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PRESENTATION TITLE PRESENTED BY JOHN SMITH SEPTEMBER 2013 Budget 2018/20 - Update Scrutiny Committee 12/12/17

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PRESENTATION TITLEPRESENTED BY JOHN SMITH

SEPTEMBER 2013

Budget 2018/20 - Update

Scrutiny Committee –

12/12/17

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Croydon’s Grant Reductions 2011/20

11.2%8.3%

2.9%

9.6%14.2% 13.2% 11.3%

7.1% 7.5%

18.4%21.9%

33.0%

43.5%

56.0%

65.3%

70.5%

75.7%

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100.0%

2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20

Annual Grant Loss Cumulative Grant Loss

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Funding Per Head (London)

Based on Authorities core spending power/population Croydon Funding Per head £329.00

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Spending Power for Croydon2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20

£m £m £m £m £m

Settlement Funding

Assessment 132.0 114.6 101.7 94.7 87.8

Council Tax 133.4 140.7 147.9 155.5 163.5

Adult Social Care

Council Tax Precept - 2.8 5.9 9.3 13.2

Improved Better Care

Fund - - - 3.1 6.3

Transition Grant - 0.4 0.4 - -

2017/18 Adult Social

Care Sup. Grant - - 1.4 - -

New Homes Bonus 9.9 11.9 8.7 6.5 6.2

Core Spending

Power 275.3 270.4 266.0 269.1 277.0

Population 380,368 399,552

Core Funding Per

head

£723.77 £693.28

Core Spending Power

real terms

266.5 252.0 245.4 244.8

Core Funding Per

head real terms

£723.77 £612.66

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Where we spend our money?

Adults

£85.9m

SEN &

SEN

Transport

£16.6m

Resources

/ CEO

£41.8mStreets

inc Waste

£34.1m

Children’s

£40.6m

Pension

Deficit

£8.1m Interest &

MRP

£27.2m

Housing

&

Gateway

£12.3m Freedom

Pass

scheme

£15.6m

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INCOME SOURCES

Business

Rates

£35.306m

Grants

£80.85m

Council

Tax

£158.711m

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Unallocated reserves are typically equivalent to 4-8% of NBR – with higher

variation for total reserves

Usable Reserves

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2017-18 unallocated reserves as % of net budget requirement

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Usable Reserves

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Budget Update

Key Points

• HRA borrowing cap may increase in 19/20 in areas of high demand

• Empty properties allowed to have 100% council tax premium

• London 100% business rates retention pilot confirmed

• Business Rates -switch from RPI to CPI brought forward to 18/19

• Some Universal Credit changes

No mention of

• Children’s Social Care

• Adults Social Care

• Change to funding formula

• Local housing allowance changes

• Funding for fire safety works

• Funding for high needs

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Context/Challenges

• Funding cuts

• Significant population and need increase

• Chronic underfunding of adults and children's social care

• Underfunding of health services in Croydon, notably mental health

• Ofsted funding

• Welfare reform

• UASC underfunding of gateway authority and failure of Home

Office, including Immigration Act

• Housing issues (borrowing cap, fire safety)

• Lack of funding for new schools and increasing SEN costs

• Unfunded pay pressures

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Financial Position – 2017/18 – Q2

Department

Quarter 2

Forecast

Variance

Quarter 1

Forecast

Variance

£’000s £’000s

People 4,694 1,906

Place 0 (255)

Resources 396 1,994

Chief Executives 750 450

Council wide recruitment freeze–some exceptions (2,000) 0

Departmental Overspend 3,840 4,095

Corporate Items (3,043) (3,046)

Projected Over-spend before exceptional Items 797 1,049

Exceptional Items 4,300 2,700

Total Projected Over-spend 5,097 3,749

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Actions

• Recruitment freeze

• Review of UASC costs and NRPF

• Range of actions in the People department

(supported housing, CHC, SEN, Think Family)

• Options to accelerate 18/19 savings

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Growth Pressures

Children’s £m

Children’s Total

Pressures10.000

Adults & All Age

Disability Service £m

25-65 Disability Demand 1.552

Mental Health Demand 0.438

CWD Care Packages 1.000

SEND Staffing 1.000

SEND post 19 0.175

Out of Hospital Business

Case 2.000

Deprivation Of Liberty 0.236

Implications of new HMRC

rules - Sleeping in nights

workers 0.500

Adults Total Pressures 6.901

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Main Savings Options 2018/19

Major Savings 2018/19 £m

Waste – SLWP 5.000

Adults – Staffing Restructure 1.000

0-25 Disability Services – Transformation 0.750

ICT 1.435

Assets – Estate Management 0.362

SEN Transport Savings 0.650

Total 9.197