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ITEM SP4

Supporting People - Core Strategy Group - 7 December 2005

OXFORDSHIRE SUPPORTING PEOPLE COMMISSIONING BODY – 16 DECEMBER 2005

Grant Budget Report

Budget Monitoring based on the period up to the end of October 2005 (Revised)

(SP4 - Table - download as .xls file)

At the pervious CSG we reported an overspend position with the Supporting People Grant of £769k, which reflected the transactional spend pattern, before adjustments.

This report has now been undated to incorporate changes to this forecast to make it a more accurate prediction for the year end position.

Our revised targeted forecast based on Octobers spend is an overspend of £399k, a favourable change of £370k. Tabled below are the main changes.

Type of change

£’000

Original Forecast (October 2005)

769

Changes in contract capacity

-47

Suspended Contracts

132

Unpooling adjustment

-283

Increased charges

51

LD capping £350

-223

Revised Forecast (October 2005)

399

  • Changes in contract capacity – basically due to clients coming in and out of the schemes where financial circumstances have changed, i.e. self funders replacing financially supported clients.
  • Suspended Contracts – this has occurred where some contracts were to be changed and as a result hadn’t been paid, these are now reflected in the forecast.
  • Unpooling adjustment – relates to the fixed and variable element of the contracts (HRA related) where for new clients the fixed element is not payable through this grant.
  • Increased charges – this is for Vale Housing where (similar to unpooling above) the charges have increased to compensate for the loss of the fixed element.
  • LD capping – this reflects those areas of capping where there was originally a dispute.

We plan to have a revised analysis into districts for the next CSG.

Rob Finlayson, Chief Management Accountant 6 December 2005

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