Item 10-Appendix 6
West Dunbartonshire Council · 27 August 2025
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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL APPENDIX 6 MONITORING OF EARMARKED BALANCES 2025/26 BY CHIEF OFFICER DEPARTMENT 25/26 Estimate 25/26 Spend to Date 25/26 Probable Outturn 25/26 to be released To be carried forward into 26/27 £ £ £ £ £ 1 Social Welfare Fund 374,103 - 374,103 - 2 Revs & Bens DWP funding 53,000 - 53,000 - 3 Automation Team (VKY) 26,284 - 26,284 - 4 Regulatory - New document management system 90,000 - 45,000 45,000 5 Regulatory - Underspend in 'design panel' budget for IDOX upgrade (new 23/24) 7,000 - 7,000 - 6 OD & Change Training Budget (new 23/24) 8,773 - 8,773 - 7 Previous provision for equal pay/holiday pay 194,663 - 1,220 193,443 8 Education recovery (ELT) 29,834 - - 29,834 9 Whole Family Wellbeing Funding 69,862 - - 69,862 10 Ending Core curriculum charges 129,000 - - 129,000 11 Ukraine 78,000 - - 78,000 12 Removal of music instruction fees 30,000 - - 30,000 13 Modern Apprentice 23/24 underspend 177,494 - - 177,494 14 Ukraine Refugee Resettlement Teams 499,255 - - 499,255 15 CCTV Network Upgrade 21,000 - - 21,000 16 Set up a an energy Household Energy Support Fund using £250,000 15,990 - - 15,990 17 Cost of Living 1: Enhancement to the Schools Summer Programmed. £100,000 per year for 4 years. 200,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 18 Cost of Living 2: Create a 4 year School Meal Cost Hardship Fund to help families struggling with the cost of living. £60,000 per year. 92,661 - - 92,661 19 Cost of Living 3: Additional Support for Apprenticeships. £50,000 per year for 4 years. 150,000 - - 150,000 20 Cost of Living 4: Fund the successful spending on Sport & Leisure for children during holiday times for the next 4 years. £45,000 per year. 107,040 - - 107,040 21 Cost of Living 6: Transitional Funding Support to Y-Sort-It over 4 years. £39,000 per year 78,000 - - 78,000 22 Cost of Living 7: Introduce a programme of creative engagement and learning focused on supporting people through recovery and improving wellbeing. £5,000 per year for 4 years. 10,000 - - 10,000 23 Provide 64,000 for family fund day events in 2023/24 and the following three years (approx 32 events at £2,000 per event) 32,000 - - 32,000 24 Community Transition Fund 151,680 - - 151,680 25 £12k over 4 years to Tontine Food Parcels from April 2024 to March 2028 9,000 - - 9,000 26 £12k over 4 years to Lomond Food Pantry from April 2024 to March 2028 9,000 3,000 3,000 6,000 27 £12k over 4 years to Time for Tully from April 2024 to March 2028 9,000 3,000 3,000 6,000 TOTAL USE OF SERVICE RESERVES 2,652,639 106,000 621,380 - 2,031,259 28 Voluntary Redundancy & Early Retirement Reserve 593,000 - 593,000 - - 29 Smoothing Fund 1,220,826 - 390,000 - 830,826 30 23/24 In year reduction in Strathclyde Pension Fund Employer Contribution 4,355,000 - 4,294,000- - 61,000 TOTAL USE OF STRATEGIC RESERVES 6,168,826 - - 3,311,000 - 9,479,826 TOTAL USE OF EARMARKED RESERVES 8,821,465 106,000 - 2,689,620 - 11,511,085 STRATEGIC RESERVES RESOURCES REGULATORY & REGENERATION PEOPLE & TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION HOUSING & EMPLOYABILITY COST OF LIVING ROADS & NEIGHBOURHOOD