HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
THURSDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2005 AT 10.30 a.m.
COUNTY COUNCIL RESOURCE BUDGET 2005/06 TO 2008/09
Report of the Finance Director
Author:- Chris Sweeney, Finance Director (01992 555304)
Executive Member:- David Beatty
1. Purpose of the Report
1.1 To provide the County Council with the latest information on available resources and spending pressures which has been considered by Cabinet to date to enable it to agree the revenue and capital budgets for 2005/06 and set the level of council tax.
1.2 A supplementary report will be produced for the Cabinet meeting on 7 February which will update the Council on budget related issues that have arisen since the Cabinet meeting on 13 December, including the final Local Government Finance Settlement and the final collection fund surplus and taxbase agreed with the District Councils. This will be circulated to all County Councillors at the same time as it is sent to Cabinet, and members will need to bring this report to the County Council meeting. Any recommendations coming from the Cabinet meeting on the 7 February will be circulated following the Cabinet meeting. Details of the Prudential Code and the Treasury Management Strategy will also be presented to Cabinet on 7 February.
2. Summary
2.1 Various reports have been presented to Cabinet and Scrutiny Committees during December and January providing information about the medium term forecast and the 2005/06 budget. The following documents are attached to this report and form the latest information on the budget which has been considered to date by Cabinet.
· Annexes 1 and 2 – The budget proposals agreed by Cabinet on 13 December 2004.
· Annex 3 – County Council Resource Budget 2005/06 to 2008/09, Cabinet, 13 December 2004, Item 5. Due to their length Appendices 1-6 and Appendix 10 have not been reproduced in this document but can be accessed at: www.hertslink.org/portal/eDemocracy/Civic%20Calendar/HCC/archive/Cabinet_10
· Annex 4 – the comments made by each Scrutiny Committee.
2.2 This meeting of the County Council is required to set the revenue and capital budgets for 2005/06 and the level of council tax so that:
i) budgets delegated to schools can be notified; and
ii) the District Councils can be informed of the County Council’s Council Tax requirement within the required timescales.
ANNEX 1
CABINET – 13 DECEMBER 2004
COUNTY COUNCIL RESOURCE BUDGET 2005/06 TO 2008/09
Proposals
1. That the following budget of £1,075.104 million is proposed, which reflects passporting for schools, standstill (including efficiency savings) for other services and reinstates the £2.5 million one-off spending for highways maintenance, subject to the resolution of the uncertainties relating to the budget.
2005/06Proposed Budget
£m
Adult Care Services / 198.390
Children, Schools and Families / 683.014
Community Services
Libraries, HALS, Arts and Trading Standards / 20.574
Fire & Rescue / 34.540
Registration / 0.728
Coroners / 0.840
Emergency Planning / 0.638
Crime Reduction Unit / 2.412 / 59.732
Corporate Services / 11.505
Environment / 90.251
Information Technology / 0.282
Central Items / 31.930
1,075.104
Note: the service budgets shown above do not include movements in the allocation of overheads, capital charges or the FRS17 pension adjustments.
2. That the proposed schools budget for 2005/06 be agreed as £530.692 million (excluding capital charges) plus £16.999 million in respect of the Teachers Threshold/Performance Related Pay Grant and that the budget be notified to the DfES by the deadline of 31 December 2004.
3. That the Transitional Support Plan in respect of the Education Targeted Transitional Support Grant of £3.9 million (which is in addition to the above proposed budget) be agreed in consultation with the Executive Member for Education and the Executive Member for Resources and submitted to the DfES by the deadline of 31 January 2005.
ANNEX 1 (cont’d)
4. That the Environment Scrutiny Committee and Transport Panel analyse the LTP and that the Director of Environment includes a recommended allocation in his report to the March meeting of the Cabinet on the Integrated Highways Works Programme.
5. That the draft Capital Programme for 2005/06 – 2007/08 be approved as set out in the attached schedules (Annex 2), including the annual provisions set out in Appendix 11 of the report (attached at Annex 3) and to the extent that this programme exceeds the estimated available resources quoted in the report the Cabinet will consider funding options, including the use of reserves, at its meeting in February.
