Agenda Item No
The Vale of Glamorgan Council
Scrutiny Committee (Lifelong Learning): 26th July 2010
Report of the Director of Learning and Development
Revenue and Capital Monitoring for the period 1st April 2010 to
31st May 2010
Purpose of the Report
1.
To bring to the attention of this Scrutiny Committee, the position
in respect of revenue and capital expenditure for the period 1st
April 2010 to 31st May 2010 regarding those revenue and capital
budgets, which form this Committee’s remit.
Recommendation
1.
It is recommended that the Scrutiny Committee note the position
with regard to the 2009/10 revenue and capital monitoring.
Reason for the Recommendation
1.
That Members are aware of the position with regard to the 2009/10
revenue and capital monitoring relevant to this Scrutiny
Committee.
Background
2.
Council on 3rd March 2010 (minute nos 952 and 951 respectively)
approved the Revenue Budget and Capital Programme for
2010/2011.
Relevant Issues and Options
3.
The Revenue Budget and projected outturn for 2010/2011 are shown in
Appendix
1.
4.
Overall the Education Budget is projected to balance as at the end
of March 2011. Any savings identified between now and the end
of the year will be available to re-direct into the School
Investment Strategy or other reserves.
5.
Schools - The delegated budget relating to schools is expected to
balance as any under/over spend is carried forward by schools.
6.
Grant Related Expenditure - Schools have access to the following
Welsh Assembly funded grants:
·
Developing Thinking and Assessment for Learning grant of £19,000 to
deliver a step change improvement in learner’s engagement and
attainment. This grant is match funded by the LA in advisory
time and teacher release.
·
A Support for Induction grant £8,050 for the LEA assessment and
quality assurance of newly qualified teachers.
·
Improving Boys Literacy Grant formerly known as Read a Million
Words, funding of £8,045 from September 2010 is aimed at improving
literacy attainment at Secondary level.
·
Basic Skills allocations under the new National Literacy Plan from
September 2010 of £87,847 for Strategic Intervention and £32, 379
for Training.
·
Details of any other grants which have not yet been confirmed will
be reported in subsequent monitoring reports.
7.
Libraries - This service has no variance at present and is
currently anticipated to outturn within budget.
8.
Lifelong Learning – This service has a current adverse variance of
£10k but is currently anticipated to out turn within budget.
9.
Catering - This service has no variance at present. It is
anticipated to outturn on budget, however the service can be
affected by external factors and the requirement to meet WAG
nutritional guidelines. The budget will continue to be closely
monitored and any variations will be reported to future
meetings.
Capital Programme 2010/2011
10. Appendix
2 details financial progress on the Capital Programme as at
31st May 2010.
11. All capital schemes
for 2010/11 have been profiled on a monthly basis by the relevant
officers. Where there is a significant under/over spending of the
profiled budget an explanation will be provided and the scheme will
be re-profiled if necessary. This arrangement will apply to all
individual schemes over £500,000 in value that have a variance of
20% or more on their profiled budget.
12. For all schemes where
it is evident that the full year's budget will not be spent during
the year, the relevant officers will be required to provide an
explanation for the shortfall and this shall be taken to earliest
available Cabinet.
13. Cowbridge
Comprehensive School Re-modelling - additional revenue expenditure
will be incurred on this scheme for items such as IT equipment and
furniture and fittings. This expenditure, amounting to £103,000,
will be funded from existing Education revenue reserves and as
such Cabinet were requested to approve an increase in the existing
2010/11 Capital Programme budget in order to procure these
items.
14. Welsh Medium Schools
- Cabinet on 19th May 2010 (Min. C883) approved the publication of
statutory notices for the establishment of two new Welsh Medium
Seed Schools, in Barry and Llantwit Major. In order to proceed with
the schemes the sum of £890,000 is required. Funding from
the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) of £110,000 has already been
allocated from their Early Years - Foundation Phase Grant 2010/11.
As such, it has been requested that the balance of £780,000 be
transferred from the School Investment Strategy budget in order to
proceed with these schemes. This will require Council approval.
15. Appendix
3 provides non-financial information on capital schemes with a
budget of over £100,000. Where a budget shown in
Appendix 2 is more than £100,000 but is made up of several schemes
that individually are less than £100,000, the scheme is not
included in Appendix 3.
Resource Implications (Financial and Employment)
16. As detailed in the
body of the report.
Legal Implications (to Include Human Rights Implications)
17. None.
Crime and Disorder Implications
18. None.
Equal Opportunities Implications (to include Welsh Language
issues)
19. There are no equal
opportunity implications.
Corporate/Service Objectives
20. Effective monitoring
assists in the provision of accurate and timely information to
officers and Members and in particular allows services to better
manage their resources.
Policy Framework and Budget
21. The report is in
accordance with the Policy Framework and Budget.
Consultation (including Ward Member Consultation)
22. The appropriate Chief
Officer has been consulted. This report does not require Ward
Member consultation.
Background Papers
None.
Contact Officer
Carolyn Michael (Senior Group Accountant)
(01446 709778)
Officers Consulted
Director of Learning and Development
Responsible Officer:
Bryan Jeffreys, Director of Learning and
Development