Part 1 (Open to the public)
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REPORT OF THE STRATEGIC DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND PLANNING
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TO THE LEAD MEMBER FOR HOUSING
ON 1st February 2007
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TITLE: Housing General Fund Budget monitoring report to 31st December 2006
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RECOMMENDATIONS: That the lead member for Housing notes the position of the
Housing General Fund as at the 31st December 2006.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This report details the current position for the 2006/07
Housing General Fund Budget.
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BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS: (Available for public inspection)
Budget Control File
Financial Information from SAP
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ASSESSMENT OF RISK: Failure to monitor the Budget and instigate appropriate
actions based on findings can lead to significant over/underspends in 2006/07 that
will affect the financial health of the City Council.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING: Not applicable as the report is commenting on the financial
position of the Housing General Fund.
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LEGAL IMPLICATIONS: Not required for this report.
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COMMUNICATION IMPLICATIONS: Not required for this report.
PROPERTY: Not required for this report.
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HUMAN RESOURCES: Not required for this report.
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CONTACT OFFICER:
Simon Ashworth
(0161 922 8793)
simon.ashworth@salford.gov.uk
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WARD(S) TO WHICH REPORT RELATE(S): All
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KEY COUNCIL POLICIES: City Council Revenue Budget 2006/07
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DETAILS: (Continued Overleaf)
1
Housing General Fund Budget 2006/07
1.1 This report identifies the position of the Housing General Fund
(HGF) for the year to the 31st December. A summary of staffing
costs for Housing and Planning is listed in Appendix 1, any other
income and expenditure for each cost centre is listed in Appendix
2.
1.2 Monitoring – A revenue-monitoring meeting is held on the second
Friday of each month, where the current and projected position for
the revenue budget will be discussed.
This meeting will be chaired by Accountancy and attended by
each budget holder. Following the meeting a report will be
prepared for Lead Member on the position.
1.3 Salaries Budget
a) Agency Staff –Expenditure on agency staff was £19,478 in
December, this is a slight reduction in expenditure from the
previous month. It is important that managers employing
temporary employees via an employment agency are aware that
any expenditure on agency staff outside of the budget provision
must be offset by related under spends against their salaries
budget.
b) Options Delivery Team - Although there is an underspend due to
vacancies this will be offset by a corresponding reduction in the
amount to be recharged to the Stock Options budget in the HRA.
1.4 Housing Senior Management Team – Expenditure on the 360°
appraisal and one to one coaching of the senior management team
and the costs of the associated team-building event has caused the
Senior Management team to exceed its budget for the period.
1.5 Admin and Facilities Team – A reduction in the level of income
received for the administration of the Disabled Facilities Grant (when
compared to the expected level of income based on the size of this
years programme) has caused the Admin and Facilities Team to
show an adverse variance.
1.6 Housing Advice and Support Service- Short Term
Accommodation and Prevention – The comparatively low level of
bed and breakfast use reported in preceding Housing General Fund
monitoring reports has continued in the financial figures to the end of
December. However during the period to the 19th January there were
17 persons housed in temporary accommodation, which is a
significant increase on the numbers housed in previous months.
The unpredictable nature of homeless services provision, and the
high unit cost of bed and breakfast accommodation, necessitates that
close monitoring of expenditure is maintained throughout the
remainder of the 2006/07 financial year.
1.7 Supporting People Programme – A separate monitoring report for
the Supporting People programme will be provided to Housing Lead
Member.
2
Conclusion
2.1 It is anticipated that with ongoing monitoring of the Divisions
expenditure, that Housing General Fund expenditure will remain
within the agreed budget.
2.2 It should be remembered that should budgets on non-staff costs be
exceeded then these would have to be managed through any
underspends on salaries.
3
Recommendations
3.1 That the Lead Member for Housing notes the position of the Housing
General Fund as at the 31st December 2006.