ANNEX 2
PROPOSED CAPITAL PROGRAMME 2005/06 – 2007/08
SUMMARY
2005/06£’000 / 2006/07
£’000 / 2007/08
£’000 / Later Years
£’000
General Programme
Adult Care Services / 3,198 / 2,903 / 300
Children, Schools & Families / 13,070 / 9,781 / 3,623
Community Services:
Fire & Rescue / 600 / 125 / 750 / 6,750
Libraries, HALS, Arts & Trading Standards / 1,757 / 707 / (300)
Sub Total / 2,357 / 832 / 450 / 6,750
Environment / 13,753 / 7,280 / 7,230 / 6,630
Corporate Services / 1,611 / 500 / 500 / 500
Self Financing Programme
Adult Care Services / 2,300 / 5,300 / 1,700
Children, Schools & Families / 9,912 / 2,289 / 1,000
Community Services: Fire & Rescue / 3,750 / 1,250
Externally Funded Programme
Adult Care Services / 1,429
Children, Schools & Families / 53,332 / 44,304 / 41,371
Environment / 37,026 / 3,600 / 2,571
Information Technology / 150
Annual Provisions
Adult Care Services / 850 / 850 / 850 / 850
Children, Schools & Families / 7,420 / 7,420 / 7,420 / 7,420
Community Services
Libraries, HALS, Arts & Trading Standards / 437 / 437 / 437 / 437
Fire & Rescue / 418 / 418 / 418 / 418
Registration / 18 / 18 / 18 / 18
Sub Total / 873 / 873 / 873 / 873
Environment / 1,554 / 1,554 / 1,554 / 1,554
Corporate Services / 4,429 / 1,429 / 1,429 / 1,429
Information Technology / 373 / 373 / 373 / 373
Total Capital Programme
Adult Care Services / 7,777 / 9,053 / 2,850 / 850
Children, Schools & Families / 83,734 / 63,794 / 53,414 / 7,420
Community Services
Libraries, HALS, Arts & Trading Standards / 2,194 / 1,144 / 137 / 437
Fire & Rescue / 4,768 / 1,793 / 1,168 / 7,168
Registration / 18 / 18 / 18 / 18
Sub Total / 6,980 / 2,955 / 1,323 / 7,623
Environment / 52,333 / 12,434 / 11,355 / 8,184
Corporate Services / 6,040 / 1,929 / 1,929 / 1,929
Information Technology / 523 / 373 / 373 / 373
157,387 / 90,538 / 71,244 / 26,379
ANNEX 2 (cont’d)
PROPOSED CAPITAL PROGRAMME 2005/06 – 2007/08
ADULT CARE SERVICES
Scheme / Total Scheme Cost£’000 / 2005/06
£’000 / 2006/07
£’000 / 2007/08
£’000 / Later Years
£’000
General Programme Schemes
Existing Programme
Lintons
/ 2,570 / 514Marsh Lane Day Centre
/ 2,700 / 1,339 / 513Jubilee Day Centre / 2,800 / 2,050 / 300
New Items
Accommodation improvements for Learning Disability Properties to transfer to Aldwyck
/ 500 / 250 / 250Gypsy Sites (see also externally funded)
/ 1,000 / 250Older People specialist dementia care
/ 185 / 95 / 90Highly Supported LD independent living unit
/ 700 / 700Holly Lodge – Community MH centre
/ 50 / 50Total General Programme
/ 10,505 / 3,198 / 2,903 / 300Self-financing Schemes 1
Day Centre Modernisation (incl. Balmoral, Hornbeams) / 4,200 / 500 / 2,000 / 1,700
