Item 11 Appendix 5

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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL Appendix 5
MONITORING OF EARMARKED BALANCES 2025/26 
2025/26
Estimate 
2025/26        
Spend to Date 
2025/26
Probable
Outturn 
2025/26 to
be released 
To be carried
forward into
2026/27
Description
Cost of Living 1: Enhancement to
the Schools' Summer
Programme. £100,000 per year
for 4 years. 100,000 65,239 100,000 0
Balance from £100k to be used to cover holiday
activities outwith summer period (as reported to
Education Committee Sept 2025)
Education recovery 29,834 0 29,834 0
Balance to be utilised in ASN in new academic year
(post August 2025) to cover the cost of out of
authority placements
Whole Family Wellbeing Funding 69,862 69,862 69,862 0
Balance included in overall WFWB plan for 2025/26
to cover staffing costs and Edge of Care services from
Includem
Ending Core curriculum charges 129,000 0 129,000 0
Balance to be utilised for classroom materials (eg
technical, home economics) in secondaries in new
academic year (post August 2025)
Ukraine 78,000 0 78,000 0
Can be released in 2025/26 as teacher costs already
covered by existing budgets
Removal of music instruction
fees 30,000 0 30,000 0
Balance to be utilised in new academic year (post
August 2025) to expand opportunities for music
education
436,696 135,101 358,696 78,000 0