Housing and Planning Staff Costs
Appendix 1
Adverse (A)
Annual Budget
Chief Officers
Directorate Snr Management Team
Housing Division
Housing Management Team
Market Renewal Team A
Market Renewal Team B
Market Support
Strategy & Partnering
Options Delivery Team
Homelessness - Operational
Petrie court HPU
Belmont HPU
Projects Team
Home Improvements Agency
Development Team
Supporting People
Business Support & Partnerships
Admin and Facilities Management
Performance Team
Planning and Development Client
Transportation
Corporate Property
Spatial Planning
Planning Regeneration
School Crossing Patrol
Staff Total
Agency Staff
Housing Management Team
Market Renewal Team A
Market Renewal Team B
Options Delivery Team
Homelessness - Operational
Petrie court HPU
Belmont HPU
Supporting People
Home Improvements Agency
Projects Team
Admin and Facilities Management
Agency Total
Staffing Grand Total
Budget to date
Spend to date
Variation
£
£
£
£
288,299
223,107
223,107
£
£
£
Favourable (F)
0
£
495,980
490,740
387,534
763,941
479,773
1,015,746
502,553
176,791
202,825
255,522
95,336
369,973
313,266
5,549,980
352,293
346,236
300,904
552,557
347,882
721,175
366,272
120,184
135,604
181,716
67,865
267,486
220,973
3,981,147
325,339
334,385
296,249
550,272
337,616
686,186
355,062
112,667
133,354
172,657
64,680
261,986
206,582
3,837,035
-26,954
-11,851
-4,655
-2,285
-10,266
-34,989
-11,210
-7,517
-2,250
-9,059
-3,185
-5,500
-14,391
-144,112
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
643,804
211,106
854,910
454,004
158,330
612,334
450,258
157,878
608,136
-3,746
-452
-4,198
F
F
F
75,800
118,260
844,400
435,400
219,900
1,693,760
8,053,986
56,850
88,695
633,300
326,550
164,925
1,270,320
5,863,801
57,081
88,656
625,194
322,371
165,671
1,258,973
5,704,144
231
-39
-8,106
-4,179
746
-11,347
-159,657
A
F
F
F
A
F
F
Annual Budget
Budget to date
Spend to date
Variation
£
£
£
£
30,000
35,769
12,242
373
377
31,054
60,904
25,859
176
8,738
1,504
31,931
5,769
992
373
377
3,679
12,154
-4,141
176
1,238
1,504
1,931
A
A
A
A
A
A
F
A
A
A
A
241,500
184,875
208,927
24,052
A
8,583,785
6,271,783
6,136,178
-135,605
F
40,000
15,000
30,000
11,250
0
36,500
65,000
40,000
0
10,000
0
27,375
48,750
30,000
0
7,500
35,000
Housing Supplies, Services and Income
Team
Annual Budget
£
Housing General Fund staffing C/F
Housing Management Team
Market Renewal Team A
Market Renewal Team B
Market Support
Strategy & Partnering
Options Delivery Team
Tenant Participation
Admin and Facilities Management
Performance Team
Housing Strategy Sub-total
Homelessness - Operational
Homelessness - Short term
Accommodation
Homelessness - Prevention
Petrie court HPU
Belmont HPU
Asylum Seekers
Projects Team
Home Improvements Agency
Development Team
Community Housing Sub-total
Rent Allowances
Discretionary Rent Rebates
Housing Benefit
Rent Rebates
Central Recharge
Supporting People - Administration
Supporting People - Programme
OTHER Sub-total
Appendix 2
Budget to date
£
Spend to date
Variation
£
£
6,855,337
4,827,621
4,703,364
-124,257
F
43,180
38,575
36,175
49,735
63,550
7,220
37,050
134,030
26,300
435,815
33,760
33,506
24,117
45,051
48,713
0
24,788
112,923
19,725
342,583
47,846
33,438
16,795
45,174
32,442
0
20,141
120,008
11,970
327,814
14,086
-68
-7,322
123
-16,271
0
-4,647
7,085
-7,755
-14,769
A
F
F
A
F
52,510
45,303
40,492
-4,811
F
370,000
155,000
-250,790
-305,330
0
19,890
-77,000
47,380
11,660
277,500
116,250
-140,068
-165,248
0
15,043
0
36,910
185,690
122,231
61,740
-146,604
-179,793
0
12,729
0
28,451
-60,754
-155,269
-54,510
-6,536
-14,545
0
-2,314
0
-8,459
-246,444
F
F
F
F
-239,560 Monitored by Corporate Services
72,682
0
0
1,006,920
0
0
-212,767 Monitored by Corporate Services
-288,111
0
0
73,625
32,968
41,128
0
412,789
F
A
F
F
F
F
F
0
0
0
8,160
A
A
Monitored in
dedicated
Supporting
People report
32,968
41,128
8,160
Recharge to HMRF
Recharge to HRA
Recharge to Capital
INCOME Sub-total
-1,298,739
-3,122,492
-1,200,000
-5,621,231
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Supplies and Services Total
-4,760,967
561,240
308,188
-253,052
F
2,094,370
5,388,861
5,011,552
-377,309
F
HGF - Total