Dacorum/Berkhamstead Project / 1,200 / 300
3 Little Bushey Lane / 2,800 / 2,800
Jupiter Drive, H Hempstead / 2,000 / 1,500 / 500
Total Self Fin. Programme / 10,200 / 2,300 / 5,300 / 1,700
Externally Funded Schemes
Gypsy Sites (see also general funded schemes) / 1,000 / 750
Highly Supported LD independent Living Unit / 450 / 450
DoH Grant for Improving Management Information / 229 / 229
Total External Programme / 1,679 / 1,429
Annual Provisions / 850 / 850 / 850 / 850
Total Programme
/ 22,384 / 7,777 / 9,053 / 2,850 / 850Note
1 A Cabinet report will be required to agree the principles and management arrangements of these schemes.
ANNEX 2 (cont’d)
PROPOSED CAPITAL PROGRAMME 2005/06 – 2007/08
CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES
Scheme
/ Total Scheme Cost£’000 / 2005/06
£’000 / 2006/07
£’000 / 2007/08
£’000 / Later Years
£’000
General Programme Schemes
Existing Programme
2002/03 Design Starts:
Heathcote Secondary, Stevenage / 802 / 321
Hitchin Boys Secondary / 915 / 366
St Albans Primary Provision / 480 / 125
Verulam Secondary, St Albans / 915 / 428
Westfield, Watford / 250 / 39
St Clement Danes (contribution), Chorleywood / 2,000 / 100
ICT Infrastructure / 650 / 125
Total 2002/03 Design Starts / 6,012 / 1,183 / 321
2003/04 Design Starts:
Holtsmere End Infants – remodel and extend open-plan classroom / 300 / 90 / 210
DDA funding for access to non-school premises / 400 / 100
Total 2003/04 Design Starts / 700 / 190 / 210
2004/05 Design Starts:
St Clement Danes (contribution) / 900 / 900
Birchwood High, Bishops Stortf’rd / 8,900 / 2,000 / 1,977 / 3,623
Youth Programmes Unit Education Centre (North Herts) / 230 / 170
Boxmoor House, Hemel Hempstd / 350 / 300
Falconer, Bushey / 262 / 82
Total 2004/05 Design Starts / 10,642 / 3,452 / 1,977 / 3,623
Total Existing Programme / 17,354 / 4,825 / 2,508 / 3,623
Approved Additions to Existing
Programme:
St Clement Danes (further
contribution) / 1,000 / 1,000
St George’s (further contribution) / 2,600 / 300
Goffs, Cheshunt / 3,183 / 1,775 / 1,325
Turnford, Cheshunt / 5,168 / 2,527 / 2,325
Wilbury Residential Home / 290 / 145
Primary Autism Base / 150 / 150
Total Approved Additions / 12,391 / 4,597 / 4,950
1
ANNEX 2 (cont’d)
PROPOSED CAPITAL PROGRAMME 2005/06 – 2007/08
CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES
Scheme
/ Total Scheme Cost£’000 / 2005/06
£’000 / 2006/07
£’000 / 2007/08
£’000 / Later Years
£’000
Schemes slipped from
Modernisation Programme:
Grove Junior, Harpenden / 250 / 150 / 100
Bengeo, Hertford / 250 / 150 / 100
Bedmond / 275 / 165 / 110
Tudor, Hemel Hempstead / 475 / 285 / 190
Total Slipped Schemes / 1,250 / 750 / 500
Additional Funding for Schemes in Existing Programme:
Presdales Sports Hall, Ware¹ / 1,975 / 1,000 / 900
Verulam School Sports Hall, St Albans / 1,338 / 200 / 223
Falconer, Bushey / 262 / 120
NOF Sports Funding - uplift to cover inflation / 5,400 / 128
PFI Development Fees / 480 / 300
Total Additional Funding / 9,455 / 1,748 / 1,123
New Proposals:
Care Reg Standards - Lonsdale / 550 / 200 / 350
Care Reg Standards - Larwood / 350 / 350
Youth Programmes Unit, Hemel Hempstead / 400 / 300 / 100
Feasibility for Secondary Expansion in Bishops Stortford / 50 / 50
IRIS Development / 500 / 250 / 250
Total New Proposals / 1,850 / 1,150 / 700
General Programme Total / 42,300 / 13,070 / 9,781 / 3,623
Self –Financing Schemes2
Schemes in Existing Programme with Full Cabinet Approval:
Oxhey Nursery / 1,990 / 25
Jenyns / 1,511 / 36
Schemes subject to approval:
St Mary’s School, Cheshunt / 1,700 / 850 / 850
Firs & Havers Amalgamation / 2,609 / 2,367 / 39
Howe Dell / 6,434 / 6,434
Watford School of Music :
Expenditure HCC / 2,600 / 200 / 1,400 / 1,000
Expenditure Watford Grammar School for Boys / 2,244
Total Self-Fin. Programme / 19,088 / 9,912 / 2,289 / 1,000
¹ This assumes that there will be no cashflow on this scheme in 2004/05.
2 A cabinet report will be required to agree the principles and management arrangements of these schemes.
ANNEX 2 (cont’d)
PROPOSED CAPITAL PROGRAMME 2005/06 – 2007/08
CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES
Scheme
/ Total Scheme Cost£’000 / 2005/06
£’000 / 2006/07
£’000 / 2007/08
£’000 / Later Years
£’000
Externally Funded Schemes
Standards Fund Grants:
NDS Devolved Formula / 14,583 / 18,345 / 19,364
Modernisation (all schools) 3 / 10,747 / 10,609 / 8,096
Modernisation (primaries) 3 / 9,090 / 8,301 / 8,241
Sub Total / 34,420 / 37,255 / 35,701
Other Grants:
Youth Service Unit Grant for SEN Disabilities 4 / 136 / 136
LSC Grant for ACL 4 / 306 / 306
DfES Sure Start Grant – New Childcare Places / 347 / 347
DfES Sure Start Grant – Childrens’ Centres / 171 / 171
DoH Grant for Improving Management Information / 152 / 152
Sub Total / 1,112 / 1,112
Supported Capital Expenditure (Revenue) :
Schools Access Initiative / 5,557 / 1,853 / 1,852 / 1,852
New Pupil Places Funding 2005/06** / 18,986 / 11,407 / 3,761 / 3,818
Basic Need and Expansion of Popular Schools 0/04 Approvals / 3,591 / 1,904 / 1,436
Basic Need 2002/03 Approvals:
Stevenage Secondaries / 1,633 / 653
Buntingford and Puckeridge Secondaries / 774 / 310
St Albans Secondaries / 2,045 / 818
Harpenden Secondaries / 261 / 104
Tring Secondaries / 1,876 / 751
Sub Total 5 / 34,723 / 17,800 / 7,049 / 5,670
External Programme Total / 35,835 / 53,332 / 44,304 / 41,371
Annual Provisions / 7,420 / 7,420 / 7,420 / 7,420
Total Programme / 97,223 / 83,734 / 63,794 / 53,414 / 7,420
3 Figures include the re-profiling adjustment agreed for 2004/05 whereby £8.936m of externally funded budget has been moved out of 2004/05 and into future years in order to align these