% 0 0 406,136 Active & Creative Communities 2,568,303 0 2,568,303 2,568,303 2,568,303 100.0% 0 0 2,568,303 Youth Guarantee Funding 2,908,913 0 2,908,913 856,169 1,454,413 50.0% 1,454,500 0 1,454,413 Spend anticipated over multiple financial years Legacy Flexible Fund 67,157 0 67,157 67,157 67,157 100.0% 0 0 67,157 DigitalNL Savings 310,825 0 310,825 310,825 310,825 100.0% 0 0 310,825 Roots Opportunity for Growth (LAA Children) 173,208 0 173,208 112,447 173,208 100.0% 0 0 173,208 SUB-TOTAL (Non-Covid) 85,700,930 (60,933,844) 24,767,086 18,123,707 23,011,090 92.9% 1,755,996 0 23,011,090 Service Specific Earmarked Reserves (COVID-19): Education Services Head Quarters 1,301,807 (134,000) 1,167,807 509,068 1,078,307 92.3% 89,500 0 1,078,307 Spend anticipated over multiple financial years Education Services Schools 12,075,284 (1,628,888) 10,446,396 5,712,625 5,243,396 50.2% 5,203,000 0 5,243,396 Spend anticipated over multiple financial years Social Work Services - Criminal Justice 57,341 0 57,341 30,875 57,341 100.0% 0 0 57,341 Active & Creative Communities 702,425 0 702,425 702,425 702,425 100.0% 0 0 702,425 Financial Insecurity / Welfare 4,645,208 0 4,645,208 2,296,074 2,440,958 52.6% 2,204,250 0 2,440,958 Spend anticipated over multiple financial years Community Renewal Fund 500,000 0 500,000 0 250,000 50.0% 250,000 0 250,000 Spend anticipated over multiple financial years SUB-TOTAL (Covid) 19,282,065 (1,762,888) 17,519,177 9,251,067 9,772,427 55.8% 7,746,750 0 9,772,427 TOTAL 104,982,995 (62,696,732) 42,286,263 27,374,774 32,783,517 77.5% 9,502,746 0 32,783,517 Commentary Regards UsageDESCRIPTION OF EARMARKED RESOURCE Reserve Allocation Adjustments In Year Approved Reserve Total Spend to Date Projected Spend Reserves No Longer Required Reserves Required In Year Reprofiled to Future Years FINANCIAL YEAR - 2022/23 NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL Revenue Budget Monitoring Report - Status of Earmarked Reserves Period 12 (01 April 2022 - 03 March 2023) Education, Children & Families
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APPENDIX 5 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 Reconfiguration of Secondary School Week to Facilitate Transformative Practice 626 626 0 0 Reconfiguration of Secondary Management Structures 474 474 0 0 Management Models for Future Campuses 159 159 0 0 Realignment of Early Years Grant Cash Flow to Match Expenditure 1,000 1,000 0 0 Residential / Family Placements / Throughcare 600 300 300 Current level of service demand is in excess of budgetary provision Management Action within other areas of the Service to offset savings gap. 300 0 Merger / Rezoning School Catchments 675 175 500 Delay in the implementation of the associated saving Approval in place to rephase saving and delay full-year implementation until 2023/24. In-year Management Action within other areas of the Service to offset savings gap. 500 0 Librarians 238 177 61 Delay in the implementation of the associated saving Management Action within other areas of the Service to offset savings gap. 61 0 Reduce management fees to Culture and Leisure NL 3,058 1,058 2,000 Delay in the implementation of the associated saving In-year allocation of approved Earmarked Reserve to manage delay in the implementation of the associated saving. 2,000 0 TOTAL 6,830 3,969 2,861 As stated above As stated above 2,861 0 58.11% 41.89% 41.89% 0.00% Delivered Gap Replacement Revised-Gap DESCRIPTION Value Revised Savings Gap CommentarySavings Gap NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL Revenue Budget Monitoring Report - Savings Period 12 (01 April 2022 - 03 March 2023) Education, Children & Families APPROVED SAVINGS REPLACEMENT SAVING / FUNDING DESCRIPTION OF APPROVED SAVING Target Value Value Deliverable Reasons for Savings Gap
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APPENDIX 6 Value % Recover NL One-Off Investments Active & Creative Communities Culture, Leisure and Sport Facility Improvement Programme Following the insourcing of culture, leisure and sport services it is recognised that there is investment required to ensure customers experience a positive and safe environment from the Council's facilities which will, in turn, support increased use of facilities and participation in active and creative activities. 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 100.0% 0 Usage in line budget motion approval Active & Creative Communities Active60 Pass Building on the success of the Council's Active65 membership pass at £50 for the year, continuation for one more year and extending the scheme to over 60s. 550,000 550,000 550,000 100.0% 0 " Active & Creative Communities Keeping the Promise Free provision of sport and leisure facilities for care experienced children and young people to promote physical and mental wellbeing. This would include AccessNL memberships, family passes to Time Capsule Waterpark and nutritional wellbeing support for one year. 300,000 300,000 300,000 100.0% 0 " Active & Creative Communities Active Teens Extending the successful Active Teen programme of free gym memberships for 11-15 year olds during the working week for one more year. 300,000 300,000 300,000 100.0% 0 " Education, Children & Families Scottish Attainment Challenge Reinstate Scottish Attainment Challenge funding for one year only. 1,020,000 979,038 1,020,000 100.0% 0 " Education, Children & Families School and Early Years Clothing Grants Continuation of enhanced grant value for school aged pupils and NLC scheme for early years children for one more year. 300,000 300,000 300,000 100.0% 0 " TOTAL 3,470,000 3,429,038 3,470,000 100.0% 0 Projected Spend Projected Spend Variance Commentary Regards Usage FINANCIAL YEAR - 2022/23 NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL Revenue Budget Monitoring Report - Recover NL One-Off Investments Period 12 (01 April 2022 - 03 March 2023) Education, Children & Families DIVISION PRIORITY AREA COUNCIL MOTION AREA Approved Investment Total Spend to Date