Medium Term Financial Plan

2022/23

2023/24

2024/25

2025/26

Approved Budget

Estimate

Estimate

Estimate

£million

£million

£million

£million

TAXATION & GOVERNMENT FUNDING

 

(453.231)

(501.446)

(522.028)

Council Tax

(325.290)

(12.063)

(9.239)

(12.831)

Adult Social Care Precept

(7.840)

(6.635)

(3.488)

Business Rates (Inclusive of BR Pooling in 2022/23)

(86.749)

(8.341)

(4.890)

(0.122)

Social Care Grant

(23.674)

(14.883)

(5.509)

19.436

ASC Market Sustainability and Improvement Grant

 

(6.055)

(3.017)

9.072

Services Grant

(5.175)

2.259

2.916

 

Funding reform - net impact

 

 

 

(2.056)

Revenue Support Grant

(3.687)

(0.389)

(0.279)

4.355

Local Council Tax Support Grant 2021/22

 

(2.114)

2.114

 

Local Tax Income Guarantee for 2020/21

 

(0.459)

0.459

 

New Homes Bonus

(0.816)

0.465

0.351

 

TOTAL TAXATION & GOVERNMENT FUNDING

(453.231)

(501.446)

(522.028)

(504.174)

 

 

 

 

 

SERVICE PLAN

 

 

 

 

Service Expenditure

392.195

396.461

457.488

472.888

Inflation

 

 

 

 

Contractual inflation (contract specific)

1.747

5.140

3.847

0.023

Normal inflation for contracts

13.664

30.405

10.401

10.916

Allocation of 2021/22 pay award to service departments

 

2.428

 

 

Allocation of 2022/23 pay award to service departments

 

8.544

 

 

Adult Social Care

 

 

 

 

Improved Better Care Fund

(21.776)

 

 

 

Better Care Fund - Discharge Funding

 

(3.053)

(2.035)

5.088

Better Care Fund - Discharge Funding New Burdens

 

3.053

2.035

(5.088)

Growth & Demography

 

3.413

3.917

 

Future demand modelling net of attrition (Covid-related)

 

1.133

(0.365)

 

Market Sustainability and Fair Cost of Care (MSFCC) Fund

(1.745)

1.745

 

 

MSFCC Fund Pressures

1.745

(1.745)

 

 

MFSCC - Support for New Burdens (from precept)

3.149

(3.149)

 

 

Independent Living Fund rolled into Social Care Grant

 

0.956

 

 

Voluntary Sector, Community Hubs, Shielded Group

(0.440)

0.440

 

 

Children's Services

 

 

 

 

Dedicated Schools Grant

0.422

 

 

 

Growth & Demography (G&D)

4.091

1.760

0.973

0.808

Disabled Access Regulations for Buses/Coaches

0.098

 

 

 

Looked After Children Placements Covid-related

1.393

(0.872)

(0.347)

(1.758)

Covid Grant Funding for Looked After Children Placements

(1.393)

0.077

(0.442)

1.758

Pressures approved via protocol

(0.124)

(0.124)

0.124

 

Financial Sustainability ex. G&D and Covid LAC

 

 

 

 

    School Attendance (new duty)

 

1.500

 

 

    Home to School Transport (incl. approved pressures)

0.523

4.427

 

 

    Family Safeguarding (Appendix 10)

 

0.316

(0.194)

(2.075)

    Net Operational Pressures incl. Careleavers and Locality

 

2.285

(0.204)

0.475

SEND High Needs Block Additional funding

(2.138)

 

 

 

Social Worker Pay

1.493

 

 

 

Communities, Environment & Transport

 

 

 

 

Waste PFI Efficiencies

(0.100)

(0.100)

 

 

Waste Housing Growth

0.150

0.190

0.267

0.305

Pressures approved via protocol

0.265

0.815

(0.800)

 

Support to Economic Development

0.025

(0.055)

 

 

Highways Contract Mobilisation

 

2.313

(2.313)

 

Highways Contract Mobilisation – Reserve Contribution

 

(0.817)

0.817

 

Business Services

 

 

 

 

Pressures approved via protocol

0.411

0.551

(0.078)

 

Modernising Back Office Systems (MBOS)

 

 

0.386

 

Governance Services

 

 

 

 

         Pressures approved via protocol

 

0.425

0.104

0.148

Savings

 

 

 

 

Temporary mitigations to savings

(0.388)

(0.100)

 

 

Removal of CSD Safeguarding Savings

0.854

 

 

 

Removal of CET Trading Standards Saving

0.100

0.100

 

 

Removal of Early Help Saving

0.893

 

 

 

Savings Slippage

1.347

(1.347)

 

 

Review of BSD Savings Options

 

0.373

(0.693)

 

NET SERVICE EXPENDITURE

396.461

457.488

472.888

483.488

Corporate Expenditure

 

56.770

43.958

51.336

Treasury Management

19.930

(6.000)

1.500

4.400

New Homes Bonus to Capital Programme

0.816

(0.816)

 

 

General Contingency

4.330

0.550

0.190

(0.230)

Contingency for Potential Pay, Recruitment and Retention

5.691

5.592

5.673

5.840

National Insurance 1.25% Increase

1.514

(1.514)

Contract inflation and collection fund risk

4.755

(1.783)

0.003

Provision for Energy Price Increase

 

1.300

 

 

Pensions

8.023

 

 

 

Apprenticeship Levy

0.600

 

 

 

Levies & Grants

0.952

0.018

0.012

0.012

One off investment opportunities (held in reserve)

5.175

(5.175)

 

 

Future Risks: CSD/SEND/ASC and Funding Reform/COVID legacy (held in reserve)

4.984

(4.984)

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE EXPENDITURE

56.770

43.958

51.336

61.358

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PLANNED EXPENDITURE

453.231

501.446

524.224

544.846

 

 

 

 

 

CUMULATIVE DEFICIT/(SURPLUS)

0.000

0.000

2.196

40.672

ANNUAL DEFICIT/(SURPLUS)

0.000

0.000

2.196

38.476