Oxfordshire County Council							
Comparison of 2002/03 Draft Budget and the							
Standard Spending Assessment (SSA)							
							
Service Block		Notes	2002/03	2002/03	Variation to SSA		
			SSA	Budget	2002/03		
			£000	£000	£000	%	
Education		(2)					
Under 5			15,279				
Primary			110,240				
Secondary			111,124	245,608			
Post - 16			3,487				
Other			4,348				
To be allocated							
Total Education			244,478	245,608	1,130	0.5 	
							
Social Services							
Children			14,074	17,030	2,956	21.0 	
Elderly							
   - Residential Care			31,974	27,759	-4,215	-13.2 	
   - Domiciliary Care			20,370	19,945	-425	-2.1 	
Other Social Services			19,103	32,784	13,681	71.6 	
To be allocated							
Total Social Services			85,521	97,518	11,997	14.0 	
							
Fire			15,917	15,787	-130	-0.8 	
Highway Maintenance			22,596	22,196	-400	-1.8 	
EPCS		(3)	31,576	41,316	9,740	30.8 	
Capital Financing			17,869	18,857	988	5.5 	
Contingency/Reserves				1,000	1,000		

Total Budget			417,957	442,282	24,325	5.8 	
							
Notes:							
1. 	Certain technical adjustments have to be made to programme area budgets to produce a comparison with SSA.  This enables a broad comparison only to be made						

2.	A Comparison against each Education SSA sub block cannot be done until the S 52 statement is completed after the final budget is set.						

3.	The EPCS SSA covers expenditure on Strategy & Resources, Cultural Services and the balance of Social Services, Environmental and Public Protection Budgets.